Example sentences of "lot [adj] [subord] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fortunately , the level of civil claims overall in the UK is a lot lower than in the US which is why at present premium rates are considered relatively cheap . |
| 2 | The story line in the smoothed version of panel ( b ) is a lot clearer than in the rather jangled panel ( a ) . |
| 3 | With literally hundreds of places to eat , drink and make merry , not to mention the theatres , ballet and galleries , it 's no wonder Düsseldorf is known as ‘ Petit Paris ’ ( but a beer here is a lot cheaper than on the Champs Elysees ! ) |
| 4 | So whereas the policy committee were allowing us three point five million grant maximum , on top of the er base budget , now course that 's reduced because with cash limited to the total on to the base plus , so getting a lot less than with the group so they might say increase to about two and a half million rather than the figure we had earlier . |
| 5 | That is a lot less than in the same period in 1990 ( 9m man-days ) , but this year those first three months also saw a startling 8% fall in GNP . |