Example sentences of "[n mass] [verb] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The aircraft has been on the airshow circuit for a number of years and now needs a lot of tender loving care to bring it back to pristine condition again . |
| 2 | This aircraft has been in the UK for some time , latterly at Audley End , Essex , and before that Rochester , Kent , and Duxford , Cambs , having been recovered from the fire dump at Decimomannu , Sardinia , Italy . |
| 3 | Data creation and data capture are at odds with each other ; the protagonists and the interpreters of history are still at cross purposes . |
| 4 | Data presented are from the intention to treat analysis . |
| 5 | The data prepared was for directories such as Crockford 's Clerical Directory and the OUP General Catalogue . |
| 6 | Vol au vents are like pastry . |
| 7 | But size and numbers of fish caught are of little importance at Scourie . |
| 8 | Problems with short weights are being tackled and if fish has been on the market overnight , the person buying it is aware . |
| 9 | Some frozen fish had been on a totally different per tonne basis . ’ |
| 10 | And the National Rivers Authority has pledged to introduce 200,000 salmon a year for the next four years into the cleaned-up River Tees the first time the fish have been in the river in any numbers in the last 30 years . |
| 11 | The General Household Survey found that in one month in 1985 , out of people aged 65 and over , 34% had seen their doctor ; 5% had seen a nurse ; 1% had seen a health visitor ; 11% had seen a chiropodist ( footcare ) : 9% had seen a home help ; 2% had received meals on wheels ; and 5% had been to a day centre . |
| 12 | In addition , 25% have managed only one issue in the relevant period , and no less than 38% have been in the top 50 for less than four years , excluding those who have established themselves in the last four years . |
| 13 | Three of the people listed are in Exeter . |
| 14 | The media has been in a frenzy over Christmas retailing . |
| 15 | The last thing most of these people want is to be given reasons for changing their minds . |
| 16 | We believe that people should have the choice and the choice and the rights that most people want is for their children to be educated in schools without water dripping down the walls , where the ceiling does n't fall in , that does n't rely on temporary classes . |
| 17 | Solicitors acting for the National Union of Journalists are considering whether to bring a ‘ representative ’ or class action case against the newspaper , whose staff has been among the worst hit by the industrial injury . |
| 18 | Eighty-eight per cent of people interviewed were against the control of water services passing from regional councils and 60 per cent said they did not understand joint board arrangements for providing local services . |
| 19 | A report to the council 's working party on the control of dogs on Monday reveals the introduction of pedal-operated bins might attract further users and most people interviewed were in favour of the bins . |
| 20 | In addition , the assignments on which contract computing staff operate are of much longer duration . |
| 21 | The preliminary findings about staff ratio and staff contact are of interest . |
| 22 | A union spokesman said that none of the people arrested were from the sacked Timex workforce . |
| 23 | But with an annual loss of more than £900,000 and debts of £2m United were in no position to bargain . |
| 24 | In a normal conversation , the people involved are of equal status , and any one of them can change the topic under discussion or introduce new points . |
| 25 | It is not possible to judge whether the social context or the people studied are in any way typical , or representative . |
| 26 | You might be interested to note that a member of Forward 's staff had been on the committee for two years but was , unfortunately , unable to stay on this year due to pressure of work . |
| 27 | On the famed Old Course itself , Greens Superintendent Walter Woods ' staff had been in action for an hour . |
| 28 | As some staff had been in the Dean Centre for much of their working lives , it was only to be expected that they would leave Belford Road behind with some regret . |
| 29 | ‘ Hey , Midnight , tell us what th 've been at . |
| 30 | People had been before and |