Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] that [adj] people " in BNC.
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| 1 | Subodh Kant Sahay , Minister of State for Home Affairs , in a statement on Jan. 2 to the Indian parliament announced that 890 people had been killed and nearly 4,000 injured in 15 weeks of Hindu-Moslem riots triggered by Hindu agitation around the disputed sacred site where a mosque currently stood in Ayodhya , Uttar Pradesh . |
| 2 | Lack of internal capital and entrepreneurial experience mean that rural people are often not able to take advantage of such opportunities . |
| 3 | By the end of the three days of what one eyewitness described as a " vigilante rampage " , the Health Ministry announced that six people were dead and 502 hospitalized , seven in a serious condition . |
| 4 | One may remark that it is common experience to find that conscientious people who have a job to do that is too much for them ( like writing a book ) turn in their uncertainty to doing a succession of easier jobs instead ( like answering their mail , drawing up syllabuses , or rationalising office organisation ) . |
| 5 | Litzi Miller champion trainer says that some people do n't even bet they'e just happy to see their dog win |
| 6 | Empirical research indicates that young people perceive non-drinkers lacking in these qualities . |
| 7 | Research indicates that ageing people continue to be sexually active , and that age itself does not undermine either the need or the capacity for sexual activity . |
| 8 | The DHSS 's Cohort Study suggests that those people who suffered recurrent unemployment in the year after registration were no more likely to have become unemployed initially because of a temporary job coming to an end . |
| 9 | In a report published today the Association claims that most people can get all the vitamins they need from a healthy diet . |
| 10 | keith richardson says that most people thought Gloucester were going to lose but it was a great win … they looked like a different side and played exceptionally well and were lifted by the supporters |
| 11 | The price of justice THERE are so many maladministrations of justice exposed by successful appeals in the law courts that many people wonder what is the cause . |
| 12 | In 1990 , when Chile returned to civilian rule , The National Commission for Truth and Reconciliation confirmed that 957 people had ‘ disappeared ’ under military rule , the majority of them between 1973 and 1978 . |
| 13 | Norman Tebbit 's advice to the unemployed to ‘ get on their bikes ’ to look for work implied that many people were voluntarily unemployed and this statement was probably symptomatic of the government 's whole approach to unemployment . |
| 14 | It may be that growing wealth meant that more people came to have access to modern contraceptive techniques . |
| 15 | A report in September 1989 by a parliamentary committee asserted that 5,877 people had disappeared in political circumstances in the past nine years and that another 2,346 had died in unexplained circumstances . |
| 16 | A. Our experience shows that many people are looking at the possibilities of working in this area and , therefore , with rules of supply and demand being what they are , a language ability is almost essential . |
| 17 | Accounts of the emergence first of retirement and then of early retirement suggest that older people and , it must be said , particularly older men , have in fact been used as a reserve army of labour , to be tapped when labour is in short supply and to be shed when demand falls ( Graebner , 1980 ; Phillipson , 1982 ; Walker , 1985b ) . |
| 18 | In all the Group estimated that 300,000 people had served prison sentences of two or more years in East Germany since 1945 . |
| 19 | A report to the meeting says that 24 people , living in 14 properties near the plant , had signed a petition strongly objecting to the proposal . |
| 20 | Provisional figures yesterday from the Department of Transport showed that 4,274 people were killed in 1992 — 6 per cent fewer than in 1991 . |
| 21 | Alongside keyboard player Ceri Evans ' Sunship project and vocal sensation Jamiroqua , Mother Earth are proving there are new , diverse sounds emerging on a record label that some people pigeonholed way too prematurely . |
| 22 | The inexorable course of this colonial war meant that many people in France , especially within the army , were not prepared to entertain anything that entailed France giving up military sovereignty . |
| 23 | But the general point remains that most people were subject to authority for a large part of their lives , even in the golden age when the Zuwaya had no sovereign power . |
| 24 | For instance , the Department of Social Security estimates that 660,000 people on means tested benefit lost 70% or more of each additional 1 of income ( Willman 1992 ) . |
| 25 | ‘ The first , ’ he explains , ‘ sign acts that other people will like . |
| 26 | Does the hon. Gentleman appreciate that young people show a keen awareness of animal welfare ? |
| 27 | When buying a house for renovation remember that most people will not be able to do all the work themselves and the extra cost of labour and materials should be added to the asking price . |
| 28 | It 's not the job of education to ensure that young people settle for the status quo . |
| 29 | The court thought that these people were dishonest , though reasonable jurors may disagree . |
| 30 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that many people who choose to work more than 48 hours per week , and who thereby earn overtime and give greater security to their families , would be most upset if an edict from Brussels took the right to work such overtime away from them , especially as hon. Members would be excluded from the rules , as would the bureaucrats in Europe and all managers and executives ? |