Example sentences of "people [vb base] [vb pp] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tuami and his people have escaped from the perceived menace of Neanderthal man , whose humanity they do not recognise . |
| 2 | So now the people have cut off the offending limb to save the rest of the body , their nation . |
| 3 | Figures for the 70s and 80s show that , in total , about 75,000 people have emigrated during the first 85 years of this century , and emigration is still popular in 1990 . |
| 4 | It is nonetheless clear that many valuable initiatives in the care of frail elderly people have arisen from the voluntary sector and few would seriously dispute a model of partnership between voluntary and statutory endeavour . |
| 5 | A total of 34,521 families and single people have applied to the local authorities under the homelessness legislation in 1990-91 . |
| 6 | Most people have heard of the world-famous Oktoberfest , ostensibly a folk festival and a time when Munich really lets go and gulps thousands of gallons of beer and schnapps , all in the name of tradition . |
| 7 | In addition , the research will assess the way in which the economic expectations of elderly people have changed over the twentieth century . |
| 8 | We too are part of the whole subject area ourselves : our own can be immensely varied , and looking at the various ways people have responded to the natural energies manifesting at ancient sites is central . |
| 9 | Twenty people have died on the treacherous glacier which we have to scramble up and down transporting supplies from the base camp to higher camps on the path to the summit . |
| 10 | People have died from the resultant pollution , which includes the accumulation of coal dust in the air , drying up of drinking water supplies , and depletion of local fish stocks . |
| 11 | Sixteen people have died within the last two years . |
| 12 | Large numbers of people have benefited from the positive aspects of many of these policies but the casualty list has also been appalling . |
| 13 | THE VAST majority of Scots believe moral values and the behaviour of young people have deteriorated in the last decade . |
| 14 | This may not be feasible where there is a very large number of candidates , but if people have got through the original application forms stage of selection it will be worth making an effort to see them in person . |
| 15 | More than 600,000 people have passed through the rough hands of the Serbian authorities since the Parliament was abolished , and have been arrested and interrogated . |
| 16 | And I 'm sure that this report on the health action area is going to show some fairly , erm give us some fairly staggering erm revelations about about the health of Oxford citizens that 's going to surprise people at large when they find out how badly people have fared over the past ten years when we 've had the Tories in office who 've really done their very , very best to make the health divide of this country in a very poor state . |