Example sentences of "[n mass] [verb] are " in BNC.
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| 1 | The data given are taken from Jenkins ( 1990 ) . |
| 2 | Data creation and data capture are at odds with each other ; the protagonists and the interpreters of history are still at cross purposes . |
| 3 | Data presented are from the intention to treat analysis . |
| 4 | It is extremely costly in time and money since such interviewing can easily take two hours or more , and the data produced are not easy to code and analyse . |
| 5 | Hence the 1-gram statistics of a data set are simply the frequency of each symbol within the data set . |
| 6 | The data employed are the published national accounts of the UK , supplemented by the national accounts statistics of the other member countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development , and by the data used in studies of local government expenditure in the US . |
| 7 | Data quality is a very important issue , especially now that automatic recording devices are available , and the volumes of data handled are vast . |
| 8 | If this is correct , and it is impossible to be certain how far the places for which adequate data survive are typical , it may indicate that rural areas saw an earlier recovery of population than the towns and certainly suggests that there were marked variations between different regions of the country . |
| 9 | Well you know what vol au vents are . |
| 10 | Vol au vents are like pastry . |
| 11 | But size and numbers of fish caught are of little importance at Scourie . |
| 12 | Many of the fish caught are immature , just a few inches long . |
| 13 | The importance of this for understanding structures of kin support are important . |
| 14 | I have found that fish fry are particularly prone to tubifex-related bacterial attack . |
| 15 | In London the figure is only eighty eight point four percent but even the ninety five percent figure and the eighty eight four percent figures are artificially inflated because those elements include people who have died and not have not been removed from the register , people who have emigrated , people who have otherwise moved to other parts of the country and who it is unreasonable to expect will all be seeking to make use of postal or proxy vote facilities . |
| 16 | The fish pictured are not fully mature and have yet to achieve the intense red colouring of the caudal and dorsal finnage . |
| 17 | All the fish stocked are extremely peaceful and were intended to get on well — as indeed they have . |
| 18 | In most cases , those fish infected are usually newly-imported , though poor diet and incorrect water conditions can lead to an outbreak . |
| 19 | Even fish remains are rather local , and do not adequately reflect the abundance of a group that has occupied the seas for more than 400 million years . |
| 20 | According to Money Management , over five years the most successful managed currency funds in sterling terms with £1,000 invested are Hill Samuel US$ Managed Currency , £1,631 ; Hambros Currency Managed Sterling , £1,621 ; Mercury Money Market £ Managed , £1,588 ; Old Court International Reserves Sterling Managed , £1,555 ; and Old Court Currency Sterling Managed , £1,526 . |
| 21 | Clearly , if some of the statistics presented are reliable , racket technology has changed the character of the game more on grass than on any other surface . |
| 22 | It is fatally easy to ridic-ule these attempts to trade outside the market , but the first snags that people raise are n't to do with the mutual trust involved , but relate to the attitudes of the Inland Revenue ( which insists that payment in kind is taxable ) and of the Department of Social Security with its Minimum Earnings Rule . |
| 23 | Three of the people listed are in Exeter . |
| 24 | The strengths that these people show are an ability to command respect , and to inspire enthusiasm . |
| 25 | The strengths that these people show are that they have an ability to combine a sense of concern , with a sense of order and purpose . |
| 26 | Historical materialists assert that the beliefs people hold are explained ( more than vice-versa ) by the mode of production in which they live and by their class location . |
| 27 | They also consider whether the means used are reasonably proportionate to the aims pursued : in European parlance , ‘ the principle of proportionality ’ . |
| 28 | The effect is one of intense strain and desolation , yet the means used are starkly simple . |
| 29 | Two people winking are not always doing the same thing . |
| 30 | We have on our a a a as councillor er er erm was saying must earlier on her piece , sixty six to seventy five percent of people housed are homeless anyway and will be housed because of that situation . |