Example sentences of "[n mass] [pron] [verb] [noun sg] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said when Labour left office the police were 8,000 under strength but since then 10,000 officers had been appointed along with 12,000 civilian support staff which freed manpower for beat duty . |
| 2 | The people who commission comedy for TV and radio need lining up and shooting . |
| 3 | There was certainly a multitude of advisers but all too few people who took responsibility for action and for failure . |
| 4 | PEOPLE who survived treatment for cancer when they were children in the 1960s have been able to become parents of healthy children , research shows . |
| 5 | OLD people who need treatment for heart conditions may just be computer statistics to hospital bosses — but think how important they are to their families and of the contribution they have made to this country . |