Example sentences of "[adj] [n mass] are [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Old people are often a source of fascinating information and opinion about the past that young people are being taught as history ! |
| 2 | Impulsive people are just the opposite . |
| 3 | The everyday lives of ordinary people are not the basis for good television unless the characters and events are portrayed in a consistently entertaining fashion , and over a period of time ; hence the great success of television soap operas . |
| 4 | Many of these people are already a part of the media structure , yet we piously declare our messages of communication prophecy without first knowing whom we are even speaking to . |
| 5 | Erm these people are possibly the element we do n't want on the flats . |
| 6 | Cone shells of these species are not the kind of subjects you would wish to brush against while cleaning the aquarium substrate where they usually lie buried during daylight hours . |
| 7 | All stress the role of grace and man 's total dependence upon God for salvation : they point out that good works are not the result of human will-power but are in some mysterious way the actions of God himself . |
| 8 | Lower sales are not a sign of weakness of industry and commerce — just weakness of demand . |
| 9 | For him more people are not a problem : on the contrary , they are the ‘ ultimate resource ’ . |
| 10 | Obviously members of the same species can live in harmony together and this is made possible by the chemical messages which pass between coelenterates to allow individual coral polyps in a colony to recognise and avoid stinging one another and to signal that other neighbouring colonies of the same species are not a threat . |
| 11 | Like it or not , American mink are now a part of British wildlife . |
| 12 | Young people are often the best-equipped for giving to shops like this . |