Example sentences of "[n mass] in [pos pn] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Imagine his surprise when reading the article on the Benson Bf 109G in your July issue to find that this aircraft was in fact one of ‘ his ’ ! |
| 2 | The importing operation is very easy and you can specify just a range within a worksheet as well as an entire worksheet and can make the link to the source data active — so that when the data in your spreadsheet changes the chart in the slide is automatically updated . |
| 3 | A new trust has been formed with more than £100,000 in its coffers to spend on visual arts , it was announced yesterday . |
| 4 | Oh oh yes yes the union did erm get that er sorted out you know , and er and then when the buses began to run it made it easier for those worked in Willenhall and er and it just be about threepence of fourpence in our money go there then , but erm and then the hours were altered you see , eight o'clock and finish at six o'clock and er and then it used to be seven to seven you see . |
| 5 | In 1983 Banerjee and Singh reported that an 8 month old child who put a fish in his mouth aspirated it and choked on it ; unfortunately he did not survive . |
| 6 | I placed three new fish in my tank separated by a divider . |
| 7 | During the Seventies a hazy eroticism was on offer every week , courtesy of Pan 's People in their gold Lurex hot pants . |
| 8 | Young and Willmott 's detailed empirical study found that in poorer and older families there was still a considerable domestic division of labour but that , nonetheless , the great majority of married people in their sample formed the newer symmetrical family ( p. 94 ) : |
| 9 | The leading companies are reluctant to provide insurance for this age group and those who will include older people in their schemes have very high premiums . |
| 10 | No one can achieve anything without the help of others and we are not talking about militancy , more the desire to support people in their quest to put Darlington to rights . |
| 11 | However , he said practical problems face the Polish people in their quest to improve the local economy . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , dependence on nicotine is a major part of the problem for many smokers and smoking cessation aids may help such people in their attempts to stop smoking . |
| 13 | It was said that the planners threatened all of this by placing obstacles in the way of local people in their efforts to fulfil their lives . |
| 14 | There is immense variation between people in their ability to handle their feelings , and in the capacity of one person to handle different types of feeling . |
| 15 | Many employers genuinely want to help the young people in their community to make a positive transition from school to work . |
| 16 | When Black Annis howled , you could hear her five miles away and then even the poor people in their huts fastened skins across the window and put witch-herbs above it to keep her away safe . |
| 17 | The good copywriters of the old school used to wander round council estates with tape-recorders talking to people in their homes to find out how they talked : market research , in the form of group discussions , now provides part of the same service . |
| 18 | They will become aware that they live in a world that is changing all the time , and that older people in their lifetimes have often lived through some major changes . |
| 19 | Your fine capital fully justifies its appellation , the Pearl of the Orient , and the people in its streets seem content and happy and are obviously at ease under your benevolent governance . |
| 20 | ‘ People in your position lay themselves open to fear , ’ he said softly , and Claudia 's nerves started to tingle once more . |
| 21 | God 's plan for introducing himself to people in your school involves YOU and all the other Christians in your school in starring roles . |
| 22 | Several people in your neighbourhood want to complain but they are anxious for the best joint representation . |
| 23 | I have pleasure in enclosing a few copies of our new recruitment leaflet which I hope you feel will enable you to attract a lot of people in your area to become CPRW members . |
| 24 | I suppose in detaching we all take responsibility for ourselves , and that in turn allows the other people in our lives to stop feeling responsible for us . |
| 25 | But our whole band have been to college — they were the first people in our familiar to have been able to get any further education . |
| 26 | I er I du n no I think you maybe do in the fifth year but I doubt it , but I mean it 's so stupid though we got it opposite our school I mean it 's not as if it would be that difficult for the people in our school to pay for us . |
| 27 | The fact that the proportion of elderly people in our society has increased rapidly , together with an even greater increase in those aged 75 or over , creates a number of social problems . |
| 28 | Most people in our society have no cause whatever to question the truth of what is put across in the teaching of science , English or history , for example , and therefore the indoctrination which can go on there is largely unheeded . |
| 29 | When we speak of strong attachment or attraction between two people we are in the realms of love , the basis on which many people in our culture choose or are drawn towards their marriage partner . |
| 30 | Millions of people in our country live alone — |