Example sentences of "be not a lot [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Unfortunately , there are not a lot of good directors around .
2 There are not a lot of jobs you can get without a work permit , being a Registered Alien like me .
3 Well I 'm I 'm sorry but I 'm not a lot of use to him if I let him just walk away from the shield .
4 Receive erm there are there are n't a lot of other words that do have C in well there are but they 're quite sort of awkward words like try deceive .
5 er other than wh the church ones , which obviously are n't a lot of use to us for this
6 In fact , all the shows that played there were amazing although we did two or three shows in America where there were n't a lot of people .
7 But the average pay was still below the police plus there was job security — there were n't a lot of jobs paying pensions then .
8 Buckingham Palace were n't a lot of help in the matter yesterday .
9 There were n't a lot of bleach in it .
10 There were n't a lot of room but you do n't care do you ?
11 Were n't a lot of choice was there ?
12 This is not a lot of fun .
13 ‘ 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 . ’
14 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 .
15 There is not a lot of case law for the adjudication officers to base their decisions on .
16 The first is not a lot of use in an indirect system , since once the mains stopcock has been turned off , most of the water left in the rising main can be drained out from the kitchen tap .
17 But I mean , there is not a lot of tar barrel rolling around the country .
18 As with most coupes there is not a lot of room in the back , even kids find it tight .
19 While it is true that the spores can easily hop over the garden fence , and there is not a lot to be done about sources of infection further along the road , much can be done by being entirely ruthless in cleaning up your fallen leaves and rose debris .
20 Their economies are failing and even if their players become wealthy by staying at home , there is not a lot for them to buy .
21 David Lyles , the coach , says their winning secret is constant hard work and dedication and determination … they have problems finding enough pool time because there are so many clubs in Swindon but it is a nationwide problem because there are only two good pools in this country which is not a lot for fifty million people …
22 I obviously wanted some more but it was very expensive : coke sells for between £80 and £120 per gram , and a gram 's not a lot at all .
23 " True , the guys at the bottom of the money list are making about $100,000 a year , but that 's not a lot for professional athletes .
24 What we need to do is get our members and make them feel that they 're part of Europe , not dispossessed by it , at this moment in the time there 's not a lot for them in consideration of Europe .
25 There 's not a lot to the game really : just barge the other skater off the ball and race for goal — the computer-goalie is totally useless .
26 It might seem that there 's not a lot to it .
27 I says well Blackpool then , did all the routes you know , tell you all the routes that you can take for you know , and that took what fifteen seconds , twenty seconds or something to work that out , maybe there 's not a lot to er alternatives
28 As you can see , there 's not a lot of room for ice cream , crispy pancakes or TV dinners .
29 We 've got some smudges but that 's not a lot of use . ’
30 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 .
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