Example sentences of "that [pron] [vb -s] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Mia 's fine , ’ said Dustin , ‘ except that she talks a lot about meditation . |
| 2 | Faith immediately admitted that she finds a lot of advice about healthy eating plain confusing : ‘ It 's very difficult sifting through all the information that 's pushed at parents and weighing up what 's really important . |
| 3 | Tha that 's why I 'm a bit concerned about messing around s straightening and that sort of thing , cos I 'm sure I 've had this problem before I 'm sure that it reduces a lot of er |
| 4 | We are all so bombarded with information that it requires a lot of will-power to set out to find more information . |
| 5 | And child care is the key to dependency , for the very simple reason that it takes a lot of time and is unpaid ’ . |
| 6 | And childcare is the key to dependency , for the very simple reason that it takes a lot of time and is unpaid . |
| 7 | I was deeply impressed at your delicious meal , for I know that it takes a lot of thought and time to put something together so excellently ( at least , I know about the thought + time ! ) . |
| 8 | There is no reason why computers should n't be natural and friendly , it 's just that it takes a lot more memory in the computer to have all the complex rules of an ordinary language , and also it 's much harder to write the programs that tell the computer how to understand a natural language . |
| 9 | Secondly , if the joke is so successful that it gets a lot of laughter you do not want to rush on so fast that your next words can not be heard . |
| 10 | I want our house valued now well not just yet , we want the garden finished first not that it matters a lot . |
| 11 | While this has coincided with a revival of interest in opera among the ‘ chattering classes ’ , I 'm not at all sure that it means a lot to the average person , except , simply , as dramatic music . |
| 12 | The problem with such large fields is that it means a lot of walking , but the alternative is to search in smaller fields , which is not a good alternative . |
| 13 | I knew they needed watching but you do n't push yourself till you actually see that it needs a lot of watching ! |
| 14 | ‘ Or , May — not that it needs a lot of translating , ’ he commented . |
| 15 | not that it makes a lot of difference |