Example sentences of "[n mass] are [verb] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The line segment data are introduced by the words BEGIN and SEGMENTS and are terminated by the word END . |
| 2 | The data are drawn from the Surveys of 1979 and 1980 ( OPCS 1981 , 1982 ) . |
| 3 | It also oxygenates the water on warm summer nights or in thundery weather at a time when the fish are competing with the plants for oxygen . |
| 4 | Davies says deepsea fish are attracted to the drums , then move to shallower waters and pass on radio-activity through the food chain . |
| 5 | It is possible that due to replacement of ageing springs and ropes the organs originally went somewhat slower , but they could not have gone slower by much because the bellows are linked with the barrels ' rotation too slow a pace means that insufficient air circulates for the pipes to speak . |
| 6 | Thus crime statistics are produced by the police and the courts and they represent no more than the opinions of the individuals involved . |
| 7 | And when people are asked for the alternatives as being in Europe , they tend to stumble . |
| 8 | And it 's surprising how reluctant people are to go to the police . |
| 9 | A. Our experience shows that many people are looking at the possibilities of working in this area and , therefore , with rules of supply and demand being what they are , a language ability is almost essential . |
| 10 | Transition through training is shown to be a process in which vulnerable young people are stratified into the slots allotted to them rather than being engaged in real decision-making about future choices . |
| 11 | Evangelisation is the process by which people are challenged by the demands of the Gospel . |
| 12 | ‘ The biggest single item people are discussing on the doorsteps is the poll tax . |
| 13 | The later chapters on the regions of Britain describe particular local features but for each region you should remember that many of the people are engaged in the activities indicated on these pages . |
| 14 | It will not be easy to speed up the system by which mentally disordered people are moved through the courts , prisons , NHS hospitals , Special Hospitals and , eventually , back into the normal community . |
| 15 | ‘ But is n't it the case , ’ I ask him , ‘ that while people are piling into the cinemas to see the worst exports of Hollywood , they are also piling in to see our own films , such as Alan Parker 's The Commitments , which has after all just won the Bafta award for best film . ’ |
| 16 | People are flocking to the churches and the number of baptisms , confirmations and weddings is breaking all records . |
| 17 | Even when people are sitting in the chairs I think I could push them over , and bigger things too , much bigger things than chairs and tables … |
| 18 | Well I think people are settled on the changes that have been made , and want to move on , and I do n't think |
| 19 | The increased number of sailings and competitive pricing means more people are turning to the ferries for their journeys to Britain . |
| 20 | Thus this demanding people are reminded of the demands made of them , and given more than a hint of how terrible the consequences will be , if those demands are not met . |
| 21 | This collection has been brought together at a time when the Banjara people are gravitating towards the cities relinquishing their nomadic life and abandoning their dynamic textile art . |
| 22 | Companion stuff from the new album — a gloriously lolloping ‘ Step It Up ’ , the pre-packed next single ‘ Ground Level ’ — rubs slick shoulder with pre-acceptance vintage like ‘ Lost In Music ’ , and the show goes on and on until people are dripping off the walls , and the last kind of urban excitement we need is a joke security alert on Charing Cross Road , which means we are all shepherded out of the Marquee 's tradesmen 's entrances like nuisances , sticking to each other and sapped of claustrophobic dancenergy . |
| 23 | More than 11 million people are expected through the doors at the Paris site in year one ( 1992 ) , rising to more than 16 million by its peak . |
| 24 | Through all these processes , more people are socialized into the forms of behaviour deemed appropriate for their sex ; in such a way people learn to become ‘ gendered subjects ’ . |
| 25 | What 's good about the debating is that people are talking about the rights and wrongs of bolting as a practice — and that has to be welcomed . |
| 26 | Be patient ; staff are dealing with the calls as fast as they can . |
| 27 | In schools where this game is played , the school staff are called by the names of the officers and guards of the camp , the exits of the school are named after escape routes from Colditz Castle and they are treated as such when the pupils bicycle out of school . |
| 28 | In this respect , although conditional sales are regulated for the purposes of the nemo dat exceptions in s25(2) of SGA 1979 , and hire purchase under Sched 4 of CCA 1974 , the two sets of provisions are virtually identical . |
| 29 | This extreme role really depends upon the social researcher deciding whether the means are justified by the ends . |
| 30 | They honour no geographical boundaries and the same species are found in the pools of Africa , Asia , America and Europe . |