Example sentences of "[n mass] [am/are] [verb] in a [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The methods a research-based practitioner can use and the techniques for handling the resulting data are outlined in a clear and usable way . |
| 2 | The attribute data are held in a separate database . |
| 3 | If , for example , only a couple of fish are kept in a large tank , that are not established pairs , one will want to rule the whole tank and will pick on the other fish continually . |
| 4 | These are all words used in different areas when people are speaking in a friendly way . |
| 5 | It is the growing division of labour which reflects the scale of interdependencies in society and causes us to recognize that people are engaged in a common enterprise . |
| 6 | Mike Shafto , one of NASA 's human performance engineers at the Ames laboratory , is studying ‘ analogue environments ’ where people are isolated in a strange environment for long periods — such as the Antarctic , or inside Aquarius , a submersible in the Caribbean Sea near the Virgin Islands . |
| 7 | Yeah well I was talking , I was talking to a friend and they said that , you know , there 's some homophobic attacks and some of them just happen to occur because people are walking in a gay area |
| 8 | Simply knowing that two people are linked in a particular genealogical relationship does not necessarily predict that they will acknowledge any responsibilities towards each other , not even whether they have actually kept in contact at a minimal level . |
| 9 | Despite the differences in conception of the job , field staff are linked in a strong ‘ web of solidarity ’ ( Manning , 1977:144 ) which reaches across boundaries of age , background , or experience . |
| 10 | Once the outlines for the pages have been set up using a system of ‘ style sheets ’ text and graphics are merged in a single operation . |
| 11 | The latest works are done in a seductive range of colours , inspired , appropriately enough , by a recent visit to Greece . |