Example sentences of "[n mass] [conj] are [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In principle these recorders are not so very different from a normal domestic tape recorder , but they too are installed in the tail end of the aircraft and are heavily protected from crash damage . |
| 2 | Ornamental pool fish that are commonly sold to the pond owners usually live amicably together , irrespective of size or species . |
| 3 | As a medium , therefore , TV is subject to a variety of pressures — commercial , political and technological — that have the potential to generate considerable changes ; and because TV is such a powerful medium , these pressures ensure that it changes almost as much as other media that are less constrained by technological straitjackets . |
| 4 | You know , very often you hear the people that are actually talking about the things they 've done are normally the ones that have n't quite got there . |
| 5 | He said : ‘ There are certain characteristics of the Fijian people that are ideally suited to sevens — their amazing ball skills and tremendous explosive pace . |
| 6 | Secondly , migration from the cities has in net terms been removing the types of people that are least affected by increasing unemployment . |
| 7 | All the studios and apartments sleep 2–4 people and are comfortably furnished with private bathroom facilities and a balcony with sea view . |
| 8 | All rooms sleep 2–4 people and are fully equipped with cooking facilities , fridge and private bathroom . |
| 9 | NCA can undertake a wide variety of specialist role modifications to the Caribou and are currently working on a palletised anti-pollution system that would enable an operator to maintain the capacity of the fuselage , but to change to oil-slick dispersant status very quickly . |
| 10 | In some species that are heavily preyed upon , such as the Polynesian blue-tailed skink , the tail colour is unusually retained right through into adulthood . |
| 11 | Dabs , flounder and whiting are three species that are often caught in great numbers from the shore yet often fail to make the measure . |
| 12 | But both polar regions support vegetation and land fauna that are well adapted to their environments ( Chapter 6 ) and varied enough to keep generations of ecologists interested in them . |
| 13 | Look at the stuff he 's holding on to : he is n't selling any of his great Minimal works , his Carl Andres or Donald Judds , but those are works that are still climbing in value . ’ |