Example sentences of "[n mass] were [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the yolk sac will still be evident , there will not be a great deal of nutritious value left in it , as they will have been used up while the fry were in the pit developing . |
| 2 | Winds of 110mph were on the way . |
| 3 | Pilot David Moore from Gloucestershire was at the controls of the forty seven year old Spitfire as it took part in an air display near Manchester on Saturday.The fighter plane looped the loop but as it neared the ground it plummeted down , bursting into flames.Firefighters were on the scene immediately , and confirmed that the pilot was dead.David Moore , who was 47 , flew with the Royal Navy for ten years before joining Rolls Royce as a pilot in the mid 1970s.He flew the company 's executives around Europe … but in his spare time he enjoyed piloting vintage planes like the Spitfire , which was owned by Rolls Royce.Today at the family 's home near Stroud , David Moore 's widow was coming to terms with the tragedy : |
| 4 | The first five aircraft were from the military flying school and the remainder from the local aero club . |
| 5 | Some 47% were in the category of Mystified Manunsure about their role in feeding and about their role as a father . |
| 6 | It was hard to see what calibre the cannon were for the air was already hot enough to shimmer and blur the details of the far guns . |
| 7 | Of these fifty five percent , fifty five percent were under the fifty were under fifty , another forty one percent fell inside the N H S brackets , with the remaining four percent sixty five years and over . |
| 8 | The seventy strong press and media corps were in the rear of the Prime Minister 's plane and we had arranged a special area and platform for them in the terminal . |
| 9 | Rolling bream and line bites told me that fish were in the swim . |
| 10 | In Yekaterinburg , which is Mr Isakov 's constituency , 86% were for the president . |
| 11 | At Thames Valley police headquarters today rising crime statistics were on the agenda of a meeting of the police authority . |
| 12 | Twenty nine per cent were worn below the legal limit of 1.6mm of tread , which came into force this year , and 54pc were below the old limit of 1mm . |
| 13 | Many people were along the right lines in naming the object as a hairdressing or veterinary tool , and among the more exotic replies were a Victorian music-box , a portable printing set and a wig maintenance kit . |
| 14 | By last month tens of thousands of people were on the road to the few relief centres that the government runs . |
| 15 | A few people were on the platform , the station staff busied themselves with mail bags and other items of luggage and parcels , at last the guard blew his whistle . |
| 16 | Now these tragic people were on the road . |
| 17 | Such drastic action seemed a heartless waste of resources when thousands of people were on the verge of starvation . |
| 18 | Several people were on the terrace , some gathered in noisy , laughing groups , others , couples mostly , talking in whispers , if at all . |
| 19 | People were on the streets being senselessly violent to the police , which I thought was a good thing at the time . |
| 20 | Last month nearly two point seven million people were on the dole . |
| 21 | Scores of people were on the scene within seconds of the collision the engine of the badly damaged car still running . |
| 22 | About 500 people were at the party , in a barn at Elmstone Hardwicke near Cheltenham , Gloucestershire . |
| 23 | The manner of his death ensured that more than the usual number of people were at the funeral . |
| 24 | But while mum and dad stayed in to watch the telly , young people were at the pub , drinking light ale at 10p a time . |
| 25 | Ballymacarrett and Clonard people were at the time of the research overwhelmingly unemployed or in unskilled and low-status occupations . |
| 26 | Without doubt the sympathies of the British people were with the Spanish Republican government — and they demonstrated their support with a humanitarian response . |
| 27 | In other armies , the selection process assumed that people were of the same social balance . |
| 28 | There was very little noise as no-one had arrived — between twenty and thirty people were in the room — and we had this teeny stereo system about as big as a transistor radio for music . |
| 29 | What in the world would the company be like in a few years ' time if such people were in the driving seat ? |
| 30 | We had crowd-flow blockages , insufficient refreshment facilities , no VIP entrance , no security check until people were in the main auditorium , and no way to get backstage except by walking right through the main meeting , up the stairs onto the stage and out through the back — with everybody watching ! |