Example sentences of "people are [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ People are adjusting to the new exchange rates and hoping the franc devalues . ’ |
| 2 | Will my hon. Friend please look into the matter because those people are living off the system that they seek to destroy with their bombs and bullets ? |
| 3 | The personal social service departments of local authorities are similarly stretched , with priority in many areas going to statutory work with children , and more and more older people are living in the community either without support or with help from relatives increasingly burdened by this caring role . |
| 4 | More people are living in the Thames Valley region and rely on rivers . |
| 5 | More people are living in the countryside and in new towns than ever before . |
| 6 | ‘ What we have said in the McFarlane Report is that people are calling for the earth , we ca n't give it all but we can give them a substantial part . |
| 7 | Types of occupation have altered , although farming is the predominant industry , and more people are commuting from the parish . |
| 8 | She says , over 500 people are meeting at the European Parliament in Brussels today , to talk about disabled people 's human rights . |
| 9 | She says , over 500 people are meeting at the European Parliament in Brussels today , to talk about disabled people 's human rights . |
| 10 | In exactly the same way , too many people are looking into the mind of the homosexual rather than considering the repugnance that is caused to millions of decent people all over the country … . |
| 11 | A. Our experience shows that many people are looking at the possibilities of working in this area and , therefore , with rules of supply and demand being what they are , a language ability is almost essential . |
| 12 | ‘ The figures we found are not significantly different to those anywhere else where people are looking for the problem . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ The biggest single item people are discussing on the doorsteps is the poll tax . |
| 14 | ‘ People are commenting on the spirit we have shown but I think we have also played some good football . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ But is n't it the case , ’ I ask him , ‘ that while people are piling into the cinemas to see the worst exports of Hollywood , they are also piling in to see our own films , such as Alan Parker 's The Commitments , which has after all just won the Bafta award for best film . ’ |
| 16 | If people are chatting before the formal start of the meeting , then get involved in conversation — it will warm you up . |
| 17 | People are flocking to the churches and the number of baptisms , confirmations and weddings is breaking all records . |
| 18 | Yeah , people are wondering into the property |
| 19 | Even when people are sitting in the chairs I think I could push them over , and bigger things too , much bigger things than chairs and tables … |
| 20 | A party of physically handicapped people are heading for the sun of Majorca later this month on a holiday organised by Cleveland County Council social services . |
| 21 | Is this one of the reasons why 1 million people are missing off the electoral register ? |
| 22 | One of the other things I found that people are conflicting in the paper erm is of people having to travel further erm if I can just yes , on pa , on page three , paragraph this is the choice that seems of the area and the travel and on page four , paragraph one the version says that local people will still get a choice of i in the London hospitals . |
| 23 | Ah , but is this only because people are suffering at the other end ? |
| 24 | He 's going to record seminars that he is doing , and also seminars other people are doing in the department . |
| 25 | This decision , which honours Cape Verde , has been interpreted by us as a recognition of the unwearying efforts the Capeverdian government and people are making in the struggle to build a new society based on social justice , progress and equal opportunity . |
| 26 | ‘ We 're not at a checkpoint at the moment , ’ says Spill , ‘ but the P5 will be there before we reach the next one … and many people are waiting for the P5 before deciding whether to go to the R4000 . |
| 27 | People are paying about the same this year as they did in 1991 , according to industry figures . |
| 28 | ‘ The reason I publicize it so much is that other people are going through the same sort of problems with families . |
| 29 | People are going to the match because it 's Cornwall 's day out . ’ |
| 30 | These people are going into the familiar local stores where they shop and are walking out with the American dream they could never afford on a minimum wage . |