Example sentences of "the people [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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31 It is important to understand that they are the people living in the area — the people who have suffered so much since 1947 .
32 Thus his first action on returning to the Questura the day before had been to send his inspectors out to question the people living in the houses along the road to Cannara and talk to the local farmers , just in case anyone had seen anything .
33 It took time for the Americans to commit themselves to a battle for the stomachs , hearts and minds of the people living in the Western zones of Germany .
34 But many of the people living in the maisonettes do not want to leave .
35 The 32-strong Skills Audit Team , recruited to find out all about the skills and work experience of the people living in the eastern district of the town , met for the last time yesterday at the end of a ten-week project .
36 Research will focus on the people living in the estates in east Middlesbrough .
37 Out there , away from the Inspirals ' tour bubble , is a land of a thousand lakes and a million fir trees , where the people drive with the headlights on in full daylight , past ‘ Moose Crossing ’ warning signs , to restaurants where you can tuck into sautéed reindeer .
38 The English had removed the head of a king as early as 1649 , and the Glorious Revolution of 1688 could be interpreted as an example of Rousseau 's ‘ general will ’ of the people triumphing over the Divine Right of Kings .
39 So much detail was not available to her then but she would have agreed to it all and later she would be able to describe more of the room , the contents of the cabinets , even the names of the people represented in the photographs on top of the piano ; she did not know then that this was the first of many visits to this room .
40 So these people that had little private shops in them days did well because when the people came to the lodges it all the commodities were bought to as well as them .
41 Send your answers on a postcard , with your name and address , to : The People Singin' In The Rain Competition , Blackhorse Road , London , SE99 7TY .
42 Several of the people involved in the ZETA story , directly or as spectators , are still working or living in retirement in and around Harwell : many of them feel that the publicity and interest generated in ZETA made many politicians and administrators aware of fusion , and helped to gain support for the funding of Culham Fusion Laboratory which was built during the early 1960s .
43 And that has to come from the people involved in the game at the top , those who shape the future and direction of the sport .
44 All these levels may be seen as controlled by the relationship of the people involved in the discourse , which we may regard as the highest level .
45 ‘ Have you met any of the people involved in the case , Bourne ? ’
46 The role of the Co-ordinator will be : to encourage cross-fertilization of ideas among the people involved in the Programme ; to encourage new contributions to it ; to develop a series of linking themes relevant to the components of the Programme , possibly leading to the creation of an integrated framework for the study of environmental issues in general ; and to co-ordinate publication of the results and ideas generated by the Programme .
47 This will consist of the people involved in the technological change and they will play a major role in deciding what strategy to adopt and in following that strategy through .
48 Its reporter 's attempts to implement even the most modest of safeguards for the people affected by the proposals , were simply dismissed by the Scottish Secretary , this time wearing the ‘ non-interventionist ’ hat of adjudicator on the inquiry 's finding and recommendations .
49 The people bounding around the room appeared to be transforming , taking on the shape and form of the animal masks they were wearing .
50 It might be a scene in the High Street , or it might be some particular local personality who it would entertain the people to see in the evening , erm their faces on the screen .
51 I could have kept on and on , but I just got tired of the crowds , the people getting in the way all the time .
52 It is touching but rather embarrassing that after the film the rest of the people waited for the foreign quests to leave first , and clapped us when we went out .
53 That evening when the people returned from the show , they found that one of their mares was lying dead in the paddock .
54 Almost a quarter of the people questioned by the Consumers , Association were positively dissatisfied with the service provided by estate agents .
55 LATE last night three of the people injured in the Portadown bomb blast were still in hospital .
56 That same chapter has more to say about ritual of atonement , and chapter 18 is concerned with the identity and privileges of those who will carry out such ritual , and who will enable the people to dwell with the holiness of God without being destroyed by it .
57 My horse is kept at a lovely yard 13 miles away : too far for many people 's choice , but the facilities and the people compensate for the 20 minute drive .
58 I could see the people lounging in the yard now .
59 The people settled in the Medway valley almost certainly knew of the Romans before this date as a great deal of trade was carried out between Britain and the continent .
60 That 's the people playing on the violin for the orchestra .
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