Example sentences of "people [verb] [prep] [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dorothy Barlow was one of eight old people presented with Help the Aged 1992 Golden Awards by Dame Barbara Cartland at the London Hilton Hotel . |
| 2 | If we ask people to rank in order the six goals listed earlier , approximately 60 per cent of the workforce will put their highest value on relationships at work and home and not on advancement or achievement in a career sense , unlike top managers who place relatively much less emphasis on relationships . |
| 3 | There are no two people affected by drink the same way . |
| 4 | In addition , where an odour arises from a works on which many people rely for employment the decision whether to complain or not is influenced by the realisation that should a local authority press their employer to take costly steps to abate the odour , it could result in closure of the works with consequent loss of employment . |
| 5 | People take to nature the whole time . |
| 6 | On April 28 a report from Bauchi state , citing authoritative sources , said that the bodies of 246 people killed in violence the previous week had been buried — 184 in Moslem , 62 in Christian cemeteries . |
| 7 | The refugees , small wiry people dressed in rags the same colour as the desert , huddle in the shelters , crouch in the shade behind the buildings , or in groups around the places where relief teams distribute what little food there is . |
| 8 | Surely , nearing the end of the 20th century the concept of a ‘ 'royal ’ family is anathema to all sensible people bearing in mind the misery , suffering and hardships endured by many people today both at home and abroad . |