Example sentences of "people [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they reach retirement age , most people qualify for the basic pension , which is normally uprated once a year to keep in line with price rises . |
| 2 | Some people change for the better . |
| 3 | Harold Carter , some of you will know of him and have heard of him who was er , a preacher within one of the early preachers within the pentecostal movement in this country , and one of their teachers , said that to teach people to wait for the Holy Spirit is nothing in the world but a combination of works , and unbelief . |
| 4 | The biggest march was in Quimper on the Brittany coast , where up to 10,000 people gathered for a silent protest which remained calm until the late afternoon when a handful of people began throwing stones and tear gas bombs . |
| 5 | When 20,000 people gathered for an illegal festival at Castlemorton Common in Worcestershire last May , they brought misery to thousands living nearby . |
| 6 | On the final evening almost two hundred people gathered for an informal service in which young people 's sergeant major Eva Burrows was one of the leaders . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | In the 1983 general election , nearly 8 million people voted for a political ticket ( Liberal/Social Democratic Party Alliance ) for which their parents could not previously have voted . |
| 9 | Letting someone else decide — most often manifest in people applying for a wide range of jobs perhaps with little in , because they are unable to decide which is most appropriate for them and hoping that somehow the right choice will be made by the employers themselves . |
| 10 | It is a sense of revulsion at injustice and poverty and denied opportunity , whether at home or abroad , which impels people to work for a better world , to become , as in our case , democratic socialists . |
| 11 | Revulsion at injustice , poverty and denied opportunity , he says , impels people to work for a better world . |
| 12 | Getting these two sets of very different people to work for a common cause is n't always easy but , as well as you can , make sure both understand that : |
| 13 | It all seems to be about using one or two people to stand for a whole sensibility , but thereby creating the impression that they were somehow alone in the field . |
| 14 | At night the harbour lights up and the atmosphere becomes electric as the streets of Aghios Nikolaos fill up with people looking for a good time in the restaurants , bars and discos . |
| 15 | We had always known that there were many people looking for a historic building to restore but had not realized the extent , which was very encouraging . |
| 16 | ‘ I hate , ’ Mrs Gray burst out passionately , ‘ people looking for a certain sort of reaction from me about it . |
| 17 | Pippa Raudsepp , residential mortgage manager with independent financial advisers London & Country Mortgages , said : ‘ For people looking for a new mortgage the rates are quite good . |
| 18 | The Clearing System is designed to help people looking for an alternative place . |
| 19 | Such a financial obstacle would send most people looking for an easier option , but Dreamflight has been helped enormously in recent years by Spar supermarkets who have raised £350,000 . |
| 20 | And yet an remarkable 50 people applied for the recent job at Wigan Athletic a team relegated to the Third Division last season and with five of their best players out of contract . |
| 21 | Attracted by newspaper publicity ( the company did not bother to advertise ) 3000 people applied for the 20 jobs that were available . |
| 22 | ‘ How long do people wait for a new outpatient appointment ? ’ |
| 23 | Perhaps the most dramatic example of this is when people meet for the first time . |
| 24 | It is a fact that most people bitten for the first time by their own dog are bitten in the bedroom . |
| 25 | On the one hand , people look for a low instalment amount ( which of course tends to mean a relatively long repayment period ) ; on the other , they look for a short repayment period ( which tends to mean a relatively high instalment amount ) . |
| 26 | Prices range from 65 pounds to 665 pound the better the suit the higher the price , most people opt for a semi-dry suit it is made out of neoprene a rubbery material which lets the water in but does n't let it out again your body heat warms the water up . |
| 27 | Most people opt for the furry friendliness of the cat family . |
| 28 | Here were young people striving for the noblest ideals . |
| 29 | Mr Alton — a Catholic and fanatical anti-abortionist — said : ‘ While this policy remains intact I will not be able to fight for or recommend people to vote for the Liberal Democrats . ’ |
| 30 | There were faces at the barrier , people craning for a last look . |