Example sentences of "[n mass] have [vb pp] [prep] [det] " in BNC.

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1 Attempts to delay stent clogging by prescribing long term antibiotics or by the mucolytic action of aspirin have met with little success , though recent studies suggest that silver impregnation of the stent and omitting side holes may be helpful .
2 Today , five hundred million years after those jawless armour-laden creatures began to wag their tails and blunder over the muddy bottoms of the ancient seas , the fish have evolved into some 30,000 different species .
3 Neither the state nor its government is a person ; they are collections of people , and if none of these separate people has acted in any way inconsistently with his or her own principles , what sense can it make to say that the state they represent has done this ?
4 The staff has worked for some years to create links with the community and has worked to develop the curriculum , giving special attention to the learning needs of bilingual children .
5 She had never liked Mona Rigby — who would n't have been chosen twice for the coveted role if the staff had known as much about her as did Brenda — and she was n't sure that she really liked Miss Foley .
6 Already several hundred people had entered in this way , and before the doors were open the lower floor was about filled …
7 Meeting Milan Kucan , the Slovenian President , on July 23 , Jovic issued a severe warning against precipitate action ; he added , however , that any republic would be entitled to request the right of secession from the SFRY provided its people had voted to that effect , and that the final decision would rest with the SFRY Assembly , which would consult the views of all other republics .
8 ‘ There must be a hole in the floor under here , ’ he said to his sister , scuffing with his toes at the worn grey and red runner which one of the commune people had laid along this corridor .
9 You know people have worried over this car .
10 After all , people have contributed to these pensions during their working lives and in order to qualify for a full pension , you need to have paid into it for over forty years .
11 And you know this brings another important aspect up which is very important about communications , erm you know we 've jollied along talking about what communication is making sure people know you know what you want etcetera etcetera etcetera but also do n't forget that different people can have different perceptions of the same same things but as I say here we are we sat here we done we 've done about an hour an hour and a half on written communications and yet you know when we passed the papers around it has n't been too bad but there has been different things that people have gone for both in the writing of these reports and both in the marking of them as well .
12 It is invariably one whereby people have applied for those grants , they have gone through all the normal assessment criteria , which apply to any other art form , and if we feel that they adequately cover all those sort of areas then we respond , but as public body we have to be aware that groups , in applying to us , must fulfil the conditions that we lay down .
13 Yes , it matters far more than most people have grasped in this trivialised campaign .
14 Leaving aside the ( many important and detailed ) criticisms which people have made of these procedures , it is clear that , in principle , developing a basis for appraising investment projects is of considerable importance .
15 Du n no people have said like that will last a really short time or a really long time , but what 's considered a short time I know what a long time is , a long time is like sort of four months three sort of four months onwards in n it for like people our age , what would a short time be they ?
16 Lots of well known people have called at this famous pub , and signed the visitor 's book .
17 And I want to remind you of the history of when amalgamations take place , because a number of people have touched on that very point this morning .
18 People have changed in that they no longer seem to be quite so worried about pure sexual betrayal .
19 I suppose people have murdered for less .
20 Only a few of the surveys of homeless mentally ill people have inquired about any history of psychiatric treatment .
21 In modern times , people have looked to many different aspects of human activity as sources of conflict , not all of which may be seen as appropriate to medieval societies .
22 Many people have looked at this before and they 've come up with various prognostic markers , some of which are extremely complicated .
23 And they have applied two rather unique techniques to study this question ; it 's a technique that 's er , er rather unique to Oxford , it seems that across the country , most people have looked at this particular problem of reducing the fluid in the lung .
24 Well people have rung into this programme saying that they 've been put off visiting graves because this man is there .
25 People have died in such circumstances where a dog has leapt into the sea , encountered difficulties and then its owner has been swept away while trying to rescue their pet .
26 It follows that working-class people have benefited from this , but they are still more likely to be overcrowded than non-manual groups .
27 People have known for some time what has been going on , and I 'm surprised it has taken this long to come out into the open .
28 A group may be requested by the school itself — a more frequent occurrence now under the new GRIST and ‘ Baker day ’ arrangements — especially if the head , a persuasive special needs post-holder , pastoral care tutor , or other members of staff have heard of such groups working well elsewhere .
29 Health and Safety and COSHH have been very active in the year and I am delighted to see the way all of our service staff have responded to this .
30 Her sales have grown with each title ; this is the first to have had a hardback .
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