Example sentences of "[n mass] were in 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 | Some 47% were in the category of Mystified Manunsure about their role in feeding and about their role as a father . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Rolling bream and line bites told me that fish were in the swim . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | What in the world would the company be like in a few years ' time if such people were in the driving seat ? |
| 7 | 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 ! |
| 8 | A number of criticisms were exacerbated by feelings that people were in the wrong type of institution . |
| 9 | The blaze commenced one lunchtime when few people were in the premises , so there was no loss of life , but it took a long time for the blaze to be brought under control and some days before the firemen were able to be sure that there was no risk of further outbreaks of fire . |
| 10 | To establish the total proportion who would break the law , we must add to this a factor which reminds us how many rich people were in the sample ( 767/1326 , or 0.578 ) times their increased propensity to break the law ( +0.144 ) . |
| 11 | Through their own efforts , deaf people were in the forefront of Glasgow society . |
| 12 | Reflecting that a lot of other people were in the same boat , that he was in good company — the Overindebted Minority — might bring temporary comfort and make relations with friends less strained . |
| 13 | And what I , from what I gather the bigger the household that people were in the more they enjoyed it cos the jobs were shared out more . |
| 14 | The survey estimated that 2.7 million people were in the top five categories , that is , suffering the most severe disabilities . |
| 15 | People were in the water , helping the fallen man ; others were staying to calm the horse ; everyone was moving and milling . |
| 16 | Many black people were in the lowest paid jobs , mainly in the manufacturing sector in unstable markets like textiles , heavy industries , and semi-skilled machine too manufacture . |
| 17 | That people were in the flats were operating in a in a hostile environment , you said , low income and bad housing . |
| 18 | Only a handful of people were in the pub and they were all at the other end . |
| 19 | At any one time , some 200,000 people were in the ET programme . |
| 20 | How many people were in the room ? |
| 21 | And people were in the street shaking hands and Marvellous absolutely marvellous you know . |
| 22 | They describe it as a terrifying ordeal and although it was around two o'clock in the morning , they say a number of people were in the area and could help their search for the rapist . |
| 23 | 300 elderly people were in the audience . |
| 24 | The court heard that two dozen people were in the fast-food outlet when the defendant came in . |
| 25 | Perhaps the people were in the van and found the beds wet and said well we ca n't sleep here and they slept in the sit with the fire on . |
| 26 | A dozen years ago , half ICI 's sales were in the UK , tying the company 's fortunes to Britain 's anaemic manufacturing industry and putting it at a colossal disadvantage to rivals in more robust economies ; last year , the proportion was down to 21% , against 31% in the Americas , 25% in continental Europe , 17% in the Asia-Pacific region and 6% elsewhere . |
| 27 | During the 1960s and 1970s , she and her late husband collected mainly Surrealism and Chicago Imagism , and knew a number of artists whose chosen works were in the collection , including Calder . |
| 28 | They did n't carry out this threat , but in February the terrible Captain Albert of the Sicherheitsdienst , whose headquarters were in the Via Walter Bianchi in Parma , captured more than twenty partisan leaders after subjecting a number of other captives to agonizing tortures . |
| 29 | Ymor 's headquarters were in the Leaning Tower at the junction of Rime Street and Frost Alley . |
| 30 | The pair were in the air together at the last , but Bonnie Artist stumbled on landing and could never quite peg back the leader who held on by threequarters of a length . |