'modified a lot' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe something that has been altered significantly. For example, "Since the new system was put in place, the way we do things has been modified a lot."
In conclusion, changing the channel model does not modify a lot the ranking among the tested techniques, and the proposed one confirms being the best when the transmission conditions are the most difficult.
From McDonald's all-day breakfast menu to the FDA saying it's cool to sell genetically modified salmon, a lot happened in the world of food this year.
Top Chef Brian Voltaggio (of Volt Restaurant fame in Frederick MD) offers up "things you'd see at the family table," modified a bit - OK, a lot - in the new could-be-anywhere mixed-use center called One Loudoun.
"We did have to modify it a lot, but it was mostly the references to Christianity.
On Mars, "it's been dry for so long that the channels might have been modified by quite a lot" by wind, says geomorphologist Ken Ferrier of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, who was not involved with the study.
Methodology: The sampling methodology is a modified Lot Quality Assurance approach, leading to a categorization of whether an area has been adequately reached or not.
Last Tuesday, President Obama expressed disappointment with the program's progress, saying at a press briefing, "I think … our mortgage program has actually helped to modify mortgages for a lot of people, but it hasn't been keeping pace with all the foreclosures that are taking place".
Stanford University's entrant, which won the race, was called Stanley, a Subaru SUB modified with lots of radar, ground-sensing, and optical gear, all running Linux.
