Example sentences of "[n mass] [vb base] [pron] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly , there are real problems in equating society' or ‘ community ’ wholly with the limited , if very important , interactions in which people involve themselves in particular localities . |
| 2 | Shocked , she stared disbelievingly at the receding back of Doctor Anderson , and wondered what had been contained in the message that had made a member of the staff drop everything in such an unprofessional way . |
| 3 | More generally , if we are to incorporate our results into a theory of ordinary language comprehension , we must explicate the relation between experimental task and the ‘ tasks ’ that people set themselves in ordinary reading and listening . |
| 4 | We had erm no we we actually had done that we have given questionnaires out as programmes we actually asked people to I mean it 'll be interest to see how many people fill it in this evening but there is a built in resistance by some people to actually fill in any sort of questionnaire er and in the past when we 've actually done that I think the response 's has n't been that that brilliant . |
| 5 | He shows that the maize is an important political symbol ; that people use it in ritual exchanges ; that its by-products are useful in ways unique to it ; in short , that it is effective in areas of life other than nutrition . |
| 6 | A non-pedigree dog is always referred to as a mongrel and , strictly speaking , this is the correct term for a non-pedigree cat , but few people use it in this way . |
| 7 | I I 'm not sure that we 've had a very helpful description of what sustainable means , erm I suspect people use it in different ways and ther there is no er er common usage established of what it means here , there is no dictionary definition . |
| 8 | More people play it in this country than snooker and yet even the top players ca n't make enough to live on . |