Example sentences of "[conj] [n mass] were [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea of " the people " has often had class connotations , which meant that aristocrats or bourgeois were excluded from the definition of " the people " , as was the case with Sieyes . |
| 2 | Professor T , R. Lee said that people were exercised about the dangers to life from railways when they were new , but they were eventually seen as negligible , with the implication for some that the same sequence would happen with nuclear energy . |
| 3 | He believed that people were made by the impersonal forces of history , not by greed , malice and lust . |
| 4 | In a separate appeal issued on the same day to the Lithuanian people Gorbachev said that developments in their republic were causing " extreme concern and bewilderment " throughout the Soviet Union , and that people were calling on the Soviet government to use " economic , political and administrative measures " to defend the USSR Constitution and the country 's integrity . |
| 5 | But UNHCR officials in Sarajevo denied a statement by Ms Foa that people were running after the agency 's trucks in the city and begging . |
| 6 | Richard Barker at Waterstones commented that sales were boosted by a ‘ strong and impressive selection of titles . |
| 7 | ‘ I am convinced that sales were boosted by a strong and impressive selection of titles . |
| 8 | A colour television and video recorder worth more than £500 were stolen from a flat on Newgate Street , Bishop Auckland , at the weekend . |
| 9 | Plants grown at temperatures of 5° and 20° were viewed at a distance of 75cm and the readings compared . |
| 10 | We know for instance that quite often erm pillaged flocks of cows and sheep were driven into the quad as one of the few open spaces within the city walls . |
| 11 | Fifty four per cent of patients were referred by general practitioners , 43% were tertiary referrals from other consultant surgeons and physicians in England , Wales , and the Channel Islands , and 3% were admitted through the Accident and Emergency Department . |
| 12 | The door of the plane was open and people were coming down the steps one after another . |
| 13 | Now nation and people were linked in a nationalism constructed from a common inheritance rather than from opposition to potentially antagonistic nationalisms ( ibid. p 169 ) . |
| 14 | The national press and media were travelling on the plane with Mrs Thatcher , but the local photographers and journalists were going directly to the airport ahead of time . |
| 15 | All clergy , moreover , who had an interest in wool production and sales were hurt by the manipulation of the wool market for the king 's profit . |
| 16 | If people were socialized without a compulsory and compulsive sex morality , and learned to enjoy genital sexuality , then there would be no hostile behaviour . |
| 17 | Despite the cold , the atmosphere in the carriage was very stuffy , and it was more interesting to stand out here , even if people were pressing against the windows and sitting about on boxes and suitcases . |
| 18 | Figure 5 shows their distribution with time ; 49% occurred in the first four seconds after the onset of the common cavity episode and 34% were scattered over the 5th to the 27th second after the onset of the common cavity . |
| 19 | The choice of this figure suggests a well-judged ploy to restrict the highest rate to the truly rich , for it is noticeable that the majority of assessments between £40 and £100 were bunched around the minimum figure . |
| 20 | Reductions of between 80 and 93% were achieved within a few weeks . |
| 21 | The icy river was at least 4 ft [ 1–2 m ] deep and no boats could be found , but cavalry were stationed below the ford to catch any unfortunates who were swept away , and the infantry then crossed in lines abreast , holding on to each other . |
| 22 | While goldfish were flushed down the lavatory , she normally placed her other dead pets in a cardboard shoe box , dug a hole beneath the spreading cedar tree on the lawn and laid them to rest . |
| 23 | Figure 11.13 compares A level results in 1979 ( when data were gathered for the Rampton Report ) with those in 1982 ( when comparable data were collected for the Swann Report ) . |