Example sentences of "[noun sg] that [adj] people " in BNC.
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| 1 | If no one knows that this change has happened , because of the relative isolation that many people live in today , then it becomes much more difficult to grieve openly . |
| 2 | I wonder if any Golf Monthly readers could explain to me why golf manufacturers and club professionals are under the illusion that left-handed people do not want to play golf ; or , if they do , then they are able and willing to use right-handed clubs . |
| 3 | Although in the case of learning disabilities he accepted that he was dealing with congenital conditions incapable of radical improvement , his regimen called not only for humane treatment but also for an appreciation that disabled people deserved special understanding because of their superior spiritual status . |
| 4 | The Minister must be aware of the shortage of affordable housing in villages and towns in rural areas , with the result that young people have to leave those areas to find suitable accommodation . |
| 5 | And the problem reaches even further into the local community when developers start to snap up adjacent buildings , with the direct result that local people can no longer afford to live there . |
| 6 | The average size of each plot of land available rose , with the result that fewer people could benefit . |
| 7 | I remind the Opposition that many people come to this country to persuade businesses here to make their products abroad . |
| 8 | If this is a universal understanding of the grief process , how does the church assist the bereaved in the first stage of their loss , bearing in mind that many people who make little or no claim to Christian faith still look to the church to provide a fitting funeral rite ? |
| 9 | Bearing in mind that many people eat lunch at work , most of the light meal dishes can be taken to work either in a food container or , for a more filling lunch , pocketed in some pitta bread . |
| 10 | Perhaps your correspondent could enlighten us as to the best method of preventing unwanted teenage pregnancy , bearing in mind that young people will always form sexual relationships , regardless of the wishes of their parents or anyone else to the contrary . |
| 11 | One of these , often referred to by the police , is the unrealistic fear that many people , particularly the elderly , have of their society . |
| 12 | The need for excessive control in conversation can come from a deep fear that other people 's ideas are threatening . |
| 13 | Mr Portillo claimed that people on low incomes were very low users of road fuel yet would be compensated through the RPI for the extra expense that other people would pay . |
| 14 | It is in the outpatient department that many people feel particularly vulnerable as they wait in a cubicle , wearing paper gowns with no idea of what is happening , as staff rush around self-consciously doing more important things than talking to a patient . |
| 15 | We mentioned earlier in this chapter that some people feel uncomfortable or trapped by the public contract of marriage , yet still allow themselves to be married . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's not my fault that these people do n't understand what dancing is . |
| 17 | But the City , already nervous about the hefty price Thorn paid for Virgin just before the industry down turn — and by talk that 160 people have quit Virgin since the sale — marked Thorn 's shares another 9p lower to 808p . |
| 18 | Another rule that worried people on first reading , and I can understand why , is the rule relating to political activity in this country . |
| 19 | The council have a very strict rule that homeless people are only allowed one offer of a council house . |
| 20 | The council have a very strict rule that homeless people are only allowed one offer of a council house . |
| 21 | How would it look if I suddenly disappeared for weeks — leaving a gap that other people would have to fill — because my wife 's grandmother is ill on the other side of the world ? ’ |
| 22 | Thus to honour the first of the Roman emperors an orderly arrangement was reduced to an illogical jumble that many people find difficult to remember but which in the course of 2,000 years has been successfully imposed on most of the world . |
| 23 | It is often said that alcohol is ‘ the only little pleasure that old people have ’ , which may be true to an extent , but if drinking becomes a problem then it is for the individuals to decide how much of a pleasure drinking is , and whether they want help to stop . |
| 24 | The more workers are sent from the developed world , the louder is the message to the recipients of aid that other people know best . |
| 25 | To buy a Stag just for its investment potential is to deny yourself the sort of al fresco luxury that most people can only dream about in a new car . |
| 26 | Two broad themes were apparent : first , there was a growing recognition that elderly people were mentally and physically capable of far more than had been previously assumed , and that it was medically and socially possible for them to maintain an independent and active life . |
| 27 | More positively , it is the recognition that all people should have the right to live within the community — to contribute to it and benefit from it , and simply to be a part of it , except in very rare circumstances . |
| 28 | Where housing departments were developing strategies on homelessness , there was no recognition that disabled people become homeless as well , and conversely , that some homeless households contain disabled people . |
| 29 | Just as important as the specific commitment is the general recognition that older people have potential in the same way as the rest of the population , and that this should be given the chance to develop . |
| 30 | If there was recognition that older people have the capacity but are not given the opportunity for participation and decision-making in , for example , the way residential care and nursing homes are run , then a lot of things would have to change . |