Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [verb] that [adj] people " in BNC.
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| 1 | Norman Tebbit 's advice to the unemployed to ‘ get on their bikes ’ to look for work implied that many people were voluntarily unemployed and this statement was probably symptomatic of the government 's whole approach to unemployment . |
| 2 | Provisional figures yesterday from the Department of Transport showed that 4,274 people were killed in 1992 — 6 per cent fewer than in 1991 . |
| 3 | It 's not the job of education to ensure that young people settle for the status quo . |
| 4 | The first type of theory proposes that these people make an inappropriate immune response ( allergic response ) to certain synthetic chemicals , in the same way that a hay-fever sufferer reacts adversely to pollen ( see Chapter Two ) . |
| 5 | The Secretary of State said that those people who were to receive discounts would be separately marked on the lists . |
| 6 | Will the Secretary of State concede that many people are doing better , which we welcome , because of the state earnings-related pension scheme which was introduced by the Labour Government ? |
| 7 | Will the Minister of State confirm that young people will be placed in secure accommodation only when they represent a real danger to the public ? |
| 8 | Earlier he ends chapter three with a hint of humour saying that many people are not what they seem despite the appearances and begs her to try her utmost not to be worse than she appears , concluding : Here the word " form " is ambiguous referring to his writing as well as to a life-style . |
| 9 | The increased use of trained child care officers who had studied the growth and development of personality meant that more people were aware of the difficulty , if not the impossibility , of compensating a child for the break-up of his or her natural home . |
| 10 | The second type of explanation suggests that these people have some sort of defect that makes them less able to cope with environmental chemicals . |
| 11 | From the top down , the segmentation of politics means that different people care about different parts of the federalist puzzle and can not work out whom to blame . |
| 12 | If the Department of Energy believes that 17,000 people are employed directly or indirectly in the opencast coal sector , why did the Secretary of State for Employment recently say that 40,000 people were employed there ? |
| 13 | When buying a house for renovation remember that most people will not be able to do all the work themselves and the extra cost of labour and materials should be added to the asking price . |
| 14 | Their talent for self-promotion ensured that many people turned up at the Ritz to witness the intriguing spectacle of The Smiths falling on their collective backsides . |