Example sentences of "[n mass] [modal v] [verb] in a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah but the machine could do what a hundred people could do in a day , ca n't it ? |
| 2 | I 've learned more in twenty-four hours than most people would manage in a week . |
| 3 | Those people will benefit in a number of ways . |
| 4 | Another course for six people will run in a fortnight . |
| 5 | I tried to explain to her that few elderly people can remain in a state of reforming fervour all their lives ! |
| 6 | So that the social , the social idea in the towns and people can gather in a market place and do what they will without too much trouble , but nevertheless and immediately you try to restrict , we , we run into trouble , but we must protect the people and that 's the purpose for the trading standards . |
| 7 | But then people can live in a village and not know anything about their own charities . |
| 8 | But since field staff can sample in a day only a minuscule proportion of the discharges and watercourses in their districts , the coincidence of sampling when a serious ‘ one-off ’ pollution is occurring is very unlikely . |
| 9 | It appears to show that a rise in interest rates of 1% would result in a fall in investment by 1.3% after four months , and 2.8% after twelve months . |