Example sentences of "people [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are many reported cases of ‘ primitive ’ peoples knowing each other 's whereabouts over distances of several hundred miles . |
| 2 | The number of peoples practising complementary medicine has grown rapidly since about 1970 . |
| 3 | But is n't nature a very delicate balance between various forces and various processes , and by people , not like yourself , but perhaps more industrially based people producing vast quantities of a given compound and spreading it almost indiscriminately , could n't that erm seriously upset the balance of nature in a particular resource ? |
| 4 | The people producing these services are oriented toward professional help . |
| 5 | Somehow people producing this , preparing this have to think of a way in which they can trap the listener , the viewer , the reader and get their interest . |
| 6 | People touching infected surfaces and then touching their eyes , nose or mouth will probably soon be snuffling themselves . |
| 7 | In this time I have noted the steady increase of people pursuing this activity and an equally heavy resistance to the sport by landowners and fishing groups . |
| 8 | I 'm trying the Cov office now which means we 'll have to sit with sad people singing Jolly Boating Weather with lyrics by Jimmy Hill . |
| 9 | stopping people sniffing one thing may turn them to other substances which might be more dangerous . |
| 10 | But he told me that , in the eyes of the law , theft is actually a lesser charge than handling stolen goods If there were n't people handling stolen goods then nobody would nick things in the first place . |
| 11 | Mr Williams : ‘ Although you did not , would you expect that some people seeing young children on the motorway would be so concerned as to slow down ? ’ |
| 12 | While the number of people drawing such assistance grew steadily during the post-war period , the size of this group has exploded since 1979 . |
| 13 | Well , all I , all I can say , and I take your point , is there is an awful large number of Ottery people using that place , and I think that that , I think East Devon do a very very good job with the Sports Centre , and we all know the giving a |
| 14 | They thus tend to be re-learnt for each occasion with people using slight variations and interpretations . |
| 15 | To stop splatter from spilling into the conversations of people using analogue phones , the digital frequencies require buffer zones of precious spectrum to separate them from analogue channels . |
| 16 | We are concerned in fact that er the western nations did n't rather deplore earlier er Hussein 's actions against his own people using chemical weapons , and we think it 's a shame for us that we 've only come in at this point , and we must come in carefully I think . |
| 17 | The idea has been around for ages , of course — people using two thin woollen sweaters rather than one thick . |
| 18 | In this way people using such a terminology may distinguish the role of father from that of father 's brother . |
| 19 | It is the distinction of focus between self and partner which is the difference between making love , and people using each other 's bodies in mutual masturbation . |
| 20 | While the percentage of middle class people using mechanical methods of birth control increased from 9 per cent to 40 per cent between 1910 and 1930 , the comparable figures for the working class were 1 per cent and 28 per cent . |
| 21 | I ca n't stop people using private firms . |
| 22 | The family had always been interested in the leather trade , indeed as far back as eighteen hundred and fourteen er , our ancestors were tanners in the south country , and we make an article known as Hooper 's saddle food , which is much sought after by the saddlers , and other people using similar sort of leathers . |
| 23 | The pressures of racism have led to black people using dangerous skin bleaches , and having plastic surgery to change their features ; and to black children playing at miming peeling off their skin or pulling out their hair , in ‘ what I like/do n't like about myself games . |
| 24 | The Pedestrian count — the results of the count taken from the North-East corner of Old Market Square and up the Mansfield Road , showed a notable drop-off at Bluecoat Street/York House , which means a reduction in people using this route . |
| 25 | Mr Chairman , er , it 's an important point , but I 'm so fed up with hearing people using this as a political issue , erm , and , and , and I 'm a high critic of the government er , for many other reasons , but I would like to know where these people think the money would come from . |
| 26 | The basic framework of rural settlement was augmented and many farmsteads were rebuilt and romanised , their people using Romano-British pottery , Roman coinage and other objects , and utilising the new features of dressed masonry , mortar , man-made roofing materials , heating systems , and mosaics — rectilinear planned buildings became the norm . |
| 27 | In particular , people using busy main line and underground stations , airports and bus terminals should be aware of unaccompanied luggage . |
| 28 | There is evidence of a parallel growth in the number of people using complementary medicine of different kinds . |
| 29 | He selects his people using common sense , not graphology nor " Delta-factor " personality tests . |
| 30 | Improve information on assessment and counselling for people using prescribed or illegal drugs or solvents . |