Example sentences of "[noun pl] have a lot of " in BNC.

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1 Well I can I can remember when I was a child and kids had a lot of time to do hobbies and a favourite hobby was to make a a garden and I never made one , but a friend of mine was ooh forever making these things and giving them away as presents you got the lid of a biscuit tin or something of that sort and you I do n't know what they used for grass they used to model little ducks and things and he had a piece of mirror to make a pond have you ever seen this done ?
2 As a result Europe 's biggest electronics manufacturers have a lot of clout with the Commission .
3 It contains a spring , and the youngsters have a lot of fun there in the Orkney summer , They shout and lark about , the way growing children have always done .
4 Yet Reid stressed : ‘ Rovers have a lot of financial clout but Kenny has spent wisely .
5 And the way that the text is translated I 've always supposed that Jesus must have thought that mustard seeds had a lot of faith .
6 ‘ We amateurs had a lot of fun with the pros .
7 Finally , incumbent managers have a lot of insider information about the true state of the firm , information that is not available to either existing shareholders or potential raiders .
8 Most of the pages have a lot of empty space , but you must have the same amount of space available for each account , otherwise your numbering system wo n't work .
9 Those poor men had a lot of problems driving in the poles to carry the lines and were obliged to use explosives on the last stretch over my land because they came across solid rock .
10 Erm was it in your opinion because the young men had a lot of financial pressures
11 For instance the , the doctors in the hospitals had a lot of work because people rushed into jogging who were n't fit for it or were n't doing it with the right conditions .
12 But modern children have a lot of facts and it 's the interpretation of facts and feelings that makes them civilised . ’
13 But again we said , see , that er although British children have a lot of freedom , the rate of the success in marriage is n't that great , not very encouraging .
14 Many horses have a lot of negative things happen to them in their lives , like Anna ; but unlike with Anna , they are usually interspersed with good things too — which fortunately have an undoing effect .
15 ‘ Production would be cheaper in India and the actors have a lot of talent and commitment . ’
16 Many women have a lot of trouble just writing one thing , and how many of you did n't write anything down at all ?
17 Human beings as we know are sexually dimorphic and tha that figure seems to fit the er the , the pattern , but erm women have a lot of characteristics that are peculiar to them , like for example erm more youthful looks , women will retain more youthful looks longer than men do and it is normally regarded as important and a lot of women spend an awful lot of money in the modern society on trying to remain erm looking er looking youthful .
18 All projects have a lot of features in common but equally there are areas that are special to a particular industry or a particular company .
19 ‘ Golf is improved so much all over the world , ’ says Baker-Finch , the Open champion who followed his first round of 70 with a 69 , ‘ and the Aussies have a lot of potential . ’
20 Their folks have a lot of explaining to do , if you want my opinion , particularly the mums .
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