Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] a lot [det] " in BNC.

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1 a senior consultant in Consultancy Services , Risley , said although feelings generally were a bit mixed , ‘ I feel that we have been given a clearer picture of where AEA is heading although I expect to see a lot more changes before things settle down . ’
2 His sportsmanship and style of play is refreshing , and I hope to see a lot more of him in the near future .
3 Now need you help , because they hope to offer a lot more than just a roof over the heads .
4 As the Republican Guard tightens its grip , the Iraqis stand to lose a lot more than the war
5 Yeah they seem to have a lot more to loose than we do .
6 BANGOR stand to make a lot more than the £60,000 down payment on midfield ace Paul Byrne .
7 They tend to have a lot more disk space than memory .
8 In general we find that , for a very small increase in , for example , wages , we tend to spend a lot more , proportionately , on holidays .
9 We 've heard a lot this morning er about the merits of client server and where it 's come from in the last five years .
10 I do n't feel we 've done a lot this half term have we ?
11 Down below , they 're discussing the election : ‘ Do you know , I 've noticed a lot less humour at this election .
12 T : I 've got a lot more respect for them now because I met one of them at a party once and he told me they 're going to be bigger than The Beatles — in all seriousness .
13 A partially deaf therapist stated : ‘ I 've got a lot more patience with deaf people and I get more out of them .
14 I 'm sorry to see that although we 've got a large increase in budget , which is of course always very welcome , that we have n't perhaps addressed improving the quality er as much as we might have done , although we 've got a lot more home help hours that may be classed as an improvement , but er there are many other areas where we could perhaps encourage improvement in community care er with a bit of thought .
15 We 've got a lot more to look forward to .
16 Now we 've got burners , in the Montgolfier days they lit a bonfire underneath it , so we 've got a lot more control over it now .
17 Compared to a lot of other people you 've got a lot more
18 You 've got a lot more than me , but
19 And they 've got a lot more and they would have them up and running as well
20 Yeah , well compared to a lot more I 've got a lot less
21 She said , I do n't care whether you are at university , there are certain areas that you need to know a lot more background before you can do it at this level .
22 But we need to know a lot more about for example his housing costs , his rent and rate rebates that he may be entitled to and so on , before we can really say erm that we can make a proper comparison erm and different countries have different priorities .
23 We have got a lot more space here than we had at Alton General . ’
24 It 's not to interface with more systems , there 's a lot more software in it and er therefore the companies concerned have got a lot more work to do .
25 It 's all very well keeping mentally flexible and all the rest of the who-har , but if you , er , my , my mother stopped and said to her many years ago , she said , you do n't look your age , you do n't act your age , you do n't sound your age , you do n't think your age , but you are your age , and this is absolutely true , as you grow older , nothing will stop the fact that your arteries get a little harder , so that , you know , that you get raised blood pressure quite easily if your agitated and you are , for some reason you , you have to puff a lot more , I was reading about this just recently , and these are changes that take place whatever you do , you can exercise , and you can take vitamins and you can keep your weight down , but you age .
26 ‘ I plan to do a lot more than that .
27 But er things have changed a lot these days .
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