Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [vb pp] a lot " in BNC.
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1 | Hitachi says it has already done a lot of work on the application of image recognition techniques , including the development of a method of automatic Table of Contents generation , which uses the detection of changes in colour distribution to distinguish different frames , thus making possible the automatic analysis of camera work . |
2 | The 5.3-litre engine and 3-speed automatic gearbox have gone replaced by the 6-litre V12 and 4speed gearbox that has already done a lot to transform the XJ saloons . |
3 | There is really no way of knowing how long it takes to develop an actor who has already gained a lot from work in university . |
4 | The Water People has already received a lot of good reviews , and Simpson is a long way into his next project , a sort of autobiography . |
5 | Once again the LARGE PRINT option is a feature which has already brought a lot of knitters into the CML order book and at £5.50 inc p&p this is summer knitting at ‘ pick-your-own ’ prices . |
6 | The part of me that is a lesbian has always had a lot of support and nurturing from friends around . |
7 | The box has always had a lot to answer for . |
8 | John Byrne says … he 's looking forward to playing first team football again and has still got a lot of goals left in him |
9 | He has also retained a lot of the old emphasis . |
10 | But having spent all his career in a family business , Sir Adrian has inevitably given a lot of thought to the responsibility a company should have for the community in which it operates . |
11 | His approach has undoubtedly helped a lot of people to understand the complexities of biological evolution . |
12 | Well , he has certainly done a lot to change it . |
13 | One thing is certain , Fergie 's plight has certainly moved a lot of newspapers , even if it has n't moved the public . |
14 | So that it 's it it has certainly got a lot of value an exercise like that , even with entirely good conditions . |
15 | The German government has never spent a lot of money on culture , and after reunification it cut the social , not the cultural , budget which is absurdly low anyhow . |
16 | It 's just happened a lot this week . |
17 | And although , at 25 , he 's still got a lot to learn — I do n't think I reached my peak until I was 31 — he has the potential to dominate the England spin attack for the next 10 years or more . |
18 | A lightweight bout saved in the dying seconds — Manchester 's still got a lot to answer for . |
19 | A lightweight bout saved in the dying seconds — Manchester 's still got a lot to answer for . |
20 | But clearly he 's still got a lot to learn . |
21 | It 's black because it 's still got a lot carbon in it . |
22 | Well it 's still got a lot to do . |
23 | He 's probably got a lot of contacts along the way for anything anything you want you ask him okay . |