Example sentences of "the [n mass] with [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tracers were seen bouncing off the other breakwater , which by this time was also firing at the aircraft with similar results . |
| 2 | That did it With his well-known temper getting the better of him , he jumped on the fish with both feet The fish was almost spent With both hands locked around the monster 's tail , the gleeful Yanto dragged it through the shallow water on to the hard sand . |
| 3 | It 's the people with easy lives who make heavy weather . |
| 4 | Given that the people had put him there , the Emperor envisaged it as his duty to be seen as the people 's servant — not just in the matter of governing but in his behaviour as a Sovereign who must associate the people with all aspects of his life . |
| 5 | We often hear about the people who bring misery into our lives crooks , conmen , burglars etc. but all too often the people with real values who help to brighten up our day remain anonymous . |
| 6 | So obviously no one who 's got an establishment contract will be affected from the first of July , but really everyone who 's on a temporary contract , those contracts are very much in the melting pot , and we 've got a meeting on the nineteenth of May s an extra C S M T meeting , to say , right this is how much money we 've got , these are the people with temporary contracts but the third and most important factor really is this is a new assessment of the workload of every office , and whereas in the past careers officer establishment has been based exclusively on year eleven figures and other staffing has been based on pretty arbitrary factors of historical nature |
| 7 | His strength , he argues , is management and negotiation and consensus-building , not inspiring the people with rousing speeches and grand schemes , or battering enemies into intellectual submission . |
| 8 | Yet as he developed this , the government emerged as the Pharisees , weighing down the people with unjust laws , and the right claimed by Jesus to satisfy his disciples ' hunger became the right of East Germans to satisfy their hunger for truth . |
| 9 | And yet she has one of the highest profiles imaginable , because she recognizes what she is doing , in a variety of ways , and the media-worthy nature of this , and she feeds the media with all sorts of stories , all sorts of angles , all sorts of aspects , which actually help her cause . |
| 10 | Cab visits were provided under the supervision of the staff with small donations being given which raised more than £32 during the day towards diesel preservation ! |
| 11 | The Eagles are also scheduled to play their annual Test with neighbours Canada on July 13 in Denver ( The Canadians lead the series with 11 wins to 4 , with one draw ) . |
| 12 | Dick Meekings leads the series with 364 points with Barrie Clarke in second on 315 . |
| 13 | Younis finished the series with 22 wickets a new record for Pakistan in a series in England |
| 14 | Gary is now leading the series with three rounds to go … this week he 's off to race for the European Championship in Holland … |
| 15 | In his last Test at Sydney in 1984–5 , having wrapped up the series with three victories in the first three games and not having lost for 27 Tests since 1981–2 , his team suddenly collapsed to an innings defeat , the architects of which were Bob Holland and Murray Bennett — spinners both . |