Example sentences of "be [verb] that [adj] people [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Offenders who are mentally disordered suffer the stigma of being labelled as both ‘ mad ’ and ‘ bad ’ , although for centuries it has been recognized that some people have diminished responsibility for their actions as a result of mental abnormality and that punishment and retribution , usually demanded by society of someone who has committed a crime , should be dispensed with in favour of providing humane care and treatment . |
| 2 | Meanwhile it 's been revealed that thirty people have been arrested and thousands of pounds worth of drugs seized during raids in North Oxfordshire . |
| 3 | I am told that other people have had similar experiences but are not prepared to enlarge on their stories ; perhaps they had seen a ghost of a long-gone railwayman who had worked in the area years ago and had come back to his earthly place of employment ! |
| 4 | At best , it could be agreed that some people defined the national interest one way and some defined it another way , and each side was equally well-meaning ; only some had pushed their patriotism beyond the law , so keen were they , while others had stopped and thought . |
| 5 | It needs to be remembered that bereaved people stay at home . |
| 6 | It has been observed that some people switching from using a typewriter to a personal computer can gain up to half a stone a year because they no longer have to get up to consult filing cabinets ; and the same effects can be observed when people use remote-control television , extension phones , lifts and dishwashers . |
| 7 | It was no wonder that in the late Seventies , when Americans were beginning to query whether they were carrying out too many coronary by-passes , Britain 's health correspondents were reporting that many people did not even know such life savers existed . |
| 8 | The idea that people can be sensitive to natural gas is a contentious one , but it is claimed that some people have made dramatic recoveries after removing the gas supply from their house . |
| 9 | Mrs Darwin , an economic development chief , added : ‘ The new developments and facilities will encourage new business and one of our tasks is to ensure that local people get the new jobs . |
| 10 | The funds are , of course , still open and it is appreciated that many people have already sent donations direct to the Royal Homeopathic Hospital . |
| 11 | On Oct. 23 it was reported that 40 people had been arrested in the previous 24 hours , and that some 250 arrests had been made in the previous two weeks , mostly of people said to be linked to the banned Islamic Salvation Front ( FIS ) . |
| 12 | On May 15 it was reported that 201 people had died in the violence during the month so far . |
| 13 | On Feb. 28 it was announced that 54 people had been arrested in connection with the attacks on Hoxha monuments . |
| 14 | I was arguing that gay people have nothing to be ashamed of and yet my troops remained invisible as though they needed convincing too . |