Example sentences of "[n mass] [am/are] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My understanding is that Her Majesty the Queen is visiting the Council of Europe because its headquarters are also the seat of the European Parliament . |
| 2 | Sheep are normally the most common animals represented although occasionally cattle predominate over sheep . |
| 3 | These fish are perhaps the most important tool the National Rivers Authority has for testing levels of water pollution . |
| 4 | The ground crews within the Army Air Corps are generally the unsung heroes behind everything we do . |
| 5 | Statistics are simply the product of the opinions of those who produce them . |
| 6 | The evidence shows that these incidents reported in the media are merely the tip of the iceberg ; for many black people in Britain , physical assault or violent verbal expressions of racial hatred are part of their daily life . |
| 7 | In any organisation people are either the strongest or weakest link , and all operations within that business will depend on their ability to listen , think , remember , communicate and act , and the impact of their performance , either on the technical side or on the side dealing with the public , will invariably have a profound effect on the selling of their product which , in the hotel industry , is accommodation , food , drink and hospitality . |
| 8 | Older people are probably the largest consumer group of health provision , yet they are generally less informed about matters relating to their own health , and more deferential to medical authorities than any other group . |
| 9 | After all , no two people are exactly the same , at least none that I have heard of or met ! |
| 10 | Impulsive people are just the opposite . |
| 11 | He said , the New People are still the poor people . |
| 12 | Erm these people are possibly the element we do n't want on the flats . |
| 13 | He said that on her birthday he asked her what she had learnt from life , and she thought for a long time , and then said : ‘ That people are morally the same , and intellectually different . ’ |
| 14 | Young people are often the best-equipped for giving to shops like this . |
| 15 | Facts about the properties of a given species are exactly the facts that a ‘ science ’ , with its initial definitions , is meant to give causal knowledge of . |
| 16 | The authorities must therefore police themselves , a problem the more poignant since their own sewage works are often the worst polluters . |
| 17 | For dessert , pieces of fruit are generally the best option . |