A2 Point 13 in DETERMINERS is defined as:
range of quantifying determiners (‘some’, ‘any’, ‘no’, ‘more’, ‘a lot of’) with both plural nouns and uncountable nouns.
This point overlaps: A2 Point 18 in the category of NOUNS:
form simple noun phrases by pre-modifying nouns with an increasing range of determiners.
For example:
We would like to remove any doubt as to the validity of our search.
We search in iWeb for:
more|any|no|some _NN
1 MORE INFORMATION 911327
2 SOME PEOPLE 582076
3 SOME TIME 509036
4 ANY TIME 495787
5 NO WAY 343794 *This sense can be B1 or C1
No way to guard against that kind of thing.
6 NO IDEA 332583
7 MORE TIME 290763
8 NO NEED 277549
9 SOME CASES 274645
10 ANY WAY 252793
11 SOME SORT 238481
12 MORE PEOPLE 233370
13 ANY QUESTIONS 232414
14 SOME POINT 223321
15 SOME KIND 220844 B1
I mean, people talk about living in the moment, like it‘s some kind of a goal.
16 ANY KIND 214531
17 NO PROBLEM 196299
18 NO REASON 189868
19 MORE DETAILS 182880
20 SOME REASON 177311
lots of _NN
1 LOTS OF PEOPLE 45953
2 LOTS OF THINGS 17515
3 LOTS OF FUN 16994
4 LOTS OF TIME 16778
5 LOTS OF MONEY 14696
6 LOTS OF WATER 13040
7 LOTS OF WAYS 8424
8 LOTS OF QUESTIONS 7808
9 LOTS OF ROOM 7285
10 LOTS OF OPTIONS 7077
11 LOTS OF LOVE 6453
12 LOTS OF INFORMATION 6324
13 LOTS OF SPACE 5638
14 LOTS OF STUFF 5301
15 LOTS OF WORK 4787
16 LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES 4378
17 LOTS OF PLACES 4249
18 LOTS OF PICTURES 4037
19 LOTS OF REASONS 4003
20 LOTS OF IDEAS 3841
a lot of _NN
1 A LOT OF PEOPLE 255187
2 A LOT OF TIME 161662
3 A LOT OF MONEY 96711
4 A LOT OF WORK 72749
5 A LOT OF THINGS 66595
6 A LOT OF FUN 62926
7 A LOT OF TIMES 23856
8 A LOT OF INFORMATION 21530
9 A LOT OF QUESTIONS 20926
10 A LOT OF SENSE 20657
11 A LOT OF ATTENTION 19982
12 A LOT OF STUFF 19323
13 A LOT OF EFFORT 16580
14 A LOT OF RESEARCH 15681
15 A LOT OF PRESSURE 14200
16 A LOT OF WAYS 14131
17 A LOT OF ENERGY 13504
18 A LOT OF WATER 13350
19 A LOT OF EXPERIENCE 13026
20 A LOT OF TROUBLE 12291
A2 vocabulary:
cases (1)
details (1)
idea (1)
ideas (1)
information (3)
point (1)
reason (2)
reasons (1)
sort (1)
space (1)
way (2)
ways (2)