Example sentences of "lose a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | A ballet dancer who does not practise every day loses a lot of skill , as does a musician . |
| 2 | then it loses a lot of it 's values , yes . |
| 3 | We lose a lot of credibility when this happens . |
| 4 | That 's better than letting it drag and drag ; you lose a lot of the vibe that way . |
| 5 | I did n't want to use flash ; I think you lose a lot with flash . |
| 6 | Smooth yarns are advisable as , with fancy textured yarns , you lose a lot of the close-up detail . |
| 7 | Some tubes lose a lot of output with age , while appearing to work normally . |
| 8 | Deciduous trees , like this beech , lose a lot of water through their leaves and so water loss is reduced by shedding them . |
| 9 | You lose a lot of friends , though , when you 're on opiates . |
| 10 | You would have to eat a very poor diet , lose a lot of weight , or be very ill for any serious deficiency to occur . |
| 11 | If you miss their childhood , you lose a lot of memories . |
| 12 | " Well , " he said , " we think we lose a lot of aircraft , because we have been monitoring quite a — few they just disappear from the radar screen 50 miles off the coast , sometimes more , sometimes halfway across the sea if they are making a dash far Flamborough Head . |
| 13 | The they lose a lot of customers er to , to other people that sometimes charge them more . |
| 14 | As the Republican Guard tightens its grip , the Iraqis stand to lose a lot more than the war |
| 15 | People used to lose a lot of time for that . |
| 16 | The Ministry of propaganda did what it could to play down such disasters and tried for as long as possible to preserve the illusion that they were not important , but Fascism now began to lose a lot of its popular support . |
| 17 | ‘ Stands to lose a lot if things go wrong . ’ |
| 18 | What will be on their mind is first of all the Prison Authorities are going to isolate them , they 're going to be in solitary confinement for a very long time — six months , maybe a year , that 's been the pattern — they 're going to lose a lot of remission , but they also know they 're going to face criminal charges . |
| 19 | When we stopped serving white meat and seafood to become totally vegetarian there is no doubt we lost a lot of customers but you have to stick to your guns . |
| 20 | WC apps : 6 Austria gladdened a few hearts in 1978 when they beat West Germany but lost a lot of friends in 1982 when they conspired with the West Germans in the cynical exercise which froze out Algeria . |
| 21 | I lost a lot of pictures , but it opened up the night-time for me and I felt that the mood came out . |
| 22 | After all , like you say , Britain lost a lot in that war too . ’ |
| 23 | He lost a lot of weight and the purple-black lesions on his skin ( a tell-tale symptom of AIDS ) began to spread . |
| 24 | Eric mellowed and lost a lot of the fire that he had . |
| 25 | During the recent Gulf war the religious police here lost a lot of their power because of having to lift restrictions when other armies from various countries were here . |
| 26 | ‘ Hard to tell Pretty badly shot ; lost a lot of blood . |
| 27 | Dan 's notes after the mission read , ‘ Intense flak over Hanover — Lost a lot of planes — Kuhl and Englehart went down — I prayed plenty — thank you Lord ’ . |
| 28 | Paul Jukes , general manager of Owen Owen , said : ‘ As with everybody else we did not open until 3pm and so we lost a lot of trade . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Because of all the waiting for the team to happen , we lost a lot of time getting ready for the new season . |
| 30 | When the subsequent television programme was broadcast , he lost a lot of business from his Protestant customers as they thought he was receiving funds from the IFI . |