Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] people " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm this can only exasasberate er an already difficult situation chairman , I do wonder whether the , the people that British Rail are trying to attract to use the service and , and do bear in mind that this County Council recently voted ten thousand pounds in subsidies er to er towards British Rail to enable people to travel on a Sunday . |
| 2 | The Swindon Works only closed in 1986 and since it can take many years for asbestos to affect people 's health , she expects to be dealing with similar cases well into the next century . |
| 3 | People talk about reading and about literacy , but they do not spend the money to enable people to achieve that . |
| 4 | But , arguably , it is one of our strengths , a vital counterbalance to what Gilligan calls ‘ the blind willingness to sacrifice people to truth ’ . |
| 5 | Home Helps give care and practical support to enable people to stay in their own homes ; their work includes helping with domestic tasks , shopping , preparing special diets , washing and ironing , making beds , advising on how to keep warm and safety in the home . |
| 6 | ‘ I get criticised for not going to the cinema to see people 's reaction — but I 'm not there to review the audience . ’ |
| 7 | PEARL JAM played a free concert in Seattle 's Magnusson Park to encourage people to register to vote in November 's US presidential election . |
| 8 | The reason for this is not so much that it was beyond some people 's capacity to do imposition and so on ; but rather that it cost employers money to train people to do such tasks . |
| 9 | I would have to ask whether it is right to use the measure to reward people who did something two years ago , or whether it would be better to use the money to encourage people to continue the process in the future . |
| 10 | It would be unusual in the West to find people living next door to each other with so large a difference between their incomes . |
| 11 | The belief of the City Council is that , notwithstanding there are clearly difficult traffic problems in the city , there is more opportunity to encourage people to use other more environmentally friendly modes of travel by locating development in and on the edge of the main urban area , a view that 's supported by P P G thirteen and the research document onto planning , transport and planning emis planning and transport emissions on which it was based . |
| 12 | That gave us an opportunity to meet people from other parts of the diocese and actually to find out that we really are one family ! |
| 13 | For many young men , National Service gave what their universities did n't — access to foreign travel , the opportunity to meet people very different from themselves , and to exercise responsibility for real jobs at a young age . |
| 14 | Her various leadership positions had already given her opportunity to meet people of power and influence , but she was not so blase that she was n't delighted to be going to Buckingham Palace . |
| 15 | Ynys Mn Borough Council 's director of planning , Arthur Owen , now says the creation of an open-air museum is the best alternative to attract people to the park . |
| 16 | The most worrying feature of this decline has been the failure of the industry to train people . |
| 17 | The Consumers ' Association has produced an action pack Finance Your Future to help people make financial decisions prior to retirement . |
| 18 | The concept of standard drinks or units is an attempt to help people understand how much they are drinking . |
| 19 | A shadow programme to give people an idea what they 'd earn on commission is in effect meantime . |
| 20 | Dunning ( 1901 ) left it unclear whether fascist demonstrations could be construed as a genuine attempt to convert people to a point of view or to provoke by insult . |
| 21 | The council has already been forced to fall back on accommodation in the town 's Arts Centre in a bid to keep people off the streets . |
| 22 | He had read that , at the exclusive Beefsteak Club in London , every steward was addressed as George , and the colonel had decided to adopt the same rule to save people from remembering unnecessary names when stewards were changed . |
| 23 | The second point is on correspondence , I 'm absolutely certain that when a member of public writes in to any department , not necessarily highway , he expects and needs an immediate response , now I know you have , you have started the acknowledgement of our system , but I think it 's , it does n't go far enough , an acknowledgement card that simply says the thing is received and is receiving attention , needs to then indicate the individual to whom that matter has been passed for attention and that leads me to the third point and I think the general complaint on the public is that local government is seen as faceless people and I think we have to get in our mind to name people within our department , there 's not one mention about it in our promise , I think we need , unless I 've not read it , but I think , I think we , yes , but I think we need to mention people by name , senior people within the department who will respond to particular things and certainly where public comes into contact within the offices we must get around to wearing a name badge who says who that person is , people want to relate to a person and I think we can do that if we try . |
| 24 | Hundreds of posters are being circulated around Hartlepool in a bid to jog people 's memories . |
| 25 | It is an attempt to control people 's minds . |
| 26 | Henry admitted the joint charges of conspiracy to murder people in the New Mossley estate on August 18 , 1991 , and September 16 , 1991 ; possession of firearms and hijacking a car on each of those dates , and UVF membership . |
| 27 | Thus I may define ‘ propaganda ’ , which usually has an unfavourable valuational meaning , so that it refers to any vigorous attempt to change people 's outlook . |
| 28 | IN a bid to get people to sign the electoral register , from today Darlington council is sending out leaflets about the electoral register and postal and proxy votes . |
| 29 | Ironically , implementing a programme to raise people above this poverty level may , initially , be far from popular , although sweeteners , like a double Christmas bonus , will do much to pacify any adverse reaction . |
| 30 | We require a proper deterrent and I am increasingly of the view that we need some threat of pain and humiliation to purge people of the pseudo-macho personalities that cause the problem . |