Example sentences of "[n mass] [vb base] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is not , of course , any serious evidence that kin support for the elderly is declining , despite the persistent myth that it is . |
| 2 | When they reach retirement age , most people qualify for the basic pension , which is normally uprated once a year to keep in line with price rises . |
| 3 | Some people change for the better . |
| 4 | My horse is kept at a lovely yard 13 miles away : too far for many people 's choice , but the facilities and the people compensate for the 20 minute drive . |
| 5 | ‘ How long do people wait for a new outpatient appointment ? ’ |
| 6 | Perhaps the most dramatic example of this is when people meet for the first time . |
| 7 | On the one hand , people look for a low instalment amount ( which of course tends to mean a relatively long repayment period ) ; on the other , they look for a short repayment period ( which tends to mean a relatively high instalment amount ) . |
| 8 | Prices range from 65 pounds to 665 pound the better the suit the higher the price , most people opt for a semi-dry suit it is made out of neoprene a rubbery material which lets the water in but does n't let it out again your body heat warms the water up . |
| 9 | Most people opt for the furry friendliness of the cat family . |
| 10 | On an empty lot between two Harlem streets , a group of people arrive for an outdoor party to celebrate the new publication of an unnamed author . |
| 11 | Taste is then seen principally as the cause of ‘ classism ’ , which can be defined as the kind of distaste the middle and upper classes feel for the vulgar in fun fairs , cheap commodities , artificial copies , or lack of style , and the contempt working people feel for the pretentious , cold and degenerate middle and upper classes . |
| 12 | ‘ Look lady , for what other people pay for a one-way ticket to Chicago , you can travel anywhere Delta flies for a month . ’ |
| 13 | Prickly heat is the term most people use for a medical condition called polymorphic light eruption ( PMLE ) . |
| 14 | She turned back to Elinor and said in the rather loud , slow , and contrived voice that people use for the deaf , ‘ I 've brought you a surprise , Nell . ’ |
| 15 | Only one person remarkably said that Oxford United would win by one goal to nil , I think loads of people go for the three ones or the four ones or things like that . |
| 16 | This takes note of the widespread area staff wish for the larger piece of time in a Region ( but also gives the shorter period too ) : it reduces a lot of sorting out of requests by the Overseas Groups and simplifies for them a pretty complicated and demanding piece of work : it means we do n't expect visitors to fly from one end of the UK & Ireland every 2 or 3 days as has sometimes happened in trying to meet a lot of requests . |
| 17 | Much of the factory food we eat is so tasteless that in desperation people reach for the brown sauce , tomato ketchup or pickles to perk it up . |
| 18 | Things people need for a basic quality of life . |
| 19 | It is inevitably a part of the normal grieving process that people search for the dead person in a multitude of ways , but it is very necessary for friends of the bereaved to help them choose carefully . |
| 20 | If you have £2,000 go for the Northern Rock Building Society with 7.88% net . |