Example sentences of "people [verb] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this context , it is likely that changes in the nature of marital relations resulting from the increasingly private nature of family life , together with an increasing tendency by working people to plan for the future , were the most important variables explaining the decrease in working class fertility during the inter-war years , at a time when the employed working man enjoyed a more regular and higher real wage than ever before . |
| 2 | However , reports on May 22 indicated that the strike was only patchily supported , with as few as 1,500 people gathering for a rally outside the Supreme Soviet building . |
| 3 | A poll carried out into the reasons why people voted for the SDP candidate in the Warrington by-election of 1981 revealed that only 9 per cent did so because they supported SDP policy ; 8 per cent did so because they admired the well-known candidate ; and nearly 70 per cent voted for negative " reasons — the most frequently cited being their opposition to the extremism of the two established parties . |
| 4 | This question is often given to people applying for a job in management or administration . |
| 5 | If such an attractive new influence could be spread abroad in the world , where so many people long for a religion which has that ring of truth , the detection of which is a priceless human ability acquired down through the ages and not to be denied , there would be a growing number of adherents rallying to it . |
| 6 | The next problem comes when we recognize that the work done so far has produced a piece of research which could easily keep a dozen people occupied for the rest of their lives . |
| 7 | The other problem we 've got , and I will call it a problem , is the relationship to beat with , with the sections and elections to regional councils , in the union , where there 's not enough people or just barely enough people to stand for a section and they 're automatically elected . |
| 8 | Each member receives an Annual Report and the opportunity to propose people to stand for the Executive Committee . |
| 9 | Mr Badran , a former intelligence chief , has bowed to public pressure to bring in democratic reforms and investigate people blamed for the country 's economic crisis . |
| 10 | Ash and I danced , then cousin Josh asked her , and I sat watching the people dance for a while — the best way to extract any real enjoyment from dancing , I 've always thought , but I seem to be unusual in not gaining any real pleasure from performing the movements — and then saw Helen Urvill , entering the hall holding a lager can . |
| 11 | Q. In view of the well publicised challenge to rebuild the economies in Eastern Europe and the EC funds and initiatives to work there , are there many openings in these countries for qualified people prepared for a bit of upheaval and a drop in salary ? |
| 12 | I put him though the hoops because there are all sorts of people looking for a dog for the wrong reason . |
| 13 | ‘ I want to see more of that , ’ said Allan , ‘ People looking for an answer from TOP first , rather than trying some other way and only using the philosophy as a last resort . |
| 14 | Some 900 people applied for the BFI 's New Directors scheme in 1990 of which 9 were successful . |
| 15 | It was a fortnight now since it had started with such a hullabaloo , but there had been no raids , and no bombs had been dropped ; the sirens went and people made for the shelters , but more and more half-heartedly , as days passed and nothing exciting happened . |
| 16 | On the Alpha , DEC said that roll-out of Alpha-based systems continues on schedule but that because it is a major programme , it will continue to take several quarters to implement fully — and rather than talk numbers of machines or orders , the company chose to focus on the people writing for the thing , saying that more than 500 Alpha AXP applications from partners and 50 software products are available today . |
| 17 | They might have exchanged , again , the people of their two schools , but to Kate these people seemed for the moment irrelevant . |
| 18 | Maths tuition can be tailored to the needs of people budgeting for the family groceries , learning to measure and switching over to metrication or simply those wanting to be able to help their children with maths homework . |
| 19 | Detectives warned women to be careful while the attacker was on the loose and said people going for a walk — especially women — should go with a friend or a neighbour , not alone . |
| 20 | Anxiety affects communicating as people going for an interview know only too well ; interviewees may come away feeling annoyed that their ability to respond fluently has been impaired and they have not done themselves justice . |
| 21 | He talks about people going for the trolley when the smoke comes out of a house . |
| 22 | When riding bicycles , people watch for the signals of others and steer accordingly . |
| 23 | There has been a very large response to the Council 's campaign to encourage people to apply for a rebate on the community charge . |
| 24 | Caretaker Hankin , one of 20 people to apply for the manager 's job at Feethams , stormed : ‘ Those two players are the last I want to sell , because they will be forming the basis of next season 's side . |
| 25 | I looked out of the window and I saw a queue of people waiting for the bus … and so on . |
| 26 | To her surprise the small room of the post office was full of people waiting for the evening mail . |
| 27 | That is erm whenever people look for an analysis of something , here I 've been looking for an analysis of individuation , there 's a tendency to consider candidate analyses one by one , singulatum . |
| 28 | A consequence of these processes , as Walker puts it , has been ‘ periodic expressions of alarm at the ‘ burden ’ of dependency' which old people create for the rest of us . |
| 29 | ‘ I heard glass breaking and saw three people heading for the door , ’ said 37-year-old Dean , a modern art lover . |
| 30 | The people heading for the square were mostly men although there were a few women , dressed in black . |