Example sentences of "[n mass] of [noun prp] have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The agency claimed that , having stated as recently as Sept. 17 that it had no unreleased BNL material , it had since discovered the existence of a series of transmissions from the CIA 's Rome station which indicated that the Rome headquarters of BNL had authorized some of the Iraqi loans . |
| 2 | The folk of Tiranoc have grown as hard and bitter as their land . |
| 3 | I had n't been to the dump for a while , and it was about time I went to see what the good folk of Porteneil had thrown out . |
| 4 | The people of Southampton have paid El 38,000 to assist Stagecoach towards its profit of a minimum of $ 31 million . |
| 5 | He told the throng : ‘ The people of Punjab have given me a lot of love … |
| 6 | He told the throng : ‘ The people of Punjab have given me a lot of love … |
| 7 | Theory 1 — Many in the West felt that the presence of police governments in the West did not represent what the people of Europe had fought for — they had been fighting for freedom of speech and democracy and the communist presence meant they had failed . |
| 8 | But it was not until the fourteenth century , when Christian monotheism had really taken root among the people , that the people of Europe had evolved sufficiently to develop a widespread mystical tradition of their own . |
| 9 | ‘ The people of Bromborough have got more than their fair share of industry on their doorsteps . |
| 10 | Former Chief Justice Bhagwati summed up the situation succinctly : ’ The multinational has won and the people of India have lost . ’ |
| 11 | Earlier , the Habsburgs had sacked Zurich , and the people of Rapperswil had given them plenty of help in doing it . |
| 12 | The Social Democratic and Labour Party MP John Hume told him : ‘ My constituents , who know exactly what the people of Warrington have experienced , would join totally in agreement with what you have just said . ’ |
| 13 | In their rejection of God , the people of Israel had tried to find help all over the place — in Egypt , in Assyria , by making themselves subject to foreign military strength . |
| 14 | But at its heart , the message is a simple one ; the people of Israel have turned their backs on God ; they are guilty of the sin of apostasy . |
| 15 | In welcoming everyone present to the celebration , the Bishop stressed that ‘ patience had its own reward ’ , as the people of Hemlington has waited over 14 years for their own centre . |
| 16 | The people of Scotland have proved for years that they support an assembly . |
| 17 | Mr Foster said : ‘ The people of Bath have rejected the failed policies of the Conservatives . ’ |
| 18 | The Russians who went to war on their side were now regarded as their enemies , and he contended that the reason why the British government was trying to prevent the Russian Government trading with this country and was using Polish forces to fight the Russian people was because the people of Russia had set up a form of Government which was antagonistic to a capitalist Government like theirs . |
| 19 | That , Anno 1260 , or about 200 years after the Norman Conquest , the kingdom had 2,750,000 people , or half the present number ; so that the people of England have doubled in about 435 years last past ; |
| 20 | Ever since the rise of Irish Republicanism the people of Ulster have remained loyal to Britain , loyal to a great Empire in days of yore and to not such a great Empire in recent times . |
| 21 | The people of Ulster have suffered enough . |
| 22 | The people of Wales have had the misfortune of having a concentration of poll tax fanatics representing them in Whitehall . |
| 23 | In the past the people of Elling had lived communally in a series of longhouses that were not , as now , separated into single family dwellings . |
| 24 | Encouraged by his enthusiasm the people of Deogarh had given every rupee and paisa they could find to raise the share capital for the co-operative . |
| 25 | To wait for their enemy , the ordinary people of Famagusta had made their way to the heart of the city , where the Cathedral soared like a vast triangled reliquary , flanked by princely buildings and faced , across the piazza , by the handsome , doorless shell of the Palace . |
| 26 | In his report Prof Friel outlines development plans for the waterfront along the River Foyle , a beautiful natural asset which he claims the people of Derry have turned their backs on . |
| 27 | ‘ If anything this election was a referendum … on the GST and … the people of Australia have spoken , ’ he said . |
| 28 | The people of Palau have shown a marked reluctance to alter their nuclear policy to comply with United States ' demands , which in turn has given rise to economic deprivation , intimidation , and violent criminal acts directed against the opponents of the Compact . |
| 29 | Since its launch in 1988 , sales of OS/2 have grown to only about 300,000 a year . |
| 30 | Sales of OS/2 have gone more slowly than some at Microsoft had hoped . |