Example sentences of "[vb pp] [that] [adj] people " in BNC.
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| 1 | In practice , few juries have ever supposed that ordinary people turn away so consistently from the sort of pornography brought before British courts in the 1960s and 1970s . |
| 2 | ‘ It must be stressed that these people are having sex , not making love . |
| 3 | At a time when potential reformers included senior officials and members of the royal family , it was to be expected that educated people outside the government would emerge from the bunker to which they had been relegated in 1848 . |
| 4 | The statement ends : ‘ It is expected that more people will visit museums as a result of the wider interest generated by the presence of an international art and antiques market here . |
| 5 | The idea that people can be sensitive to natural gas is a contentious one , but it is claimed that some people have made dramatic recoveries after removing the gas supply from their house . |
| 6 | It was also claimed that some people in the media held shares in the mining companies and thus coverage of the exploration could be uncritical . |
| 7 | It was originally reported that nine people had been killed and 30 wounded in Mbuji-Mayi , a diamond mining town , during violent demonstrations on April 13 , 14 and 15 [ see p. 38133 ] . |
| 8 | In August 1989 it was reported that 13,600 people in Dumfries and Galloway had been supplied with water containing up to 1,000 times the EC limit for aluminium , starting in March 1989 . |
| 9 | It was reported that four people were killed . |
| 10 | On May 15 it was reported that 201 people had died in the violence during the month so far . |
| 11 | On Oct. 23 it was reported that 40 people had been arrested in the previous 24 hours , and that some 250 arrests had been made in the previous two weeks , mostly of people said to be linked to the banned Islamic Salvation Front ( FIS ) . |
| 12 | In fact , it is recommended that all people who take part in sport should have regular check-ups with a qualified chiropractor . |
| 13 | Offenders who are mentally disordered suffer the stigma of being labelled as both ‘ mad ’ and ‘ bad ’ , although for centuries it has been recognized that some people have diminished responsibility for their actions as a result of mental abnormality and that punishment and retribution , usually demanded by society of someone who has committed a crime , should be dispensed with in favour of providing humane care and treatment . |
| 14 | I have since heard that many people thought this to be unfair and an additional class has been effected for next year called the professional amateur class . |
| 15 | Although this example takes the point to an extreme , I have noticed that many people mistakenly use flowers that are so big that there' is barely room for them in the frame , and therefore the finished miniature is not as full of detail , nor as interesting , as a larger picture would be . |
| 16 | In only the last two years I 've noticed that more people are being drawn to the hills in Northern Ireland . |
| 17 | You have already noticed that some people speak more clearly than others , but this chapter is not about good articulation . |
| 18 | Have you noticed that some people seem to be able to crash their machine and lose all of their work at very regular intervals . |
| 19 | I 've noticed that most people over the age of forty whinge like a chainsaw about their memory not being as good as it used to be , or not being as good as they wish it were . |
| 20 | Trinidadians , disgusted by their violence ( they captured Mr Robinson and shot him in the leg ) , nevertheless reckoned that poor people had a lot to grumble about , as the government slashed away at public spending to rectify past extravagance . |
| 21 | It is felt that fewer people would be put off attending with other genital or sexual problems if the stigma of going to a ‘ VD ’ clinic could be dispensed with . |
| 22 | This is particularly important when it is felt that ageing people can no longer look after themselves at home and some form of residential care is suggested . |
| 23 | Meanwhile it 's been revealed that thirty people have been arrested and thousands of pounds worth of drugs seized during raids in North Oxfordshire . |
| 24 | Councillors have revealed that 293 people in Hartlepool were found to be homeless and in priority need in the first three quarters of 1991/92 compared to 320 in the whole of the previous year . |
| 25 | , A survey by Friends of the Earth has revealed that few people are aware when air quality warnings have been issued . |
| 26 | Checks carried out by the Inland Revenue on a sample of bank and building society accounts have revealed that some people have incorrectly registered to receive interest payments without deduction of income tax . |
| 27 | Checks carried out by the Inland Revenue on a sample of bank and building society accounts have revealed that some people have incorrectly registered to receive interest payments without deduction of income tax . |
| 28 | Water is so often taken for granted that few people consider what is needed in a supply until the matter is forced upon them by a shortage or a change in properties that affect the running of a works . |
| 29 | It is often said that elderly people are glad to take on the role of grandparent or even great-grandparent . |
| 30 | Of course it must be said that many people ca n't wait to leave their schooldays behind and so not all losses are to be regretted . |