Example sentences of "[adj] people ' [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SI is calling for the UK to ban the importation of cheap coal produced at the expense of tribal peoples ' lives and livelihoods . |
| 2 | And if you volunteered for five years I know you got fifty pound for that which was a hell of a lot of money , a year 's wage in some peoples ' eyes that was you know . |
| 3 | I 'm very glad to see that there 's quite a lot of nurses here , and I presume that quite a lot of those are women nurses , and I think that this is terribly important , and I think a useful thing with this new service could do is to go out and talk for instance to the meetings of women 's organisations , to old peoples ' clubs in the afternoon , and actually ask people what they would like , and get them talking in a nice informal way , rather than waiting for somebody to let them know what they think , because I do n't think they 're going to get it . |
| 4 | The study sample did not differ significantly from the totality of new referrals in terms of age distribution , sex ratio , or referring agency , apart from having a lower proportion of referrals from old peoples ' homes ( 8/100 v 10/378 ; χ 2 =4.87 ; p<0.05 ) . |
| 5 | There has been a great deal of national publicity about the plans of the Labour-controlled Nottinghamshire authority to close 12 old peoples ' homes . |
| 6 | PLANS to close eight old peoples ' homes in Co Durham are disgraceful , says Peter Bergg , the Liberal Democrat prospective Parliamentary candidate for Darlington . |
| 7 | A Darlington couple have pledged to save one of the town 's old peoples ' homes from closure . |
| 8 | Only microscopic number of reproductions hand on the walls of ordinary peoples ' houses , and in terms of the national population those people who really ‘ like ’ them — as opposed to professing admiration for them — must be very much of a minority , so Bacon 's millions must have come from institutions and a very small body of very rich patrons . |
| 9 | Guerreiro had been widely criticized among environmentalists and Indian organizations for failing to take a sufficiently active role in defending native peoples ' interests . |
| 10 | AS THE political parties ' election campaigns grind into their final week , many peoples ' thoughts are turning to Easter holidays and plans to get away from it all-assuming they can still afford it , that is . |
| 11 | However , there have been achievements towards the recognition of tribal and indigenous peoples ' rights . |
| 12 | The complaint submitted to the ASA cited widespread evidence of unsustainable logging and failure to respect indigenous peoples ' rights in the forests of Sarawak . |
| 13 | Germany , Poland , the United Kingdom and Arctic indigenous peoples ' representatives attended the conference as observers . |
| 14 | This will take place at the Midlands Arts Centre at 5pm on Thursday 3 October , and the discussion will be led by Terry Staples , who programmes the childrens films for the London Film Festival , and Lewis Rudd , Controller Young Peoples ' Programmes at Central Television , with other invited educationalists and childrens ' programme makers . |
| 15 | Do n't be surprised therefore , if young peoples ' interests have developed in the direction of other sports . |
| 16 | Although libraries ( especially young peoples ' libraries ) are not the havens of quiet of folk myth , they can cater for such children if staff are trained to recognize and respect them . |
| 17 | The pressure of taking on other peoples ' problems can cause breakdowns . |
| 18 | In each case the experience of being wrenched out of the familiar instigates an identity crisis which results in a series of ‘ rebirths ’ as the protagonist grapples with the problem of selfhood and strives to construct some form of coherent identity out of the scraps of other peoples ' languages which penetrate his or her consciousness . |
| 19 | To help pupils care about the environment and understand other peoples ' beliefs and attitudes , giving them a perspective into which to place information and their own ideas . |
| 20 | Consequently I find myself spending a lot of time looking at chairs in museums , shops , exhibitions and other peoples ' houses . |
| 21 | Like affection , status relates to our feelings about other peoples ' feelings for us . |
| 22 | Again , it was the challenge to acknowledge God 's presence in other peoples ' lives as well as our own . |
| 23 | Step I of the Family Fellowships is " Admitted that we were powerless over alcohol ( drugs and other peoples ' lives ) — that our lives had become unmanageable " . |
| 24 | I dare say it seemed distinguished enough while you were living it — distinguished , at least , from other peoples ' lives . " |
| 25 | They were n't hers and she knew there was always a danger in wanting other peoples ' things for oneself . |
| 26 | The present aerospace boom will provide the Japanese with opportunities to build parts of other peoples ' airliners . |
| 27 | It assumes everything , and this is the last thing the field anthropologist who tries to understand other peoples ' symbols can afford to do . |
| 28 | It is about improved expression of one 's own and other peoples ' ideas , and the communication of those ideas . |
| 29 | Insofar as I can claim to have had any original scientific ideas , these have sometimes been misunderstandings , or misreadings , of other peoples ' ideas . |
| 30 | Cameron , needing nothing , sat around the house , surrounded by other peoples ' books and music and art . |