Example sentences of "of [adj] [n mass] [Wh pn] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has also cut a swathe through the battalions of ordinary people who do the non-famous jobs , the ones who keep things going in publishing houses , museums and symphony halls . |
| 2 | Sir Allan , 56 , is one of hundreds of famous folk who reveal the secrets of their schooldays in Old School Ties , published today . |
| 3 | Too many normal clubs are full of preoccupied people who spend the night wiggling their hips on the edge of the dancefloor , swigging beer and smoking endless cigs with a ‘ half bored , half I 'm beautiful ’ look on their faces . |
| 4 | The distinction is analogous to that made in chapter 6 with respect to the unemployed — the number of new people who join the claimant count ( the flow ) versus the number unemployed at any one time ( the stock ) — and in chapter 5 with respect to income versus wealth . |
| 5 | Like the thousands of young people who crowd the narrow streets of Tegucigalpa , the Kids from La Fama are obsessed with the trappings of North American culture . |
| 6 | Like thousands of young people who crowd the narrow streets of Tegucigalpa , the Kids from La Fama are obsessed with the trappings of North American culture . |
| 7 | Like thousands of young people who crowd the narrow streets of Tegucigalpa , the Kids from La Fama are obsessed with the trappings of North American culture . |
| 8 | It 's a fight for the well-being of young people who have the odds stacked against them ; a fight for their total transformation . |
| 9 | Previously when someone 's age had to be formally determined it had to be done in the presence of a sheriff of the county and a ‘ jury ’ composed of local people who knew the person concerned . |