Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [vb pp] [that] [adj] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On a recent visit to a day centre , which served both younger disabled and old people , I was told that old people were envious and resentful when computer learning was introduced for the younger disabled people . |
| 2 | I have asked parliamentary questions about the illegal sale and possession of knives and I was told that 150 people were prosecuted in 1988 for having in a public place such an article with a blade or point and in 1989 , it was 2,018 — a huge jump . |
| 3 | In the Holland Report in 1977 it was argued that young people were no longer employed because they did not fit employers ' needs . |
| 4 | Again , it was recognised that young people can either be helped or taught to be ‘ helpless ’ . |
| 5 | For many years it was accepted that two-tone fish ( it occurs with other species , but rarely ) are the result of winter hibernation , the dark portion of the fish being the part that is buried in bottom mud . |
| 6 | Last week it was announced that seventy-five people are to take voluntary redundancy at RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire . |
| 7 | On Feb. 28 it was announced that 54 people had been arrested in connection with the attacks on Hoxha monuments . |
| 8 | It was noted that some staff were not aware of the whole background of questions and had found it difficult to reply to the questionnaire . |
| 9 | Although they had been told to counter this objection with the fact that this was a single instance or two of older machines and new machines could be serviced almost immediately , this did not altogether convince a potential customer and it was felt that many sales had been lost . |
| 10 | In the entertainments industry , too , it was suggested that seasonal staff exhibited much higher rates of turnover than regular staff . |
| 11 | It was agreed that regional staff of several disciplines would need to be seconded or appointed to ‘ spearhead the closures ’ , while the routine meetings between the management teams of the region and the districts could be used to discuss details of implementation . |
| 12 | In London it was found that deaf people in East and South London had difficulty in getting to St. Saviour 's Church , so in the same year , 1873 , two new branches were opened — one at St. Barnabas Church , Deptford ( forerunner of Lewisham Deaf Club ) and at West Ham . |
| 13 | For example : it was found that many staff had made no provision for their phones to be answered when they were absent from their desks . |
| 14 | In a content analysis of the career literature of 26 health and caring professions and occupations ( French , 1986a ) it was found that disabled people were never specifically invited to apply , yet 10 of these occupations explicitly sought candidates with the ability to empathise and understand ill and disabled people . |
| 15 | On examination , it was found that two species were largely insectivorous , two largely fig-eaters and five were generalist frugivores . |
| 16 | In the wet forests of Costa Rica it was found that some 90% of tree species were insect-pollinated , approximately the same percentage as in dry forest , so the insects will be considered first . |
| 17 | When Bishop Compton of Lichfield carried out a national survey in 1676 , it was estimated that five percent of the county 's population were ‘ sectaries ’ . |
| 18 | In July 1982 it was estimated that 300,000 people in the UK suffered from tinnitus which interfered with their ability to lead normal lives . |
| 19 | The report 's publication followed a conference at which it was estimated that older people were then spending upwards of £14 billion a year in the marketplace . |
| 20 | It was estimated that 25,000 people would be affected . |
| 21 | It was estimated that seven people were killed in rioting between Oct. 10 and Nov. 10 . |
| 22 | It was thought that some people might have changed their views . |
| 23 | In August 1989 it was reported that 13,600 people in Dumfries and Galloway had been supplied with water containing up to 1,000 times the EC limit for aluminium , starting in March 1989 . |
| 24 | It was reported that four people were killed . |
| 25 | On May 15 it was reported that 201 people had died in the violence during the month so far . |
| 26 | On Oct. 23 it was reported that 40 people had been arrested in the previous 24 hours , and that some 250 arrests had been made in the previous two weeks , mostly of people said to be linked to the banned Islamic Salvation Front ( FIS ) . |
| 27 | It was reported that Red Rhino had debts of more than £300,000 . |