Example sentences of "not a lot [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not a lot of hope . |
| 2 | My father will go to the cash and carry every week , and perhaps he 'll pop into into Tesco 's or something and get a few bits and pieces , so we got a lot in the fridge , but it 's not a lot of variety . |
| 3 | There is not a lot of case law for the adjudication officers to base their decisions on . |
| 4 | There is not a lot of doubt about the desirability of what is being proposed : the problem lies in anticipating the kind of difficulties which will arise and in devising effective and imaginative solutions . |
| 5 | The on the only thing is sometimes if you a if you ask some of these people to do these things I know it 's not a lot of responsibility but do you reckon it goes to his head ? |
| 6 | There 's the same familiar chords , beefed-up arrangements and hard luck stories , but not a lot of conviction . |
| 7 | There 's not a lot of choice , |
| 8 | And there 's not a lot of co-ordination between what she 's currently doing and what the children did last year , or what they will do with another teacher next . |
| 9 | Well this you can sit down in the seats , you can look at the you can touch the tables , there 's not a lot of stuff but if if you got any sense of history you can get the feel of the place you know . |
| 10 | Not a lot of meat in them though is there ? |
| 11 | not a lot of cost , compared to what it will cost if you do n't make a will and there are complications or if you make a home-made will and there are complications . |
| 12 | Not a lot of variation — but it is very easy listening . |
| 13 | The lips quiver , but that ‘ s not a lot of help . |
| 14 | I know it 's not a lot of help but erm |
| 15 | There was not a lot of style about the way food was served either . |
| 16 | At least there 's not a lot of chance to have hassles . |
| 17 | There 's not a lot of evidence that the government really does know what it 's talking about when it comes to BSE . |
| 18 | And not a lot of fun … ’ |
| 19 | This is not a lot of fun . |
| 20 | With classical mechanics , things tend to be all laid on a plate , there 's not a lot of scope for intuitive thought . |
| 21 | But I mean , there is not a lot of tar barrel rolling around the country . |
| 22 | There 's not a lot of heart in that , is there ? ’ |
| 23 | Er there was not a lot of enthusiasm for this er th this guarding which went on you see , because everybody was in sympathy er with the cause of the republican government , the S the Spanish republican government . |
| 24 | There was not a lot of laughter in the second act , but it is true there was not a lot in Chaplin 's later life . |
| 25 | ‘ Making the decision to come in is difficult for an investor , ’ Sir Bob Reid said in a recent interview , ‘ as there is no easy exit once you are in , and there is not a lot of money to be made in the railway business . ’ |
| 26 | Not a lot of money , but the most I can pay for any given commodity . |
| 27 | This shows that Thomas earned about £6 : 18s. , plus Richard 's 5/ , during five months … it was not a lot of money to keep a family of 11 ( it would have been 13 save that Elizabeth , born in May 1836 , appears to have died in infancy ; and of course Sarah was gone ) . |
| 28 | Now , I know a sum of money of nearly twenty thousand may not seem a lot of money in total , it 's not a lot of money in terms of , it can be quite a large sum in terms of doing things with economic development . |
| 29 | ‘ There 's simply not a lot of money about . |
| 30 | Mind you , it 's not a lot of money for Whitbread . |