Example sentences of "[n mass] [Wh pn] [vb past] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right from the start , the people who dreamed up the reforms made the mistake of including buzz-words — the ‘ internal market ’ and ‘ opted-out ’ are the most glaring examples — which seemed intended to flatter Mrs Thatcher rather than to inform Mr Average . |
| 2 | These were people who knew how the business worked , understood local markets — and were prepared to stand up for what they knew and believed . |
| 3 | Some of the working- and lower-middle-class people who made up the bulk of the urban populace had relatives in the villages , but transport to and from the countryside was erratic and there was always the danger that food-parcels sent in from the villages would be intercepted and confiscated . |
| 4 | ‘ It is safer to make comedies , ’ explained Ken Annakin in 1958 , ‘ because they are the only pictures which , in Britain , bring back any profit at all to the people who put up the money . ’ |
| 5 | The show is organised by the same people who put on the Clothes Show and will have stands and information about all kinds of pet animals . |