Example sentences of "[n mass] are [v-ing] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | People are leaving Paris at the rate of some 20,000 a year , chased out by soaring property prices and the shortage of rental accommodation — especially of flats big enough for a family . |
| 2 | Thousands of people are taking advantage of the ECHO 'S super Big Mac offer . |
| 3 | Is it that the ‘ right ’ people are reaching solicitors with the ‘ wrong ’ problems ? |
| 4 | Now obviously this can happen a bit , but I do n't think , on the whole it happens very much , at least certainly not in a way that matters erm I do n't think it does matter if people change things a little bit , because erm but on the whole people are doing things in the way that they 're doing them erm because they 've got accustomed to doing them that way and that 's the way that they 've planned it , and that 's the way that it comes out as a result of all of those pressures that there are on them . |
| 5 | ‘ People are gaining confidence in the profession to make assertions about the importance of values and ethical judgments . ’ |
| 6 | Eighty people are claiming damages after the smash between an Intercity and a Sprinter . |
| 7 | Apparently the television people are showing interest in the case . |
| 8 | This becomes particularly important when the staff are writing reports for the parole board . |