Example sentences of "[adj] [n mass] [adv] [vb base] the [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 | Some folk actually ask the question , ‘ Are plants alive ? ’ |
| 3 | In our next issue we will be examining why some people still resist the pressure to pick up after their dogs . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The values in table I are medians , and the quoted statistics clearly show the lack of significant difference . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't think ordinary people really appreciate the scale of what we are building here , ’ he said . |
| 9 | 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 ! ) . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Many people actually over-estimate the power of cannon . |
| 14 | Those people then receive the dole , which is taxpayers ' money . |
| 15 | The rapids are still the biggest in North America , and still claim the occasional luckless victim , but 15,000 people now run the river every year . |
| 16 | These more recent data therefore strengthen the suggestion that there is an increased incidence in Seascale among those aged 0–24 years , but whereas the original findings related mainly to lymphoid leukaemia in those aged 0–14 years , there were no leukaemias and only one case below age 15 during 1984–90 . |
| 17 | The first , Chapter 4 , deals with the measurements of crime , the extent and character of recorded crime and the dangers of assuming that the criminal statistics accurately reflect the amount and character of crime that does occur . |
| 18 | Return the coupon today and discover why nearly 2 million people now enjoy the protection of the UK 's leading alternative to private medicine . |
| 19 | Several studies have shown that unskilled staff rapidly acquire the skill to insert the mask . |
| 20 | ( Most people grossly over-estimate the fuel economy of their car . |
| 21 | Most species also squirt the oil at intruders as a form of defence so that the ground around the nest becomes impregnated with it . |