Example sentences of "people who for " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we are faced with the amazing fact that neither the insistence on English superiority nor a savage level of English military aggression was enough to produce widespread , let alone total , resistance by a people who for well over two centuries had determinedly and successfully resisted both . |
| 2 | In practice , they are just ordinary people who for some reason — and the reason is often accidental — have become involved with the mentally handicapped . |
| 3 | There are surely plenty of unemployed people who for long were treated as less than human , who now long for the chance to demonstrate their humanity in helping others , and doing it with a smile . |
| 4 | Later I knitted quality , made to measure garments in good yarns for people who for some reason or another ( usually an awkward size ) were unable to get what they wanted in the shops . |
| 5 | There are some people who for one reason or another would n't experiment with things at a young age , and find that they like it , ’ said a married 39-year-old building surveyor . |
| 6 | It is impossible for us to appreciate the impact of this dramatic change amongst people who for more than 40 years had been rigorously controlled by a centrally planned economy , implemented by a national and local bureaucracy . |
| 7 | This marginality is well described in Peter Wildblood 's chapter on ‘ Perry and Bella ’ in A Way of Life : ‘ the strange world of people who for one reason or another are out of step with the times ’ , or by Colin MacInnes : |
| 8 | It is thus important to use language which reflects a real change of attitude to people who for so long have been unwilling recipients of services designed largely for society 's comfort and not theirs . |
| 9 | People who for one reason or another can not fight for themselves . ’ |
| 10 | These courses have 4 hours tuition daily for a period of four weeks and are aimed specifically at people who for reasons of trade or technical co-operation require sound practical Portuguese to work efficiently in Portuguese-speaking Africa or Brazil . |
| 11 | These courses are aimed specifically at people who for reasons of trade or technical co-operation require sound practical French to work efficiently . |
| 12 | Muhammad ibn Ali promoted a campaign which used the medium of itinerant missionaries and was calculated to appeal to most of the people who for different reasons were discontented with the Umayyads . |