Example sentences of "[n mass] are [verb] [adv] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The young wheat is streaked by silver lines of water running between the ridges , the sheep are gathered together on the slopes . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It is not ; the top people are appointed solely on the basis of their merit and intelligence . |
| 4 | The followers or ‘ administrative staff are selected not on the basis of status or qualification , but according to personal devotion . |
| 5 | Staff are hired more on the basis of travel experience than button pushing . |