Example sentences of "[n mass] are [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fry are on the small side , so they , too , are well camouflaged . |
| 2 | Of the under 20s — 40% are aged under 11 ; 10% are in the 11–14 age bracket ; 25% are 14–17 ; and the remaining 25% are aged 17–20 years . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ The age structure of our customers as provided by the latest survey is as follows — approximately 50% of them are over 40 years ; some 25% are in the 20–40 age group ; while the remaining 25% are aged below 20 years . |
| 4 | The lines of data are of the form ‘ line-number alternative — characters [ destinations ] ’ , and the alternative characters are each of the form ‘ reference-character : confidence ’ . |
| 5 | The most frequent methods of gaining primary data are by the use of questionnaires and of interviews , usually carried out by trained agency staff . |
| 6 | ‘ But for clubs going from the fourth to the third sums between £50,000 and £100,000 are about the going rate so £200,000 from the second to the Premier does n't seem unlikely , ’ he said . |
| 7 | Individual cannon can be extremely large , and the Empire 's Great Cannon are amongst the largest . |
| 8 | He maintains that , ‘ So soon after the death of a relative in hospital the next of kin are in the early stages of severe grieving , and often do not understand what is being asked of them . ’ |
| 9 | The reductions , the bigger percentage reductions of twenty eight percent and twenty three percent are in the section closer to Knaresborough where in fact the flows are substantially smaller , er are quite a bit under twenty thousand . |
| 10 | These fish are within the grasp of most anglers , quite unlike the 19th century when that great angler J. W. Martin felt seven pounds was anybody 's realistic upper limit . |
| 11 | They recently introduced 2,500 roach and a further 5,000 fish are in the pipeline . |
| 12 | This is important when the fish are in the swim and perhaps ready to bite as soon as they see the bait sinking through the water . |
| 13 | That may still be prudent if your fish are in the top-quality bracket , but otherwise it may pay in the long run to be looking at 12″ Koi upwards . |
| 14 | What other fish are in the tank ? |
| 15 | Angel fish are among the most popular aquarium pets . |
| 16 | Carp and bream are among the most sought-after and a special target for poachers . |
| 17 | It 's generally assumed that those who forego the pleasures of the flesh are elderly , but a report in the American Journal of Psychiatry reveals that 75pc are under the age of 38 . |
| 18 | 1 Both karate-ka are in the fighting stance . |
| 19 | The statistics are among the findings of a health and lifestyles survey carried out on a sample of 10,000 people from throughout Cheshire and Wirral . |
| 20 | The statistics are among the findings of a health and lifestyles survey carried out on a sample of 10,000 people from throughout Cheshire and Wirral . |
| 21 | And because the mass media are at the heart of the processes of communication through which ‘ problems ’ and their ‘ resolution ’ are framed and discussed , they deserve extensive analysis . |
| 22 | IDC says 8% of the corporate sector is now using C++ in some form , a further 20% plan to purchase it whilst 33% are in the evaluation stages . |
| 23 | The UK Parliament is certainly not widely regarded as being at all competent in the scrutiny which it exercises over public spending , and few people are under the illusion that it is difficult for government departments to deceive MPs and Select Committees about necessary levels of expenditure and unnecessary levels of waste . |
| 24 | Two-thirds of disabled people are over the age of 60 and poverty is correlated with being old . |
| 25 | Turkey does not want to fight ( her people are at the moment almost frantically pacifist ) : and , if she can help it , she does not intend to fight . |
| 26 | Tory success in the elections to Anne 's first Parliament in 1702 led Dr Henry Sacheverell to boast that " the Majority of the People are for the Church of England " . |
| 27 | A lot of people are of the opinion that they are a very English band and of no interest elsewhere , but I do n't agree . |
| 28 | Many people are of the opinion that record fish lists exist mainly to bolster the egos of the captors of these huge fish . |
| 29 | The Consultants at least have to recognise , they could n't fix that the closure of was strongly opposed but it was a mystery to all of us except obviously Mr on the December how they were unable to nevertheless , to accept a little dissimilar rejection of part of my and the associated increased in the despite the fact that seven different people are of the same several different people same margin Mr but not . |
| 30 | As Miles Quest , writer on and consultant to the tourist industry , said in 1990 , ‘ … armies of people are on the move , and will not stop ’ . |