Example sentences of "a lot [adj] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could have been a lot worse but the whole thing will upset him a lot . ’ |
| 2 | It is bad enough when parents treat ordinary children as though they were scabs and bunions , but it becomes somehow a lot worse when the child in question is extra -ordinary , and by that I mean sensitive and brilliant . |
| 3 | France scores a lot higher than the UK in legislation to protect individuals against the misuse of data that could threaten privacy . |
| 4 | If your filter is to be sited a lot higher than the pond , perhaps to feed an impressive waterfall , remember that you will need a more powerful pump to raise the water to the filter . |
| 5 | Probably be a a lot higher than the sticks but they wo n't have bushed out . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's a lot colder than the Côte d'Azur in winter , ’ Melissa reminded her as they strolled on . |
| 7 | No , because one 's a lot wider than the other two at the moment . |
| 8 | Those who are enraged by the state of disrepair of Bristol 's streets may derive a cold comfort from reading in Elizabeth Ralph 's pamphlet , The Streets of Bristol , that things were just as bad in the Middle Ages and that by the end of the 18th century the roads to Bristol were a lot better than the roads in it . |
| 9 | And he were a lot better than the Tory , and he held his own with which was saying something , saying something . |
| 10 | I 'm a lot better than the last time you saw me . |
| 11 | ‘ We spent a lot of time recording it and it is a lot better than the first album . |
| 12 | Yeah , it 's the first time these actually keep a lot better than the towelling ones . |
| 13 | I think we 'll all be a lot better when the summer gets here |
| 14 | A Well I phoned this help line about the council tax and they were really helpful my bill was a lot cheaper than the original estimate , maybe you should give them a call ? |
| 15 | Well that 's a lot cheaper than the Jersey and Scottish holidays that we 're looking at ! |
| 16 | There was an odd-shaped room , not a lot bigger than the cab of the truck itself . |
| 17 | The architects were a lot smarter than the Governments . |
| 18 | It should all be a lot clearer when the Chancellor speaks next Thursday . |
| 19 | And actually the graft site is a lot sorer than the burns . |
| 20 | And it was a lot easier than the first time . |
| 21 | As somebody who is still under thirty and er like my good friend Mister young enough to have a positive approach to Europe , I am pleasantly surprised that the people opposite are gon na make my job a lot easier because the narrowness and the anti-diluvian attitudes that we see on the benches opposite explain why , in the last Euro elections , the Labour Party won a resounding victory on the issue of Europe . |
| 22 | But it would have taken a lot more than the doctor 's understandable caution to dispel the general euphoria . |
| 23 | If Mr Kaifu fails to revive the parliamentary bill designed to support the anti-Iraq forces in the Gulf , the Americans are likely to ask for a lot more than the $4 billion Japan has so far promised to contribute towards the growing expenses there . |
| 24 | Should a victim die , they could find their good samaritan act has cost them a lot more than the penny which was paid to the Jericho-Jerusalem Motel . |
| 25 | Choosing this road is likely to cost a lot more than the first option . |
| 26 | If YOU are one of Britain 's 14 million smokers , kicking the habit could save you a lot more than the £2.21 a packet of fags costs . |
| 27 | With Amdahl Corp faced with an uphill struggle to adjust its business so that it can thrive in a post-mainframe world , and all its other major investments — things like the former Poqet Computer Corp and HAL Computers Inc still in the development stage and demanding more capital , while its own core business is a victim of the mainframe malaise , Fujitsu Ltd 's 80% of ICL Plc begins to look the company 's most valuable asset , making it increasingly likely that the company will in due course want to float a lot more than the 25% it originally suggested on the London International Stock Exchange : Fujitsu 's biggest problem is the one now facing all big Japanese companies — that the days of cheap capital at home are gone with the bubble economy , probably forever , and many Japanese companies issued convertibles in the 1980s that are coming up to maturity ; with prices on the Tokyo exchange still bombed out , few holders are going to want to convert into shares , which means that issuers will have to raise expensive new capital on the international markets to redeem them . |
| 28 | The SN9000 is likely to cost a lot more than the SN8000 , so the latter is not necessarily just a transitional product . |
| 29 | As the Republican Guard tightens its grip , the Iraqis stand to lose a lot more than the war |
| 30 | BANGOR stand to make a lot more than the £60,000 down payment on midfield ace Paul Byrne . |