Example sentences of "[adj] [n mass] [v-ing] [prep] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result , in the sixty years from 1851 the proportion of old people living in institutions almost doubled , rising to over 7 per cent of men over 65 and nearly 10 per cent of those over 75 , and slightly over half this figure for women . |
| 2 | In 1975 it was believed that a large fleet of supersonic aircraft flying at altitudes up to 25 km would have a ‘ noticeable effect ’ on the ozone layer ( World Health Organization , 1976b ) . |
| 3 | The TV items are being selected on the criteria of level of interest and validity as examples of authentic spoken English ie. we tend to go for ordinary people speaking to camera rather than voice over or straight presentation to camera . |
| 4 | There are some 220,000 indigenous people living in Brazil today , comprising some 200 distinct groups with more than 100 different languages . |
| 5 | They can then be spared the basic unreality of young people triumphing in circumstances too much for their capacities as well as the inevitable thinness of emotional experience which is bound to restrict the scope of an author wanting to draw characters in the round rather than stereotypes . |
| 6 | ‘ We thought we were never going to make it , ’ said one of the rescued people recovering in hospital afterwards . |