Example sentences of "of people [pron] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | That woman 's now approaching eighty three , eighty four years of age and she 's still national treasurer , so it gives you a sort of sample of the , the kind of people they have at the top , who are really their heart and soul in it . |
2 | A Liverpool City Council spokesman said : ‘ It is our understanding that the cenotaph is a remembrance of people who died in the first and second world wars . ’ |
3 | But the thousands of people who trudged to the polling stations to cast their vote for this party must have known what the terror tailpiece to the democratic process would have been . |
4 | ‘ Why not ? ’ she enquired , expecting a dissertation on the nature of people who interfered with the marriage bond . |
5 | In penance she turned her head towards the open window , searching the small groups of people who ambled along the path for a familiar face . |
6 | In fact , 80% of people who die under the age of 60 are suitable donors . |
7 | The number of people who die from the habit is increasing every year , and a special conference has been looking at ways of tackling the problem . |
8 | One of Richard Baxter 's wealthy neighbours complained to the King about the large numbers of people who came to the meetings held in his home in Acton . |
9 | Rain fell heavily all day to add to the misery of people who came in the shop , many of whom had lived through the Great War , and told Anne some of the horrors of that time . |
10 | Eusebius , the ‘ father of church history ’ and biographer of the first Christian emperor , commented in his Life of Constantine on the ‘ hypocrisy of people who crept into the church ’ with an eye to the emperor 's favour . |
11 | It is difficult to generalise about the kind of people who come on the courses , but they all arrive with serious intent . |
12 | These are the sort of people who come in the Queens family tree . |
13 | From the shade beneath the trees emerged each day some of the considerable number of people who lived in the mysterious heights . |
14 | That was a mythical representation of Scotland that owed everything to the prejudices of people who lived in the past and knew nothing of the realities of the Scotland that then existed . |
15 | I mean a lot of people who live on the do n't go into town at all . |
16 | In providing our public services , we will continue to recognise the particular needs of people who live in the countryside . |
17 | The Chewong are a hunter-gatherer , shifting cultivating group of people who live in the tropical rain forest of the Malay Peninsula . |
18 | Erm , have come from Grant Development erm , I think the views er of people who live in the village will be pretty forcefully er put , and and I believe , can I ask with the exception of Mr Bust , and possibly Mr Pool , have you er three gentleman seen the plans to which we are referring ? |
19 | Repeat name and date at every opportunity ; the sort of people who live in the East End like to know you 've been around for some time . |
20 | Rush is one of that group of people who coalesced in the early 70s and saw the signs that the tide might be moving in the right direction , and that they could influence its course . |
21 | And wherever you turn in ‘ The Little Red Province ’ , you find a growing number of people who sympathize with the radical right-wing Republican Party — especially among the young . |
22 | The famous case of Derek Bentley , who was hanged in Britain , was a classic example of the kind of people who slip through the cracks in the US and end up being executed , says Mr Stafford Smith . |
23 | How the insights of people who work at the level of the ‘ real ’ people will be used is , however still a concern . |
24 | At present , the vast majority of people who work for the Scottish Transport Group come within a pension scheme-TOPS . |
25 | Facing opposition from the City , from English Heritage and all the conservation groups , amenity organizations and civic societies in the country , as well as hundreds of people who work in the City , it was quite a shock when a different Environment Secretary , Nicholas Ridley , agreeing with his inspector , granted permission for demolition and redevelopment . |
26 | How can a Government who claim to defend the national health service pursue that claim when the hidden agenda behind so many of the changes is to break the morale , commitment and solidarity of people who work in the health service ? |
27 | Assistance must likely be uncovered through direct observation , or through accounts of people who worked with the visionary . |
28 | Gulls the size of light aeroplanes flap over litter bins , joggers reeking of anti-perspirant run backwards , and a bunch of people who look like the original Haight Ashbury hippy collective play conga drums and saxophones in the distance , blowing a surreal note on a balmy breeze . |
29 | I will move that the petition containing some one thousand one hundred and nine signatures as of , as of today , erm of people who call upon the county council to reverse its decision to sell part of the land known as The Green , Doddington Heath in my ward for development purposes . |