Example sentences of "[prep] people live in a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Locke builds his theory on the idea of people living in a state of nature , in families and loose groups , without any political authority over them . |
| 2 | It was the failure of domestic rates to take any account of the number of people living in a property which , above all , led to the system being rejected by the public as an acceptable means of raising local government revenue . |
| 3 | Where is the accountability in a policy that fails to take account of the number of people living in a house , and leaves businesses without a vote and at the mercy of local authorities ? |
| 4 | The study of the surnames of people living in a place can be one of the most time-consuming , frustrating , baffling , but rewarding activities a researcher can undertake . |
| 5 | Housing benefit was never payable in addition to income support , but was used in place of it by people who would not have qualified for income support , such as people living in a room run by a close relative , the long-term disabled and various other categories of people under pensionable age who were not eligible . |
| 6 | She said she had prayed because it was impossible for people to live in a house like that , with lies everywhere — as there would have to be . |