Example sentences of "[vb base] people [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no altogether painless way of escaping from a pay-as-you-go scheme , particularly if you want people to make substitute provision . |
| 2 | Because , they want they just , just want people talking normal like . |
| 3 | I expect people to regard this as my house and not to abuse my privacy . |
| 4 | A council spokesman said last night : ‘ We urge people to exercise common sense . |
| 5 | How you persuade people to buy this sort of thing rather than that sort of thing . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I hope people understand this is a natural thing for any honest person to do . |
| 7 | They are part of our county 's image and I hope people realise that . |
| 8 | Now that you have a clear idea of what regression therapy involves , it is time to look at the sort of problems that cause people to need such therapy — why and how such problems have arisen in the first place and how they can limit people 's lives and potential . |
| 9 | It is no good closing our eyes to asylum and the pressures on our European borders — the borders of affluent countries — if we do nothing to resolve economic problems that cause people to become economic migrants . |
| 10 | Make transition rituals the pivotal elements of change ( for example , let people mourn old ways yet re-negotiate new values ) |
| 11 | You let people do this sort of thing for their sake . |
| 12 | Yes , I mean we 're not in the position to do what some of the , certainly I know some of the banks do , which is to guarantee a job after five years , let people have five years , you know , the maternity leave plus a guaranteed job at the end of another four when the kids start school , on the proviso that you can call them in if you need them within that period , for a bit of extra help . |
| 13 | The Labour Party is in favour of loosening the tax and legal inhibitions that stop people renting spare rooms . |
| 14 | What has happened because this problem has been recognised is that the police are having to go down there on a regular basis and actually stop people doing this stupid manoeuvre . |
| 15 | There are other ways people have tried to protect the minority , one is by saying that the , that you can generate a certain set of rights from within the democratic procedure in a different way , that is if democracies flourish people need certain liberties , people need to express their own opinions , people need to be able to do what erm assemble where they need to and so on but more common is the view that democracy should be limited by constitutional would present the minority and this is a view that Mill does n't really defend in representative government although it seems to be very close to his view and on liberty , that is we limit the spear that this government has control over so we ca n't , so in this view erm democracy is given a very limited role . |
| 16 | Jobs attracting people seeking power ( managers , union organizers , police officers ) also attract people seeking those goals and then reinforce them . |
| 17 | Should not he announce that he will withdraw those parts of the Bill and give people seeking political asylum the same rights to legal advice as anyone else would have , rather than introduce this appalling system under which they will not have the same equality before the law ? |
| 18 | Well let's just give you some idea , we 're not talking er telephone figures here we 're talking about the platform that we give people to earn that sort of money . |
| 19 | It 's quite interesting when they get people to do this test erm , if they fit into certain categories , depending upon their job as well , it 's almost , it is strange , that you do get erm , say solicitors to do it . |
| 20 | I thought , actually , what you were going to ask is how you then get people to follow that style . |
| 21 | ‘ I could not in good conscience tell people to buy disposable diapers . ’ |
| 22 | I know people get tired of appeals , but I urge them to organise fundraising for the echo-cardiograph equipment as undoubtedly a great number of people will follow me through the coronary unit and the machine will surely be of great help to them . |
| 23 | I suppose I could if I could pull the machine out and were , were the pipe goes over into the waste I mean people do that in the Isle of Wight are n't they , were they 've got to , need |
| 24 | You know , I mean people play funny buggers here , and excuse my language |
| 25 | So pragmatism may be an eligible interpretation of our legal practice after all , if it turns out that our judges declare people to have legal rights only , or mainly , when a self-consciously pragmatist judge would pretend that they did . |
| 26 | Pockets , they think , make people feel important — like explorers , war reporters or Anneka Rice . |
| 27 | We did cover that yesterday because obviously it 's an absolutely crucial point , and when we do a one-day course , we actually make people do one minute against the clock . |
| 28 | And I suppose people organising special events must erm seek your advice on occasions . |
| 29 | The scientists concluded that vitamin E was the key factor , so they advise people to eat more fruit and vegetables , cereals and vitamin E-rich vegetable oils . |
| 30 | Now , to do that , it means you tax the polluter , you make the polluter pay and you encourage people to do good environmental things by giving them grants or subsidies , but they are financial mechanisms and there is no proposal in here that allows any financial mechanisms . |