Example sentences of "the [n mass] of [noun] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I pierced the mask of the temporal that is a facade made hideous by the graffiti of desires and I saw behind it the real of human beings , that is , a masterpiece on the wheel of Eternity . |
| 2 | The church had important links with the butchers of Prague and they were given the first chapel on the left at the W end in honour of their defence of Prague , once in 1611 against the troops from Passau , and again in 1648 , against the Swedes . |
| 3 | I hope that the Government will clarify their stance and reassure the people of Scotland that we are not to be the nuclear dustbin of the world . |
| 4 | I am sure that it will be fully appreciated by the people of Scotland when they assess the parties ' policies at the election , including the policies of those who advocate a lesser or greater degree of Scotland 's separation from the rest of the United Kingdom . |
| 5 | The people of Durham as I say are very fortunate indeed . |
| 6 | That was an insult to the people of Liverpool and I hope that it will never be repeated . |
| 7 | Much more importantly , not only does it preserve the integrity of the people of Highfields but I guess in many ways it preserves the integrity of both the parties concerned while moving and supporting this particular amendment . |
| 8 | The customer is the people of Lincolnshire that we represent , they are going to lose out by this sort of policy and we oppose the principle of borrowing for these sort of reasons , |
| 9 | A former Minister of the Republic of Ireland told me recently that sovereignty did not mean the same for the people of Ireland as it did for us . |
| 10 | The reader smiles when the preacher tells the people of dockland that they live ‘ in a garden near the slopes of the heavenly mountain' . |
| 11 | They were good , big bells , the bells of St Saviour 's , and when they rang that crisp Saturday morning in December , the echo of their music returned across the harbour to the people of Polruan as they made their way up the hill to see the two couples joined in matrimony . |
| 12 | We need to show the people of Hungary that we are here , we need their support for the air force and the pilots . |
| 13 | It matters very much to the people of Coventry whether they live in Warwickshire or in the west midlands . |
| 14 | The English must have echoed the rejoicings of the people of Rouen when it was announced , in the early summer of 1444 , that a truce had been agreed between England and France , and that Henry VI was to marry Margaret of Anjou , a niece by marriage of Charles VII . |
| 15 | But it 's also erm about discovering the completeness of the ministry of the people of God as we enter through the various commitments that we have to our sister churches in Wales and in Britain and in the world , whether it 's routine or a particular relationship of members or All that 's part of the context of the ways in which we 're talking about and sharing with each other with God . |
| 16 | It matters very much indeed to the people of Wirral whether they live in Cheshire or Merseyside . |
| 17 | The members of this new class did not own the means of production but they were set apart from the proletariat by possession of a distinct form of capital — intellectual capital . |
| 18 | The administration may not own the means of production but it controls them through bureaucratic direction . |