Example sentences of "[adj] people [verb] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A day of reflection and appreciation , certainly to the living and the dead members of the famous Three-Ninetieth Group and most certainly to our , our very close and dear friends the British people have shown this sort of involvement and appreciation in memory of , of those times and sacrifices . |
| 2 | To go through it sometimes and change it old people like to do that . |
| 3 | Very old people have lived most of their lives in a society where more people attended services of worship and found religious belief of value to them . |
| 4 | Is the fact that so few old people seem to express such strong positive feelings in itself significant of social , cultural and emotional deprivation ? |
| 5 | Greene ( 1986 ) suggested that social work with old people needs to incorporate this dimension . |
| 6 | It is a legitimate debate and of course the parroting of it as the only way forward is inappropriate to serious people trying to discuss that . |
| 7 | But once they had received baptism , the existence of such superficially Christianized people ceased to present any challenge to the self-confidence of a Christian society . |
| 8 | However , early people did study those heavenly cycles which were easily discernible within their lifespan . |
| 9 | Because pensions come in a variety of forms , even many sophisticated people fail to collect all their entitlements or do not understand all the options that are available to them . |
| 10 | Albertina Sisulu Elderly people need to take more time over love-making and be less ambitious . |
| 11 | Stupid people have thought such things about Joyce , to be sure , and about the school of Picasso . |
| 12 | But , you know , you three dear people have changed all that : you 've brought something new into my life with that beautiful dress and coat . ’ |
| 13 | In Australia , for example , there is no doubt that the Aboriginal people have done much to encourage grassland these past 40 000 years , by their use of fires , which they light to encourage new growth and attract animals for hunting . |
| 14 | Like-minded people have noticed this , with the results that they 've always drawn diverse audiences . |
| 15 | Overweight people tend to consume less fibre than their normal-weight counterparts . |
| 16 | I mean , when I think the world is , they talk about this bloody green stuff , god , bollocks , what , what , what is the green people going to do all about these of flooding and things of this erm , eh , Kath would you like another drink ? |
| 17 | Usually religious people tend to see these as different , Sri Ramana 's being an experience of enlightenment and awareness of the Oneness of being , whilst St Francis 's conveyed a sense of communion with God — a sense of a Presence revealing itself . |
| 18 | Other people avoid having this proof as a way of defending themselves against the reality of the death of the person they love . |
| 19 | It means that the other people have to give more that 's why some of the churches , I think they 've found that their er , requests for their er er their er contributions , have gone up enormously ! |
| 20 | Other people have spent many years in hospital and could no longer live outside it . |
| 21 | The lawyer said that it was not possible to say that the young people had suffered any permanent effects as a result of their experience . |
| 22 | Most of the young people had suffered several foster placement breakdowns , and some had been in trouble with the law . |
| 23 | It communicates the moods , sentiments and behaviour of young people meeting to enjoy each other 's company as young people always do though not usually to Chopin 's romantic music . |
| 24 | What is known is that nearly 8000 young people leave care each year at 18 and many others at 16 and 17 , and are not provided with any semblance of the help and support which a good parent would give not only to these age groups but often to many young people of 19 , 20 or even older . |
| 25 | Sue Robertson , Educational Officer at The South Bank Centre , feels extremely grateful to Kodak for their essential contribution to this project , and believes that it 's very important to combat the idea many young people seem to have that galleries are very boring places to visit . |
| 26 | The Minister must be aware of the shortage of affordable housing in villages and towns in rural areas , with the result that young people have to leave those areas to find suitable accommodation . |
| 27 | 5 Which of the following notions would you say was the most frequent reason why intelligent people fail to ask such questions ? |
| 28 | Generally , about one half of the urban people had received these items of news , compared with between ten and twenty-five per cent of those living in rural areas . |