Example sentences of "[n mass] [vb base] of [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cartographic data consist of digitized maps , that is , maps which have been converted to numerical form by the process of digitizing , which was described in Chapter 4 . |
| 2 | More people die of respiratory infections than any other cause in Mexico City , which is said to have the dirtiest air in the world . |
| 3 | It is vital that people know of secondary methods of contraception , and we investigate here the current extent of this knowledge . |
| 4 | Although many people tell of brief experiences of déjà vu , spontaneous regression in any depth is somewhat rare . |
| 5 | When people think of natural scientists doing research , they tend to think of them in a laboratory , probably doing an experiment . |
| 6 | As the above introductory remarks suggest , the experience most people have of social surveys is through the interview . |
| 7 | The Shanghai Sex Sociological Research Centre , after questioning 23,000 people in 15 provinces , has concluded that 86% of Chinese approve of sex before marriage , 69% approve of extra-marital affairs , and more than 70% believe one purpose of sex is pleasure — not just , as Maoist traditionalists would have it , procreation and the dreary fulfilment of conjugal duty . |