Example sentences of "[adj] [n mass] [prep] [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Such mutual respect , of course , is one of the fundamental elements of high morale , dependability and efficiency , and I count myself fortunate to have been associated with such people for over a quarter of a century .
2 I am fourteen years old and I have been keeping fancy Goldfish for about a year now .
3 Yet so many people seem to have a mental block on this point , rushing for those little bottles when common sense should tell them that they can not possibly have some dreadful plague as they have n't introduced any new fish for over a year !
4 There 's a handful of other people with absolutely no motive who had the opportunity .
5 His brothers deserved to share in his success — family obligation could not be neglected — but they could also serve a useful purpose by occupying positions which blocked access to real power by other people from outside the clan .
6 Some critics are scathing about the vogue for ‘ child-centred ’ schemes that fail ( allegedly ) to provide young people with even the rudiments of human culture ; they believe that contemporary views of childhood and childcare are unequal to the task of producing in children such socially desirable qualities as competence , co-operation , responsibility , social sensitivity and moral awareness .
7 Now the programme that turns the cameras on teenagers and let's them do the talking and the interviews has packed its newest series with just the subjects their viewers want .
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