Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] [n mass] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Perhaps they 're only people on holiday . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Exactly , and remember , art and sport have this in common , they are both means of self-expression . |
| 3 | Despite John Ruskin 's strictures ( ‘ Such works as … the iron roofs and pillars of our railway stations … are not architecture at all ’ ) , it is now generally admitted that not only are they architecture but they are also works of art . |
| 4 | The dinner tickets are also £115 including VAT from Lesley Payne Esq , The Guardian , 119 Farringdon Road , EC1R 3ER . |
| 5 | There are often people behind street crime , like car theft . |
| 6 | The central mountains of Madeira are about 1,860m above sea-level , the three highest peaks being Pico Ruivo ( 1,862m ) , Pico das Torrinhas or Torres ( 1,85 1 m ) and Pico Arieiro ( 1,818m ) . |
| 7 | The shallow , circular houses are about 4m in diameter . |
| 8 | Average earnings in London are about £100 per week higher than in regions outside London . |
| 9 | Current average adult earnings are about £263 per week . |
| 10 | Unlike the Mackie exhibits , these are self-consciously works of art , ranging from fine printing and binding which will delight the traditional bibliophile to the more outrageous contemporary livre d'artiste and livre-objet . |
| 11 | One might , however , still argue that this work , and novels like it , merely ape social science conventions : that , whereas sociologists actually have research designs , cite data and distinguish between warranted and more tentative conclusions , novels are simply works of fiction , mere simulacra of the real thing . |
| 12 | Bed and breakfast prices are around £10 per person for adults , £5 for children ( aged four to 12 ) , children under four are free . |
| 13 | Root hairs are almost in. in length . |
| 14 | ‘ If wind speeds are over 3m per second then it 's crazy to think of anything else . ’ |
| 15 | The Yorkshire club are over £1m in debt . |
| 16 | Newspapers and television programmes are essentially means of packaging readers and viewers ( more appropriately , consumers ) for the benefit of advertisers . |