Example sentences of "[vb past] that many people " in BNC.
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| 1 | Credit granters told us that they rarely checked information about employment because they found that many people regarded this as an invasion of privacy . |
| 2 | It took me a long time to admit that , but I gradually realized that many people were grateful to me for sharing the thought with them . |
| 3 | The 1989 Survey revealed that many people are aware of other sources of advice and may well pursue them . |
| 4 | Though Booth 's study did produce categories of poverty which showed that many people who were in employment were still below the poverty line , and Rowntree 's work was memorable , not only for the detailed way in which he examined the financial needs of households , but also for his concepts of ‘ primary ’ and ‘ secondary ’ poverty and the ‘ poverty cycle ’ . |
| 5 | The survey also showed that many people are eating a very poor diet . |
| 6 | The survey also showed that many people are eating a very poor diet . |
| 7 | In 1606 , Nicholas Bownde commented that many people were still more knowledgeable about Robin Hood than the Bible . |
| 8 | With the old logo on the cover , though , we figured that many people would only expect to find the old-style pages within . |
| 9 | Norman Tebbit 's advice to the unemployed to ‘ get on their bikes ’ to look for work implied that many people were voluntarily unemployed and this statement was probably symptomatic of the government 's whole approach to unemployment . |
| 10 | By this he meant that many people want to cure a particular problem , or to understand themselves more fully , yet do not want to change their way of moving and , especially , their mental attitudes to life . |
| 11 | The inexorable course of this colonial war meant that many people in France , especially within the army , were not prepared to entertain anything that entailed France giving up military sovereignty . |
| 12 | Again Alice was thinking : So much for easy Impressions ! in this case , and she knew that many people thought this way , that Jasper was Bert 's hanger-on , his disciple . |
| 13 | A report in October 1989 said that many people were leaving the social work profession : low morale , increased pressure and poor pay all contributed to this exodus . |
| 14 | In a quiet moment our Guatemalan guide said that many people fear torture more than death . |
| 15 | Some 200 people in possession of pamphlets calling for a multiparty political system were reported to have been arrested in recent weeks around the country ; the human rights organization Amnesty International said that many people working in companies with facsimile transmission machines capable of receiving opposition literature printed abroad were among those detained . |
| 16 | He said that many people who could do so would be more likely to shop on the continent . |
| 17 | He said that many people who could do so would be more likely to shop on the continent . |
| 18 | Their talent for self-promotion ensured that many people turned up at the Ritz to witness the intriguing spectacle of The Smiths falling on their collective backsides . |
| 19 | It emphasized that many people considered that direct contact between boards and course teams was ‘ one of the most valued aspects of the Council 's operation ’ , and the Council concurred with this view as long as boards worked within the policies laid down by the committees . |