There is | are + a lot of + NOUN – English Grammar Profiler

In the English Grammar Profile, A2 point 15 in the category of VERBS is defined:

‘there is’ and ‘there are’ + ‘a lot of’ + plural noun

iWeb doesn’t allow for longer than 5 token searches:

_EX _VB a lot of

1 THERE ARE A LOT OF 145235 2 THERE IS A LOT OF 69785 3 THERE ‘S A LOT OF 63412 4 THERE WAS A LOT OF 29147

5 THERE WERE A LOT OF 21185

COCA does allow

_EX _VB a lot of _N

1 THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE 2093 2 THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS 843

3 THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE 823 (note that these are not considered correct grammar)

4 THERE’S A LOT OF THINGS 578 5 THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE 420 6 THERE’S A LOT OF TALK 236 7 THERE’S A LOT OF STUFF 232 8 THERE’S A LOT OF PRESSURE 218 9 THERE’S A LOT OF MONEY 204 10 THERE’S A LOT OF WORK 204 11 THERE ARE A LOT OF REASONS 185 12 THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS 160

13 THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK 160

14 THERE ARE A LOT OF WAYS 155

PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLE:

There are a lot of ways for you to do well in school.

Chinese male level 3 writing class.

15 THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS 148 16 THERE ARE A LOT OF WOMEN 128 17 THERE WAS A LOT OF PRESSURE 102 18 THERE IS A LOT OF WORK 96 19 THERE ARE A LOT OF ISSUES 93 20 THERE’S A LOT OF CONCERN 91 21 THERE’S A LOT OF EVIDENCE 90 22 THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS 88 23 THERE’S A LOT OF ROOM 80 24 THERE IS A LOT OF TALK 77 25 THERE ARE A LOT OF PLACES 75 26 THERE’S A LOT OF TRUTH 74 27 THERE IS A LOT OF MONEY 73 28 THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS 71 29 THERE ARE A LOT OF PROBLEMS 71 30 THERE IS A LOT OF PRESSURE 69 31 THERE’S A LOT OF ANGER 68 32 THERE’S A LOT OF COMPETITION 68 33 THERE’S A LOT OF QUESTIONS 67

34 THERE WAS A LOT OF BLOOD 67 (plural nouns should not be the deciding factor for this grammar point to be at least A2)

There was a lot of blood around her neck, and there is absolutely no way that she could survive that.

claireandjamie.com

35 THERE’S A LOT OF GUYS 66 36 THERE’S A LOT OF INFORMATION 64 37 THERE’S A LOT OF WAYS 62 38 THERE’S A LOT OF CONFUSION 61 39 THERE ARE A LOT OF GUYS 60 40 THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE 60 41 THERE ‘S A LOT OF HISTORY 59 42 THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION 59 43 THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE 58 44 THERE ‘S A LOT OF REASONS 57 45 THERE ‘S A LOT OF SPECULATION 57 46 THERE ‘S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY 56 47 THERE ARE A LOT OF REPUBLICANS 56 48 THERE ‘S A LOT OF INTEREST 54 49 THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION 54 50 THERE ‘S A LOT OF FEAR 53 51 THERE ‘S A LOT OF LOVE 53 52 THERE IS A LOT OF EVIDENCE 51 53 THERE ‘S A LOT OF FOLKS 50 54 THERE ARE A LOT OF SIMILARITIES 49 55 THERE ARE A LOT OF KIDS 48 56 THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN 47 57 THERE ARE A LOT OF OPTIONS 46 58 THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS 46 59 THERE WAS A LOT OF STUFF 45 60 THERE ‘S A LOT OF TIME 43 61 THERE ARE A LOT OF DEMOCRATS 43 62 THERE ‘S A LOT OF DEBATE 42 63 THERE ‘S A LOT OF PAIN 42 64 THERE ‘S A LOT OF POTENTIAL 42 65 THERE ARE A LOT OF MEN 42 66 THERE ‘S A LOT OF ENERGY 41 67 THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFUSION 41 68 THERE ‘S A LOT OF BLOOD 40 69 THERE ‘S A LOT OF PROBLEMS 40 70 THERE ‘S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT 39 71 THERE ‘S A LOT OF RESEARCH 39 72 THERE WERE A LOT OF TIMES 39 73 THERE IS A LOT OF TRUTH 38 74 THERE ‘S A LOT OF FRUSTRATION 37 75 THERE ‘S A LOT OF NOISE 37 76 THERE ‘S A LOT OF TALENT 37 77 THERE ARE A LOT OF AMERICANS 37 78 THERE WAS A LOT OF MONEY 37 79 THERE ‘S A LOT OF DISCUSSION 36 80 THERE ‘S A LOT OF TENSION 36 81 THERE IS A LOT OF CONFUSION 36 82 THERE ARE A LOT OF VARIABLES 35 83 THERE IS A LOT OF ROOM 35 84 THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK 35 85 THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS 35 86 THERE IS A LOT OF STUFF 34 87 THERE IS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY 34 88 THERE WAS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT 34 89 THERE ‘S A LOT OF ISSUES 32 90 THERE ARE A LOT OF STORIES 32 91 THERE IS A LOT OF ANGER 32 92 THERE ‘S A LOT OF ANXIETY 31 93 THERE ‘S A LOT OF HOPE 31

94 THERE’S A LOT OF KIDS 31

95 THERE ARE A LOT OF CHALLENGES 31

96 THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPANIES 31

There are a lot of companies whose business will be fine or better and whose price will be lower.

barrons.com

97 THERE ARE A LOT OF PLAYERS 31 98 THERE WAS A LOT OF FEAR 31 99 THERE WAS A LOT OF SPECULATION 31

100 THERE ‘S A LOT OF DATA 30

A2:

blood, companies, competition, guys, history, hope, information, pain, reasons, stories, ways