Example sentences of "[n mass] were [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problems that Sterling faced in recovering the aircraft were at some times almost insurmountable . |
| 2 | Large pieces of timber take some considerable time to come to equilibrium with the surrounding humidity and , because the English weather changes so often , there was generally no time to build up dangerous differences in swelling strains so that we had comparatively little trouble from this cause , so long as the aircraft were in this country . |
| 3 | Nearly a million people ( a tenth of Greece 's population ) demonstrated in Salonika ; an opinion poll said that 72% were against any compromise on the name , and 20% were ready to fight about it ; and up to a quarter of New Democracy 's members of parliament threatened rebellion . |
| 4 | But how many part two people were on that course ? |
| 5 | Yeah all the Irish people were in that hall and welcomed us because we were from Ireland , New Zealand , over in New Zealand |
| 6 | Before doing so , some longer-run historical trends need to be mentioned briefly , because implicit in much of the writing on the social creation of dependency is the belief that elderly people were in many ways more independent in a pre-welfare state age . |
| 7 | Many people were by this time weary of the various attempts to find a satisfactory form of government and they believed the return of the monarchy was the best solution . |
| 8 | In that year two hundred and thirty-one daily newspapers served the whole of Africa , with a total circulation of three million copies , yet the majority of sales were at either extremity of the continent : in white-ruled South Africa and Rhodesia in the south , and Egypt in the north . |
| 9 | Bernard and Laura nearly became victims of their own success at this point ; with the great increase in turnover ( sales were by this time around £100,000 a year ) , the company was falling into the near inevitable trap of a young , fast-growing business . |
| 10 | In our sample , 70% were of this size . |
| 11 | The JS clerks of works were for many years mainly responsible for quality control of building and engineering , which is a role normally undertaken by the architect on construction projects . |