Example sentences of "many [adj] people [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor are there many rodassiers , ample benches or daybeds which many French people regard as the most typical item of Provençal furniture . |
| 2 | Many ageing people hide behind the facade of ‘ being all right ’ , and this is often one which is most difficult for the counsellor to penetrate ( Scrutton , 1986 ) . |
| 3 | At the other extreme , many old people die during the heat waves that occur in very hot countries such as Greece . |
| 4 | And last night , we sang the top ten , in the Songs of Praise service , and it was a surprising how many extra people came to the church , as a result of that . |
| 5 | But Labour prospective parliamentary candidate for Darlington Alan Milburn said it was vital the service be maintained , especially as many elderly people relied on the 11a to take them to shops in North Road and the town centre . |
| 6 | Equally , many poor people live outside the inner cities . |
| 7 | Many famous people danced at the Palais including the Duke of Windsor and the Duke of Kent from their yacht in the Firth of Forth . |
| 8 | It meant ‘ self-respect … the poor man 's sword of honour ’ , a fine doctrine for ‘ the many deserving people belonging to the small shopkeeping and lower professional classes ’ . |
| 9 | Today many young people fail in the task of maturing into the genital phase of adolescence , a process which apparently needs much time ; they do not fully outgrow the phallic stage . |
| 10 | A good illustration of this is the lack of certainty that many young people have over the question of how to address their parents and parents-in-law after marriage . |
| 11 | Mr Christie said that he had had an association with the town for 30 years , and he knew how deeply many local people felt about the team . |