Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] that [adj] people " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then again yo you 're you 're advised against going over the speed limit that most people do , I do I I tell yo like I said I 'm not a saint cos like a couple of times when I was first driving , especially in my fucking sprint cos it was a quick car I used to drive up people 's arses and wait until I could overtake them and if they did slow down that used to incense me and I 'd fucking , I 'd go right up there arse and then probably try and cut them up when I went , overtook them and I s fucking learnt , I got a I had a couple of close calls like , people are slamming brakes on and stuff |
| 2 | One of the odder aspects of the 1992 election was the anecdotal evidence from polling station officers who reported to the Market Research Society that many people tried to vote , but only discovered that they were not on the register when they got to the polling station . |
| 3 | Further to the March-April prison camp revelations , the Interior Ministry on June 7 denied allegations made recently by the UDF in the Washington Post that 20,000 people had been killed at the Lovech and other camps . |
| 4 | A resident of the neighbourhood told the Washington Post that several people had arrived early on Saturday to place bouquets on the bloodstained spot in the alley in which the murder took place . |
| 5 | An examination by Richards ( 1982 ) of the factors employed in the recruitment of apprentices in the East Midlands illustrates some of the problems in this area , especially in relation to the current occupationalist assertion that young people will benefit from a more ‘ vocational ’ education in order to counteract their lack of experience . |
| 6 | Firth , Hubert and Forge report that some people get on with their mothers-in-law better than their own mothers , but for the most part these relationships are regarded as likely to be tricky : people treat them as an ‘ occupational risk ’ of marriage and regard themselves as ‘ lucky ’ if they work out satisfactorily ( 1970 , pp. 414–15 ) . |
| 7 | I 'm a comparative newcomer to this computer age that many people of my generation would rather try to ignore … but you really ca n't … and as an owner of a computer and an 8 year old , I found it a good read and picked up lots of new tips on home entertainment/education as well . |
| 8 | Also , the gradual increase in the value of the basic pension in relation to average earnings is essential if we are to overcome the ageist assumption that older people have lesser needs than younger people . |
| 9 | Our education system also subtly confirms the ageist idea that older people are not educable and are not interested in personal development . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The desperate conviction of the publishing trade that famous people are somehow obliged to write for it may well lead to nothing more than four-figure fax bills . |
| 12 | On Dec. 15 Armenian President Levon Ter-Petrosyan declared a national emergency warning that 30,000 people would die unless they received help . |