Example sentences of "[vb -s] other people 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | It monitors other people 's , usually those of the drug companies . |
| 2 | Erm , she 's lived most of her life in the Cambridge and Northampton area but she 's spent six months down in Plymouth , and erm , her previous job before working for T N T was she actually helped set up a baby unit in a private nursery , but claimed she only prefers other people 's children . |
| 3 | If he includes other people 's slivers , he may well perpetuate damaging myths about that person . |
| 4 | This in complete contrast to Holden who , although he criticises other people 's behaviour , does not describe them as individuals ; consequently in ‘ The Catcher in the Rye ’ , there is no serious development of any character except the central figure , whereas in ‘ Villette ’ , several characters are developed . |
| 5 | Rights are a central issue in being assertive ( see page 8 ) , since a decision to be assertive , as opposed to aggressive or submissive , is in effect a decision to stand up for your rights in a way that respects other people 's rights . |
| 6 | A train driver follows printed schedules and rules controlling speed and safety ; a typist processes other people 's material in accordance with pre-ordained standards of tidiness and literacy ; accountants are accountable to their clients and are governed by rules of ‘ professional ’ conduct , and so forth . |
| 7 | ( Compare Alice Fell , The Solitary Reaper , and many other poems where Wordsworth assimilates other people 's experiences and tells them as if they were his own . ) |
| 8 | If he discounts other people 's slivers , he can give only his limited view and the true proportions of the 3-dimensional many coloured " whites " and yolks may be grossly misrepresented . |
| 9 | The Profitboss turns other people 's losses into profit , and his competitors ' profits into losses . |
| 10 | Then there is the necessity for being able to read a race , to see how one 's own strength matches other people 's tactics . |
| 11 | ‘ Ideology ’ , on the other hand , symbolises other people 's beliefs and ways of thinking . |
| 12 | The exception is the teacher who dissipates other people 's goodwill by edging further into a personally disorganized life or by losing any real sense of what is required of a teacher . |
| 13 | ‘ A grandmother is a lady who has no children of her own , so she likes other people 's little girls and boys . |
| 14 | Whereas the hypocrite normally deceives other people 's vision of himself , making them see good where he means evil , Iago manages to transmit that doubleness into their vision of the rest of the world . |