Example sentences of "most people [vb mod] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think that most people would feel that is the right way to use the word , and yet if the animal is anaesthetised it is not suffering . |
| 2 | Although it might be very easy to steal from a friend or colleague and not get caught most people would feel this to be ‘ wrong ’ , yet such feelings may not exert such a strong influence over decisions as to whether to steal from a larger and less personal victim . |
| 3 | The houses are modern and living conditions are good , but most people would admit that tax concessions are the main incentives which encourage people to live and work in such extreme climatic conditions . |
| 4 | I suspect most people would find that to be ethically unacceptable . |
| 5 | Most people would agree that parenthood is not of itself a sufficient explanation for the severe stress symptoms and degree of depression among young mothers . |
| 6 | But these days most people would agree that regular whole body continuous exercise , such as brisk fitness walking , is an effective way of losing weight , particularly fat . |
| 7 | MOST people would agree that drug dealing inside Buckingham Palace is a pretty serious crime by any standards . |
| 8 | Most people would agree that bodily examination and tactile contact are inadvisable if not ethically impermissible at this time ; beyond this the only consideration may be the worker 's conscience and departmental policy . |
| 9 | Most people would agree that horizontal equity is a good thing . |
| 10 | In a report published today the Association claims that most people can get all the vitamins they need from a healthy diet . |
| 11 | The class of service determines which facilities you can use , I would n't worry about that so much because the system is set up so that most people can use most facilities . |
| 12 | The main instruments of this confidence trick are : controlling what counts as intelligence ; controlling systems of measuring it ; and creating the expectation that most people will fail this system . |
| 13 | Unless some approach to a standard emerges — something which is extremely unlikely ; neither online nor offline training even begins to tackle the problem — most people will use many different catalogues , and even with instruction a substantial proportion will never be able to grasp the principles of Boolean logic and the combination of sets . |
| 14 | Most people will have such shots in their collection — the dark blob in the middle is a yeti , honest ! — but with the right tools and a little practice you can get some brilliant results . |