Example sentences of "[conj] it [verb] people " in BNC.
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| 1 | the snag with this option is that it requires people to be rational and let their ‘ heads rule their hearts ’ . |
| 2 | Mr Brown argued for changes to the tax system so that it assisted people who undertook training , and for new incentives for companies which upgraded staff skills . |
| 3 | The important thing was that it took people 's minds away from national policies . |
| 4 | It seemed to Elizabeth that it took people half an hour to greet each other each day . |
| 5 | Teachers of problem solving believe that problem solving can be taught , that it helps people in solving problems and that this is a good thing . |
| 6 | IF HEINZ announced that it uses people to test the taste of its baked beans , who 'd be surprised ? |
| 7 | The key to a good use is that it brings people to the building who value it for its beauty and appreciate and enjoy its surroundings — not simply people who regard it as an opportunity to acquire a large amount of cheap floor space . |
| 8 | ‘ Thus , although Dillons discounts only a limited range of titles , the knock-on effect of its advertising campaign and aggressive marketing is that it brings people into its shops , and generates the belief that all books are cheaper in Dillons , not just discounted titles . |
| 9 | Yes , one of the nice aspects of astronomy is that it brings people from many different areas of science together . |
| 10 | Public relations is thus concerned with a company or brand reputation which must be such that it gives people confidence in the company , providing the company with total credibility . |
| 11 | I hope , like Zen , that it gives people the feeling that they need not be cut off from the great intellectual and philosophical questions . |
| 12 | I have discovered that it offends people if you challenge this sort of remark . |
| 13 | The biggest problem with astrology is that it stops people from worshipping the one true God . |
| 14 | The upshot is a version of what is known as preference utilitarianism , for which what counts in favour of an act is not that it promotes a kind of experience known as pleasure or prevents a kind of experience called pain , but that it provides people with what they would prefer to have and prevents their having what they would prefer not to have . |
| 15 | The principal point about information technology is that it serves people rather than things . |
| 16 | The trouble with talking about yourself the way Stuart is doing is that it makes people jump to conclusions . |
| 17 | One is that it makes people er it gives people experience of participation which is itself an improving matter . |
| 18 | The second point about the leisure economy is that it places people 's use of their ‘ free ’ time at the centre of capitalists ' ( and governments ' ) concern . |
| 19 | Justice Rutledge proceeded to examine the evil which the statute was designed to cure and decided that it encompassed people outside the traditional common law classification of an employee . |
| 20 | D J Taylor — who had a heated exchange with Lawrence Norfolk , a BOYB author who was in the audience — captured the mood of the debate : ‘ I think the real importance of the promotion lies in the fact that it draws people 's attention to British fiction , and provides the backdrop for a much wider discussion about the relative decline of the English novel since the Second World War . ’ |
| 21 | Now the fight is just as hard but it 's not so romantic , so it seems people have lost interest . |
| 22 | ‘ So many people agree with others for the sake of it but Eric ca n't do that and he has to tell the truth and say what he 's feeling even if that is ‘ no ’ and it upsets people . |
| 23 | Because people are so angry , they 're frustrated with the system and their anger gets in the way and it frightens people . |
| 24 | It isolates the experience of misery and it domesticates people 's anger . |
| 25 | You turn it on and it tapes people singing or talking . |
| 26 | It puts people off fishing and it puts people off me . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ It 's like a real person , ’ she said , ‘ it gets angry , and it drowns people . ’ |
| 28 | It may seem an unlikely way to make a living … but Heather Gorringe is a worm farmer.She sells 20,000 worms a week from her farm in Herefordshire … and it seems people ca n't get enough of these wriggly creatures.They 're ideal for breaking down compost … and can even convert rubbish dumps into healthy agricultural land : |
| 29 | ‘ People are now saying it 's a most dramatic and exciting new production and it seems people who criticise it are totally discredited . |
| 30 | If it sends people into transports of delight , Elliott will be a happy young man . |