Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [conj] [adv] [adj] people " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Britain alone , it has been calculated that about 200,000 people may be bitten by dogs each year . |
| 2 | Dischargers are regarded as potentially difficult people . |
| 3 | We are praying that very ordinary people will be called to a very special task . |
| 4 | He went on : ‘ They are needed because so many people at work simply do not have the power or the resources to achieve these things for themselves . ’ |
| 5 | It is to be regretted that so few people in the county are aware of its existence . |
| 6 | One organisation , the Eugenics Movement , was especially concerned that the national intelligence would be impaired if mentally handicapped people remained part of society . |
| 7 | CONSUMER advice surgeries in four County Durham towns are to be axed because too few people are using them . |
| 8 | For it has to be remembered that very old people get very tired and need to be selective about activity . |
| 9 | You know like I say there is quite a lot of trust and erm I think Yona and me are sort of aware er we 're very much united in the feeling that we do n't we do n't want things to erm you know we want everybody to be involved and obviously different people have different things to offer . |
| 10 | At least nine police were hurt and about 10 people detained in clashes between security forces , demonstrators and strike pickets in the Basque region and the neighbouring Navarre province , local government officials said . |
| 11 | Paul Pacitto , defending , said either the police were mistaken or alternatively three people had perjured themselves . |
| 12 | In the ensuing fighting a student and a policeman were killed and over 90 people were injured . |
| 13 | Three AWB members were killed and about 60 people , including black residents , were injured . |
| 14 | It is said that mentally handicapped people do not normally enjoy a happy life . |
| 15 | It is said that mentally handicapped people die young . |
| 16 | It is regretted that so many people were unable to obtain a ticket for this game and the committee fully appreciates their keen disappointment ; it was an impossible task to satisfy everyone so great was the demand . |
| 17 | It is hoped that as many people as possible can be there on the day . |
| 18 | It 's estimated that around 700 people die in house fires in Britain each year . |
| 19 | ‘ The Government is determined that as many people as possible with mental health problems live in the community . |
| 20 | In speeches summing up for Yeltsin it was claimed that about 40,000,000 people had been " eliminated " by the CPSU , and that 19,840,000 " enemies of the people " had been repressed . |
| 21 | And that interest was reflected when over 100,000 people filled six blocks of George Street from Circular Quay to the Town Hall to cheer home the Wallabies . |
| 22 | It was agreed that only ten people should tramp round the tiny cottage at a time ; the remainder were forced to mingle with the morning shoppers and then to walk on to the old St Mary 's Chapel , which once had held the shrine of Our Lady of Bradstow and to which passing ships would lower their sails in honour . |
| 23 | It was estimated that over 5,000 people attended . |