Example sentences of "people [vb base] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This initiative had the particular support of President Jaime Paz Zamora of Bolivia , who had noted that in most Latin American countries " the indigenous peoples make up the largest seriously poor groups " . |
| 2 | He suggests that the totem animal is the father , which many peoples show when they talk of the totem animal as their ancestor . |
| 3 | Despite recent generalizations about the violence and aggression which supposedly typify societies of tropical forest in South America ( see , for instance , Sanday 1981 : 193 ) , these peoples vary considerably in the degree and the kind of violence allowed in everyday life . |
| 4 | The national liberal politician , Johannes von Miquel , wrote that ‘ the suggested constitution could not be compared with the Swiss or American model ’ , adding for good measure that ‘ great peoples do not copy ’ . |
| 5 | In other words ‘ primitive ’ peoples do not simply construct words and meanings in relation to the felt needs of everyday life but classify according to more general intellectual interests and concerns . |
| 6 | Only now , when the tribal peoples have almost gone , has the West awakened to the fact that , rather than their lands and possessions , it is their subtle abilities and specialized environmental wisdom , forged since the beginning of time , which are of paramount importance to us all . |
| 7 | But because it is part of the school ethos ( for teachers and pupils alike ) that it is embarrassing to show that you have been hurt , people remain mostly unaware of the pain that these mundane disparagements cause . |
| 8 | But when permissive or instructional therapy is needed , the interesting question is why people remain so ignorant about their bodies and potential sexuality when there are so many relevant books on the market , when sex education is provided in schools and when many glossy magazines promote the virtue and necessity of orgasm . |
| 9 | But while only a fool would argue that smoking is harmless , many people remain blissfully ignorant about the dangers of the sun . |
| 10 | The overwhelming majority of Ulster 's people remain implacably opposed to this diktat and its contention that our land must be jointly governed by the English and Irish bureaucrats . |
| 11 | The birth rate is notoriously difficult to predict as people remain very capricious in their decisions about when , and how many , children to have . |
| 12 | Now , after various newspaper disasters , it is being recognized that allegiance to a particular paper , whatever others may think of it , is not something people change lightly . |
| 13 | When the group or the fashion changes , such people change too . |
| 14 | Physically and emotionally exhausted groups of people sit round the bed of the ill person feeling quite unable to leave even though they may have children at home or jobs to go to or a multitude of other functions . |
| 15 | ‘ That 'll make a few people sit up . |
| 16 | It was interesting to listen to the comments after the game from the Radio 5 reporter who said that we 'd had enough chances to last us ‘ till Christmas , maybe it 'll make a few people sit up and recognise that we have a team capable of winning something this season . |
| 17 | But look around you and see how many people sit just like this ! |
| 18 | On Saturday nights around 30 people sit down to a four-course SE Asian banquet . |
| 19 | She 'd been into lots of Homes where everybody was sat separately , with their space between their chairs , whereas a lot of our people sit quite close to each other and lean over . |
| 20 | people sit there gambling |
| 21 | ‘ Those sort of people eat far too much starch , ’ said Lady Selvedge to Mrs Grandison in an audible whisper . |
| 22 | I mean , it 's like like Colin and I , I mean , like we 're happy but then , no were not hundred per cent happy at all , But like , er , like some people I ca n't if you get upset , some people eat more , some people eat less , or you know , some go into recluse , some get and like Colin , |
| 23 | Most people eat too much fat . |
| 24 | Nine in 10 people eat too much fat — which can be a trigger of heart disease . |
| 25 | This has been shown in several scientific experiments which invariably indicate that overweight people eat more quickly than slim people . |
| 26 | Some people develop very strong appetites for recognition and are attracted to jobs which provide them with endless ‘ jellybeans ’ ; for example , the reward systems of the armed services , higher education and the professions offer substantial opportunities to be recognized and praised for one 's performance . |
| 27 | I know people mean well , but they should realise that they could easily offer a child fruit like an apple or a banana instead . |
| 28 | Whether this is because people absent mindedly leave them up trees we have been unable to ascertain . |
| 29 | Do you get used to being filthy and smelly — do you stop minding that people back off you 'cos you stink ? |
| 30 | It could also set a precedent for other governments — like Thailand and Malaysia — which have both pushed boat people back out to sea . |