Example sentences of "[n mass] are [adv] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hannah 's film was transmitted at 10.30 p.m. on Tuesday , 30 January 1973 , to an audience approaching five million — a very respectable rating for a documentary shown at a time when most people are either retiring for the night or thinking about it . |
| 2 | Eventually we said , ‘ the people are already queuing outside the hall , the concert starts in half an hour . |
| 3 | We can not park at the weekend and people are already parking on the grass verge . ’ |
| 4 | I think that perhaps some people are still looking for the Great White Hope , as they did in the days of John L. Sullivan , the first black World Heavyweight boxing champion . |
| 5 | More people are now turning to the bottled version as an alternative to tapped |
| 6 | Primitive Methodists rejoiced that ‘ we are of the people , and know their needs ’ yet , as we have seen , they were also glad that ‘ our people are everywhere participating in the social and intellectual advance of the times ’ . |
| 7 | Business people are usually travelling at the company 's expense and are unlikely to be on a strict budget . |
| 8 | ‘ People are often complaining about the council but I think this time they deserve some praise . ’ |
| 9 | An application for social work department funding has been turned down , and although staff are still negotiating with the health board and the social services policy committee , the outlook seems bleak . |