Example sentences of "[adj] [n mass] have [been] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Lower interest rates have contributed to a pick-up in the growth of narrow money , while retail sales have been on a steady upward trend for almost a year . |
| 2 | Since it first opened in April , almost 5,000 people have been through the doors . |
| 3 | Some elderly people have been through a divorce leaving a residue of ambivalent feelings and some social isolation ( Hunt , 1978 , Table 12:8:1 ) . |
| 4 | ‘ These good people have been to an enormous amount of trouble on my behalf , and I am sure I shall be quite unable to do justice to their generous provision . ’ |
| 5 | Since then , more than 170 jobs have been created and 20,000 people have been through the Employment and Enterprise Centre . |
| 6 | Then again , too many young people have been through the finals course , often at considerable financial hardship to themselves or their families , only to find that they can not be absorbed into a recession-hit profession . |