Example sentences of "people are [verb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Will my hon. Friend please look into the matter because those people are living off the system that they seek to destroy with their bombs and bullets ? |
| 2 | The personal social service departments of local authorities are similarly stretched , with priority in many areas going to statutory work with children , and more and more older people are living in the community either without support or with help from relatives increasingly burdened by this caring role . |
| 3 | More people are living in the countryside and in new towns than ever before . |
| 4 | More people are living in the Thames Valley region and rely on rivers . |
| 5 | But initial reactions are n't always right and it seems to me that people are split down the middle . |
| 6 | ‘ These people are destroyed by the system , not those who lick its arse . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ What we have said in the McFarlane Report is that people are calling for the earth , we ca n't give it all but we can give them a substantial part . |
| 8 | And when people are asked for the alternatives as being in Europe , they tend to stumble . |
| 9 | One explanation for the ethical crisis comes when people are asked about the standing of leading institutions over the past ten years . |
| 10 | And it 's surprising how reluctant people are to go to the police . |
| 11 | Types of occupation have altered , although farming is the predominant industry , and more people are commuting from the parish . |
| 12 | The King 's own statements , however , show the extent to which his view of the Church was political : ‘ It is not the change of Church government which is chiefly aimed at ’ , he wrote in 1646 , ‘ ( though that were too much ) but it is by that pretext to take away the dependency of the Church from the Crown , which , let me tell you , I hold to be of equal consequence to that of the militia ; for people are governed by the pulpit more than the sword in the time of peace . |
| 13 | People are littered along the hospital 's dark , dirty , blood-splattered corridors . |
| 14 | Some people are daunted by the technology of sound , but it 's basically just like water : you can send it out in a jet or you can spray it gently over everyone . |
| 15 | In exactly the same way , too many people are looking into the mind of the homosexual rather than considering the repugnance that is caused to millions of decent people all over the country … . |
| 16 | A. Our experience shows that many people are looking at the possibilities of working in this area and , therefore , with rules of supply and demand being what they are , a language ability is almost essential . |
| 17 | ‘ The figures we found are not significantly different to those anywhere else where people are looking for the problem . ’ |
| 18 | ( i ) All activities , methods and institutions in support of the welfare of young people are subsumed under the term ‘ pedagogical ’ ( ‘ erzieherisch ’ ) . |
| 19 | Transition through training is shown to be a process in which vulnerable young people are stratified into the slots allotted to them rather than being engaged in real decision-making about future choices . |
| 20 | Evangelisation is the process by which people are challenged by the demands of the Gospel . |
| 21 | ‘ The biggest single item people are discussing on the doorsteps is the poll tax . |
| 22 | The later chapters on the regions of Britain describe particular local features but for each region you should remember that many of the people are engaged in the activities indicated on these pages . |
| 23 | 11,000 people are packed onto the shoreline , some of them ankle deep in sea-water . |
| 24 | If people are exposed to the variety of opinions that normally exist in relation to any major issue , the likelihood of their being easily manipulated by unscrupulous opinion-makers is greatly reduced . |
| 25 | It will not be easy to speed up the system by which mentally disordered people are moved through the courts , prisons , NHS hospitals , Special Hospitals and , eventually , back into the normal community . |
| 26 | It may well be true that Black people are inspired by the memory of their courage under slavery . |
| 27 | They 're the unseen victims of the crisis at Leyland Daf. 50 people are employed at the factory which assembles door parts for trucks . |
| 28 | Fifteen hundred people are employed at the coal mines at Frickley , Hatfield and Bentley . |
| 29 | More than 100 people are employed at the site in Belle Vale Road . |
| 30 | If an increase in national income is the result of an increase in the quantity of goods and services produced , then we would expect the level of employment to rise as more people are employed in the production of additional output . |