Example sentences of "[adj] [n mass] [adv] [vb base] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost certainly , other border skirmishes have gone unreported ; allied helicopters and American A-10 tank-busting aircraft regularly patrol the frontier attacking ground targets inside Kuwait . |
| 2 | There has been no chromosome work in Shetland ( nor investigations of the " teeth " ) , but the shell-shape data strongly suggest a meeting of two factions-in some places the enclaves show the full " normal " range of variation : in others , only a few miles away , they do not . |
| 3 | Some folk actually ask the question , ‘ Are plants alive ? ’ |
| 4 | Do you think that the German people today have a sense of their own recent history ? |
| 5 | Some people simply love a fight . |
| 6 | Some , I think some people sometimes give a gift , I 've never , I do n't think I 've had a gift ! |
| 7 | In our next issue we will be examining why some people still resist the pressure to pick up after their dogs . |
| 8 | We are now told that , having been lied to over the years , the British people now have the prospect of political union , and they react against it and shy away . |
| 9 | I think this is vitally important because few people yet realise the extent to which our current lifestyles are causing significant environmental damage and must be changed . |
| 10 | It is estimated that some 9m now work the equivalent of a full year in agriculture — of which 65% are men and 35% women — although nearly 18m still have an attachment to the land . |
| 11 | Amstrad 's ad for a double-headed cassette player also heads into a court-action , as the BPI anti- home-taping folk nearly have a heart-attack . |
| 12 | The values in table I are medians , and the quoted statistics clearly show the lack of significant difference . |
| 13 | Acknowledging , then , the value of direct experience , books and similar media still serve a purpose by : |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't think ordinary people really appreciate the scale of what we are building here , ’ he said . |
| 15 | Site-specific works invariably manifest a value judgment about the larger context of which they are a part . |
| 16 | In the last two areas , the proportions of people who were ‘ very worried about mugging ’ were 32 per cent and 36 per cent , compared to an average of 20 per cent , and ( 11 per cent in rural areas — these data evidently precede the advent of lager loutishness ! ) . |
| 17 | You er when it comes to erm er whatever you are selling in tradi what I call traditional and retail sales , so that retail sales sometimes have a price tag up there . |
| 18 | Fewer people now read an evening paper : if they did , it was primarily to see what was on TV . |
| 19 | Nearly half of these people never attend a place of worship and quite often they are unwilling to use religious language at all because they do not want to be associated with a particular religious institution . |
| 20 | Hospital discharge procedures for elderly people often include a trial visit home and multidisciplinary conferences with community workers and hospital workers . |
| 21 | Many elderly people still enjoy a visit to the cinema , the theatre or a concert . |
| 22 | If a guitar is substantially heavier or lighter than you 'd expect , of course we 'll say so , but how many people even know the weight of their own guitars ; I do n't , and I bet you do n't either . |
| 23 | I think many people nowadays have no conception of what it was like . |
| 24 | Many people seemingly throw a kick in the hope of hitting something . |
| 25 | Many people now regard the sending of flowers to a funeral as an inexcusable waste of money , arguing that since they can not possibly help the deceased , it is better to help the living . |
| 26 | It is difficult to summarise them , but , broadly , both they and the Cumberbatch survey confirm the public support for televising , suggest that interest waned slightly as novelty wore off , indicate that on some matters there is growing understanding of Parliament , but make plain that many people still have a lot to learn about MPs and their work and roles . |
| 27 | Also , adoption can not always prove successful for many people specifically want a boy or a girl or if the child has a deformity or abnormality it is often very hard to find a home for . |
| 28 | This proves the promoter 's confidence that every ticket will be sold , committing him or her to paying the artist a fee as if the event is a sell-out , however many people actually attend the gig . |
| 29 | Many people actually over-estimate the power of cannon . |
| 30 | All the above allowances apply to existing employees relocating at company request too but existing staff also receive a payment of 10 per cent of salary ( instead of one month 's salary ) together with an additional three-monthly allowance of £150 per month towards accommodation and/or fares ( that is , making a maximum period of six months ) . |