Example sentences of "a lot [verb] for it " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the new production at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre , directed by Terry Hands and John Barton , has a lot going for it . |
| 2 | Yes , I know it looks like an inverted yacht and that the garde that the D series was avant never materialised , but a production-line car which combines such a ridiculously optimistic view of the public 's aesthetic sensibilities with so much understanding of daily long-distance driving has to have a lot going for it . |
| 3 | I have to say that while I am quite sure that ‘ Summer 's Eve ’ is a perfectly suitable wash for people with sensitive skins and that a no-talcum powder has a lot going for it , I ca n't possible support the selling of this product as necessary for ‘ intimate ’ care . |
| 4 | The move to Bernard Ecclestone 's Brabham was to a team which had a lot going for it — it was owned by the man who was consolidating his hold on FI and had an outstanding engineer in Gordon Murray — and one serious defect . |
| 5 | As a back-up system , the big stick always had a lot going for it . |
| 6 | This hypothesis does not seem to have a lot going for it because , at the time Matthew — or whoever — was writing , there would still have been a few people around who could say something like I do n't remember any star ! ' ) |
| 7 | On the face of it the film has a lot going for it — Pakula as director , and a cast including the frequently brilliant Kevin Kline , Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio , Kevin Spacey , Rebecca Miller and Forest Whitaker . |
| 8 | Sri Lanka had a lot going for it : democracy going back to 1931 and a literacy rate which , at 88% , is the highest of the 43 countries the World Bank classifies as ‘ low-income ’ . |
| 9 | But for an owner operator who wants an aircraft that is inexpensive to maintain , sophisticated and easy to fly , the Trinidad has a lot going for it . |
| 10 | As a piece of hardware the Touchmaster tablet appears to have a lot going for it compared with its rivals like the Grafpad and the Koala-pad . |
| 11 | Again my my personal view is that I think phasing has got a lot a lot going for it but I do not know how you could phase current commitments , because after all those those are on the table now . |
| 12 | Just look at us — if we do n't prove astrology 's got a lot going for it , then nothing does . ’ |
| 13 | Mr Leach commented : ‘ Leith has a lot going for it . |
| 14 | Beautiful part of the world , you know , maybe that 's exactly what you wan na do , you wan na kick out Wolverhampton and go for Mytholmroyd particularly if you 've got a house or if your father 's got a house there which is there maybe a lot , a lot , a lot going for it but you 're looking for this long term prospects |
| 15 | We know that the Park and Ride situation , while it 's got a lot going for it , is almost a thieves paradise . |