Example sentences of "[vb pp] [that] [adj] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In practice , few juries have ever supposed that ordinary people turn away so consistently from the sort of pornography brought before British courts in the 1960s and 1970s . |
| 2 | ‘ It must be stressed that these people are having sex , not making love . |
| 3 | At a time when potential reformers included senior officials and members of the royal family , it was to be expected that educated people outside the government would emerge from the bunker to which they had been relegated in 1848 . |
| 4 | The statement ends : ‘ It is expected that more people will visit museums as a result of the wider interest generated by the presence of an international art and antiques market here . |
| 5 | and I was thinking where on earth is there a shop in that sells , sells things like that or do you have to go to a garage and I 'd forgotten that that fruit |
| 6 | The idea that people can be sensitive to natural gas is a contentious one , but it is claimed that some people have made dramatic recoveries after removing the gas supply from their house . |
| 7 | It was also claimed that some people in the media held shares in the mining companies and thus coverage of the exploration could be uncritical . |
| 8 | It was originally reported that nine people had been killed and 30 wounded in Mbuji-Mayi , a diamond mining town , during violent demonstrations on April 13 , 14 and 15 [ see p. 38133 ] . |
| 9 | In August 1989 it was reported that 13,600 people in Dumfries and Galloway had been supplied with water containing up to 1,000 times the EC limit for aluminium , starting in March 1989 . |
| 10 | It was reported that four people were killed . |
| 11 | On May 15 it was reported that 201 people had died in the violence during the month so far . |
| 12 | It was reported that Red Rhino had debts of more than £300,000 . |
| 13 | On Oct. 23 it was reported that 40 people had been arrested in the previous 24 hours , and that some 250 arrests had been made in the previous two weeks , mostly of people said to be linked to the banned Islamic Salvation Front ( FIS ) . |
| 14 | When a patient seems to be developing a pattern of chronic repeats , it is recommended that all staff engaged in his or her care meet to reconstruct each attempt in order to determine whether there appears to be a motive common to each act . |
| 15 | In fact , it is recommended that all people who take part in sport should have regular check-ups with a qualified chiropractor . |
| 16 | It is recommended that these catfish are fed just two or three times a week . |
| 17 | It has been calculated that some 37% of families would be better off , and 37% worse off , as a result of the change from Community Charge to the Council tax . |
| 18 | From this you have probably guessed that this species can be bred in captivity . |
| 19 | It had long been recognized that many species are protected from predators by colouring that provides camouflage . |
| 20 | Offenders who are mentally disordered suffer the stigma of being labelled as both ‘ mad ’ and ‘ bad ’ , although for centuries it has been recognized that some people have diminished responsibility for their actions as a result of mental abnormality and that punishment and retribution , usually demanded by society of someone who has committed a crime , should be dispensed with in favour of providing humane care and treatment . |
| 21 | Neither system was wholly satisfactory , but during the public inquiry into the Trident accident at Staines in 1972 evidence was heard that other aircraft had suffered similar happenings ( though in less critical circumstances and there had been no accident ) and the question was put : ‘ Why were these incidents not reported under the voluntary system ? ’ |
| 22 | I have since heard that many people thought this to be unfair and an additional class has been effected for next year called the professional amateur class . |
| 23 | Although this example takes the point to an extreme , I have noticed that many people mistakenly use flowers that are so big that there' is barely room for them in the frame , and therefore the finished miniature is not as full of detail , nor as interesting , as a larger picture would be . |
| 24 | In only the last two years I 've noticed that more people are being drawn to the hills in Northern Ireland . |
| 25 | You have already noticed that some people speak more clearly than others , but this chapter is not about good articulation . |
| 26 | Have you noticed that some people seem to be able to crash their machine and lose all of their work at very regular intervals . |
| 27 | I 've noticed that most people over the age of forty whinge like a chainsaw about their memory not being as good as it used to be , or not being as good as they wish it were . |
| 28 | Trinidadians , disgusted by their violence ( they captured Mr Robinson and shot him in the leg ) , nevertheless reckoned that poor people had a lot to grumble about , as the government slashed away at public spending to rectify past extravagance . |
| 29 | The aristocracy — ie. titled landowners — do still exist and have been joined by the very wealthy ( through ownership or investment ) : it has been reckoned that this 1% of adult population owns one-quarter of all the wealth in Britain . |
| 30 | Mr Jarvis , who first gained the attention of Mrs Major through his readings of the Richmal Crompton 's William stories , says : ‘ The BBC have been after me to record some more William stories but I have decided that one series a year is quite enough . |