Example sentences of "[n mass] and [noun pl] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the press , in the House of Commons , in reports to government departments and in popular folklore there emerged the evacuee stereotype — a dirty , lice-ridden and foul-mouthed urchin who wet the bed with monotonous regularity , preferred fish and chips to a proper three-course meal and was about as domesticated as a wildcat ; similarly , the evacuee mother appeared as a negligent slut , impossible to live with and having the vocabulary of a Billingsgate fish porter . |
| 2 | Insanitary conditions , and the concentration of people and rats in a limited area , made them vulnerable to attacks of plague , and it is noteworthy that even when the disease had ceased to be common in the country , it persisted in urban areas . |
| 3 | Most of the radios are run by young people and women on a voluntary basis . |
| 4 | What is more , schemata need not be limited to unordered catalogues of people and things within a stereotyped situation , or stereotyped sequences of events telling us what is likely to happen next . |
| 5 | He observes people and places with a wry and uncanny sense of what it is that matters about them . |
| 6 | Erm perhaps children , young people , English young people and children of a similar age have more freedom , more social freedom . |
| 7 | A special advantage is the involvement of University staff and students with a professional interest in child development . |
| 8 | A special advantage is the involvement of University staff and students with a professional interest in child development . |
| 9 | STAFF and students at a local boys ' school are preparing to thrill audiences with their latest drama . |
| 10 | It 's important to achieve a non-confrontation setting — with refreshments available , seating arranged in a circular pattern so as to avoid grouping staff and governors in a defensive posture behind a line of tables , or even worse , sheltering on the school stage . |
| 11 | Staff and pupils at a primary school which was destroyed by fire have been celebrating the opening of a new building . |
| 12 | It 's a good idea for details of competitions to be brought to the attention of staff and children on a regular basis and for entries to be shared and enjoyed within the school before submission to the judges . |
| 13 | A number of specialists in diet and health maintain that , for optimum nutrition , it is essential to eat ‘ live ’ food , that is fruit and vegetables in a raw state which has not been cooked , frozen or preserved . |