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

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1 Do you think that the German people today have a sense of their own recent history ?
2 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 .
3 Reduction in chlorambucil dose to 2 mg daily had no effect on visual symptoms .
4 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 .
5 The National Headquarters reputedly had a museum of offensive weapons used by anti-fascists which included knuckledusters , rubber piping , coshes of all sizes , razors set in potatoes and daggers .
6 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 .
7 I think many people nowadays have no conception of what it was like .
8 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 .
9 Erm well perhaps you , you wou would you er let me perhaps er well not let me but perhaps I could ring a few of erm those people just to have a chat with them and perhaps put , you know , talk about the er planning your future exercise with them as well , could you , would you give me some numbers please ?
10 More people probably had The Orb down as hippies .
11 Enough people there to have a bundle !
12 Solitary people often have a cat or dog as a companion too ; but it is not the same as having a companion of one 's own kind .
13 Finally , the mass media also have an interest in keeping alive this potent myth , for it allows them to present political events to voters — consumers in simplified and personalized narrative forms which can be readily understood .
14 Isolation from centres of further education meant that these young folk often had no opportunity to participate in training and would welcome the opportunity of taking part in training courses such as welding , building maintenance , shearing , etc , which might improve their chances of employment in a rural area .
15 About six , two people already had the sense not to come .
16 No , most people just have a bath .
17 Most people now have a telephone at home and many more use telephones in their working lives .
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