Example sentences of "[n mass] [am/are] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My preference when fish are feeding hard on the bottom is for the fixed paternoster which , due to the lead being at the extreme end of the line , casts further and more accurately than any other set-up . |
| 2 | Slowly people are moving away from the marginal fringe . |
| 3 | At the same time I think some people are going well over the top in slagging off Wilko . |
| 4 | As our eyes open to the perilous state of the world , it is hardly surprising that so many sensible people are turning instinctively to the land and looking for smallholdings . |
| 5 | As a collective , people are contributing financially to the installation of new tube wells . |
| 6 | IBM was perceived as the winner , just as today , even the things it does right are in trouble because IBM is perceived as the industry 's most emphatic loser , and more and more people are talking seriously about the company being in danger of going the same way as Prime Computer Inc , Wang Laboratories Inc and Control Data Corp . |
| 7 | Sales are expanding considerably in the home market , using the ready made Stoddard Templeton sales force as an additional initiative on the retail side , backed up with an extensive contract involvement . |