Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] [adj] people " in BNC.

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1 However , the methods that I and other people were using in 1974 were not able to answer questions such as whether singularities would occur in quantum gravity .
2 In order to explain the ideas that I and other people have had about how quantum mechanics may affect the origin and fate of the universe , it is necessary first to understand the generally accepted history of the universe , according to what is known as the " hot big bang model . "
3 Lewis is extremely good at describing the actual territory in which the moral life , for most of us , is thrashed out , and the extent to which we enable ourselves to be deluded about ourselves and other people :
4 But , even supposing we do begin to awaken these sentiments in ourselves and other people , erm major problems are still ahead .
5 I asked myself that question on many occasions and wondered how I was supposed to refresh his and other people 's memories without risking the accusation of going on about it all the time .
6 In fact Carter 's performance in office fell far short of his and other people 's expectations .
7 Furthermore , Larry describes the matter that constitutes the density of his and other people 's psyches as ‘ resistance ’ ( 49/245 ) , and in effect the density and opacity of his mind is also a permanent barrier to a clear understanding of his experiences , both past and present .
8 These were all historical facts , facts about the past which men cited to authenticate or justify their or other people 's actions : they were the chief source of the Zuwaya image of statelessness .
9 Now a lot of people when that was first mentioned said ‘ I do n't need that , it 's all right you can look at them if you want to ’ , but afterwards , half-way through their course , they wanted to know that they were theirs and other people would n't see them and have this reassurance that if they wanted to watch it and then wipe it blank , or if they wanted to wipe it blank without ever having seen it themselves , they could do that and no-one was going to ask ‘ What 's going on ? ’ .
10 He is not trying to be humble , he is genuinely perplexed by the chemistry that exists between himself and other people .
11 It is through the written word that the writer asserts the difference between herself or himself and other people and other writers .
12 His solicitor said for some reason he 'd been involved since last December in a campaign of total destruction of both himself and other people , but now there was some hope for the future .
13 People , of course , have the capacity to give their own meanings to their and other people 's actions .
14 But he is a natural storyteller , and he has several of Levi 's other gifts : he is honest and brave , and what he noticed , and therefore remembers , is not himself but other people .
15 But she tells the programme : ‘ It worked for me and other people have said the same .
16 They 're depending upon you and me and other people are n't they ?
17 The patient 's attitude to you and other people around him can change dramatically because of his stroke or head injury .
18 He may use a type of emotional blackmail against you and other people close to him , by constantly demanding attention but refusing to allow other people to perform necessary chores for him , on the grounds that ‘ you do it better ’ .
19 I it 's just a question of , you know , something in your make-up that is inoculating you and other people have a weakness .
20 This was particularly appropriate because the ‘ Flickers ’ did just that ; they moved , ran , fell off bridges , drove trains through parlours , rode wild horses , attacked poor wee Indians , flew aeroplanes , and rammed just about every aspect of everything that normal people never did , on to a square screen in the local box of delights known as ‘ The Picters ’ , ‘ The Flicks ’ , or if you came from Clarkston , High Burnside , Shawlands or Jordanhill , ‘ The Cineemaaa ’ …
21 Gary says : In gliding , disabled people can do everything that other people can do .
22 Something that other people can see , something that other people like in us .
23 Something that other people can see , something that other people like in us .
24 Something that other people can be encouraged to live up to .
25 As in the legal definition , the interactionist conception of crime also implicitly portrays it as something that ordinary people are likely to want to do .
26 Not being heard or listened to is something that elderly people can find frightening .
27 James Powers wrote in The Hollywood Reporter , ‘ Crawford , currently starring in a New York hit play , is a new type for movies , but one that young people particularly respond to ; good-natured , detached , ready for almost any lark , without thought of consequence .
28 This example is an interesting one because different people have different views about whether or not it is in fact " illegal " .
29 A worthwhile person is always consistent : she acts within her normal personality and does not surprise herself or other people by behaving oddly or ‘ out of character ’ .
30 Lee was startled by the almost aggressive note in Mrs Ridley 's question and had to remind herself that old people do not like change , do not like precipitate action , especially from those they have become used to .
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