Example sentences of "[n mass] [modal v] [verb] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the data will live in a nice tidy fashion in a single relational database but what happens . |
| 2 | The typical case is one in which a factual statement points out that a situation is one of the kind in which an ethical statement asserts that a certain obligation holds , that is , one in which it has expressed the wish that people should act in a certain way or meet the disfavour of others . |
| 3 | Yeah but the machine could do what a hundred people could do in a day , ca n't it ? |
| 4 | I 've learned more in twenty-four hours than most people would manage in a week . |
| 5 | Those people will benefit in a number of ways . |
| 6 | Some people will act in a submissive and respectful manner , automatically accepting that the salesperson is honest and trustworthy . |
| 7 | Another course for six people will run in a fortnight . |
| 8 | Eight hundred to a thousand people will live in a dense area and are subject to the vagaries of government and landlords . |
| 9 | The combined sales will result in a significant contribution to earnings and the proceeds will be used to repay debt thereby reducing gearing by approximately 14 per cent . |
| 10 | I tried to explain to her that few elderly people can remain in a state of reforming fervour all their lives ! |
| 11 | So that the social , the social idea in the towns and people can gather in a market place and do what they will without too much trouble , but nevertheless and immediately you try to restrict , we , we run into trouble , but we must protect the people and that 's the purpose for the trading standards . |
| 12 | But then people can live in a village and not know anything about their own charities . |
| 13 | But since field staff can sample in a day only a minuscule proportion of the discharges and watercourses in their districts , the coincidence of sampling when a serious ‘ one-off ’ pollution is occurring is very unlikely . |
| 14 | Humboldt showed them how to tabulate data to reveal the effect of the environment in determining what kind of species could live in a particular area . |
| 15 | Other plant ecologists saw physiology as their starting point , because it was the interaction between the plant as a living organism and its environment that determined whether or not a particular species could live in a certain area . |
| 16 | It appears to show that a rise in interest rates of 1% would result in a fall in investment by 1.3% after four months , and 2.8% after twelve months . |
| 17 | A pair will breed in a separate tank of fresh soft , acid water at 80°F , containing a spawning mat or moss . |
| 18 | The pair will co-star in a new BBC 2 show , Absolutely Fabulous , written by Jennifer . |
| 19 | Fortunately goldfish can thrive in a surprisingly-wide assortment of environmental conditions and we need to determine a practical range in which we can operate , and which will be satisfactory for our fish . |