Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] a [adj] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The Germans are a great people , a very great people ’ , declared de Gaulle at Stalingrad . |
| 2 | The Germans are a peaceful people , but they have a right to live , and to live as Germans , and they are convinced of the fact that they have a mission for all the nations of the earth ; if one hinders them from fulfilling their mission then they have the right to use force . |
| 3 | Russians are a Christian people — the millennium of the Orthodox church was celebrated in 1988 — speaking an East Slavic language , and they have represented the core of the Russian or Soviet state since early medieval times . |
| 4 | The kids ' bikes are a fantastic £89.95 — and both prices include delivery . |
| 5 | Videotapes of school activities are a useful means of communicating about work undertaken at school . |
| 6 | Colour Sticks are a new sales aid from Stoddard Templeton replacing the outdated colour cards with a more convenient and stylish method which strongly brands the company name . |
| 7 | Experts are a distinct species of dispute resolver whose activities are subject to little or no control by the court , from whose decisions there is no appeal , but who may nevertheless be liable for negligence in performing these otherwise unreviewable functions . |
| 8 | We believe development plans are a vital means of securing the integrated approach to environmental and economic objectives which the guidance seeks . |
| 9 | Dwarf hedges are a traditional means of edging beds , especially in herb and kitchen gardens . |
| 10 | British equities account for more than half of the assets of British funds ; foreign equities are a further 20% . |
| 11 | English Today Readers are a new series based on the syllabus and wordlists for the six levels of the successful English Today ! course ( see page 6 ) . |
| 12 | Images are a wonderful means of giving us insight , but they should not be pinned down too firmly . |
| 13 | Every separatist movement in Europe that I can think of bases itself on ‘ ethnicity ’ , linguistic or not , that is to say on the assumption that ‘ we ’ — the Basques , Catalans , Scots , Croats , or Georgians are a different people from the Spaniards , the English , the Serbs or the Russians , and therefore we should not live in the same state with them . |
| 14 | The Yugoslavs are a friendly people who are eager to please and will always be happy to help you . |
| 15 | Like PEPs , unit trusts are a convenient means of investing . |
| 16 | By s.21(1) of the 1968 Theft Act : [ a ] person is guilty of blackmail if , with a view to gain for himself or another or with intent to cause loss to another , he makes any unwarranted demand with menaces ; and for this purpose a demand with menaces is unwarranted unless the person making it does so in the belief — ( a ) that he had reasonable grounds for making the demand ; and ( b ) that the use of the menaces is a proper means of reinforcing the demand . |
| 17 | It is not blackmail where the accused believes he has reasonable grounds for making the demand and believes the use of menaces is a proper means of reinforcing the demand . |
| 18 | The sequestration of activities into distinct regions and zones is a key means by which control can be maintained and resources allocated . |
| 19 | as one of the many kinds of sprouting seeds , eaten when germinated seeds are a few cm tall ; lightly roasted ground seeds used in curry ; also used in Middle Eastern sweets such as halva ; fresh leaves used in curry dishes |
| 20 | Elephants are a protected species in Indonesia . |
| 21 | Learned local landmarks are a feasible means to navigation in a local , familiar area . |
| 22 | The studio costs were a mere £138 . |
| 23 | Editorial costs were a mere 17% of the total . |
| 24 | But the subject of both pieces is a rare species and one of the genuine and original characters . |
| 25 | So it seems that both state monopoly and private enterprise are capable of running a telephone system in which the customers are a prime consideration . |
| 26 | Thieves probably benefited from a certain popular tolerance which dated back to the time when individual thefts of cattle were a legitimate means of pursuing a dispute . |
| 27 | The issuing of memos is a common means of give instructions . |
| 28 | The usual retort that such a mandatory quota would be against EC regulations is a red herring . |
| 29 | Whether that means the New Guinea wild pigs are a new species caused by hybridisation is an interesting question . |
| 30 | The ‘ modal ’ fruit in both tropical and temperate regions is a 7–9 mm black or red berry , but as there is a greater gape range in tropical birds , it is perhaps not surprising to find a wider range of fruit and seed size there . |