Example sentences of "[n mass] take to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The delay has been due mainly to the need to be absolutely certain about the integrity of the flight control system software before the aircraft takes to the air . |
| 2 | David Walton , 40 , who received the aircraft today from Air Commodore David Hurrell , said : ‘ The likelihood of the aircraft taking to the sky again is fairly remote but it will be preserved in its current condition and who knows what the long term future holds . |
| 3 | On Saturday , January 26 , 3,000 people took to the streets of London in the annual Bloody Sunday commemoration demonstration . |
| 4 | During the autumn of that year , more than five million people took to the streets of Europe in support of the cause of European disarmament . |
| 5 | Later , in a speech at Warsaw University , the Prince spoke with admiration of the Polish people 's struggle and talked to the veterans of the uprising in which people took to the streets against the Germans , expecting help which never came from the nearby Russian army . |
| 6 | I arrived just after one of the more serious rounds , when thousands of people took to the streets to burn and loot . |
| 7 | Meanwhile , an estimated 10,000 people took to the streets of Baku on Jan. 4 to demonstrate solidarity with those attacking the border . |
| 8 | Although an indefinite curfew was reimposed in Srinagar after the assassination , thousands of people took to the streets as Farooq 's body was carried from the hospital to which it had been taken to his home . |
| 9 | Ershad 's resignation announcement was greeted with scenes of wild jubilation in Dhaka where hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in celebration . |
| 10 | In particular after the air raid on the Baghdad bunker , days of national mourning were declared in Algeria , Mauritania and Tunisia and young people took to the streets upon hearing the announcement of the raid . |
| 11 | In Kwangju itself , more than 100,000 people took to the streets where they fought running battles with riot police late into the night . |
| 12 | Just months after the P&O Golf Day , golf clubs were out in force again , as P&O people took to the green . |
| 13 | Hundreds of people took to the water over the weekend to recreate ancient and strange boat races . |
| 14 | The protesters , also angered by cheap imports from eastern Europe and South America , ransacked sheds owned by a merchant they said dealt in British fish and hundreds of people took to the streets of Concarneau and neighbouring ports to show their support . |
| 15 | Twenty thousand people took to the streets of the Lithuanian capital , Vilnius , to mourn a man who became a martyr for the Republic 's bid for independence from Moscow . |
| 16 | Graham 's shops coincided with an increasing number of people taking to the hills . |
| 17 | The statistics issued by ICAO over the last three decades show beyond any doubt that , despite a vast increase in the number of people taking to the air each year , the likelihood of any public transport passenger being killed diminishes . |
| 18 | There were reports about groups of ordinary people taking to the streets , holding hands , approaching armoured carriers and calling for peace . |
| 19 | The condemnation of the figures that the hon. Gentleman has read out is that in those boroughs we need never have had so many liability orders or so many people taken to the courts or threatened with prison if they had not been misled by Labour Members of Parliament and councillors into running up enormous debts . |
| 20 | In fact the chances for viewing exciting wildlife are getting rarer every day , as hundreds more people take to the hills , bringing dogs and children and wearing colours that can be seen as far away as Belgium . |
| 21 | ‘ Some people take to the Cup more than others . |
| 22 | Police and motoring organisations warned that drivers heading for the capital are certain to face lengthy delays as thousands of extra people take to the roads . |
| 23 | People take to the streets to demand a change in the rigid political system . |
| 24 | Mr Wang was a top student leader of the 1989 demonstrations that saw more than a million people take to the streets calling for more democracy and demanding the end of corruption and special privileges for officials . |