Example sentences of "the people [vb pp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have succeeded in corrupting many of the people charged with the protection of the Indians and forests . |
| 2 | A woman whose husband was shot dead is to get compensation , even though the people charged with the killing were cleared . |
| 3 | At a time when the BBC has declared its object of cutting its staff from 25,000 , it has added an extra thousand to the people employed in the department concerned . |
| 4 | It was from the people gathered on the rim of this amphitheatre in the dunes that the sighing came . |
| 5 | Seeing the flowers from tepees , the people gathered on the hill and sang and danced their thanks to the Great Spirits who had sent the blooms as a sign of their forgiveness . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ Have you met any of the people involved in the case , Bourne ? ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Almost a quarter of the people questioned by the Consumers , Association were positively dissatisfied with the service provided by estate agents . |
| 15 | LATE last night three of the people injured in the Portadown bomb blast were still in hospital . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Table 1 summarizes the characteristics of the people included in the study including scores on the Adaptive Behavior Scale ( Part 1 ) ( Nihira et al. , 1974 ) and challenging behaviours identified by interview and/or observation during the study . |
| 18 | And there 's no difference in the circumstances of the people supplied by the two companies … each company supplies rich and poor alike . |
| 19 | On Humberside , birdwatchers were among the people evacuated from the Spurn Head wildlife sanctuary , at the entrance to the Humber , when the peninsular road was breached by the sea in two places . |
| 20 | The people targeted by the Government include the elderly , those with learning difficulties and their carers , the mentally handicapped , and the physically disabled . |
| 21 | In theory , the planned village would absorb the people displaced by the new , more commercial economics of farming ; the population would be kept in the countryside , thereby impeding an early flight from the land . |
| 22 | This is the most progressive outcome to the present situation … the destruction of the machinery of discrimination … the unfreezing of bigotry … the achievement of the utmost degree of civil liberties possible , freedom of political action , an end to the bitterness of social life and the divisions among the people fostered by the Unionists … |
| 23 | The word I have here glossed as " mankind " was Jinghpaw , which is the term by which the people known to the British as Kachins describe themselves . |
| 24 | While most of the people rested in the river meadow , shivering as the layers of fog brimmed round them , Cameron and a few strong runners made for the Tummel above the confluence , crossed it , and found the people of Atholl and Tulliemet overflowing the howff at Widow Duff 's , supping broth , chewing mutton , throwing ribs to the dogs . |
| 25 | But sadly , she may never be able to prove what killed the people buried in the mass graves . |
| 26 | The people described in the previous section are possibly the only ones you , as a client , will meet at the agency , apart from the receptionist and your account executive 's secretary . |
| 27 | The only way to check is actually to point a camera at the people chosen before the main session . |