Example sentences of "people [vb base] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Older people tend to stay in hospital a couple of days more , but generally their recovery is as rapid and as satisfying |
| 2 | It 's perhaps understandable that most people tend to think of life insurance in one of two ways — either as a means of cushioning loved ones against the financial upset that sudden death could cause , or as an investment with the future in mind . |
| 3 | A lot of people tend to look at assertion as being aggressive there 's a total difference . |
| 4 | Mrs Burrows called this afternoon while you were on the shore and said that Harry was most anxious you should take part in some theatricals the young people want to perform at Easter . |
| 5 | No wonder so many young people want to get into advertising or public relations , for it can be an exciting and rewarding career . |
| 6 | ‘ If people want to pay for perfection that 's fine by me . ’ |
| 7 | We also hope that if people want to work across client groups there will be some transfer of skills , ’ says Bennett . |
| 8 | Most begin by asserting their commitment to democracy , yet few would commit themselves completely to the notion that if the people want to wallow in sin , they should be permitted to do so . |
| 9 | Living rooms that also have to act as office or work room by day ( and more and more people elect to work at home if they can these days ) can still perform both functions with comparative case . |
| 10 | Thus , what people seem to know about grammar is not always reflected in the language they use . |
| 11 | IT IS a sad fact that some people seem to change in personality immediately they get behind the wheel of a car adopting an aggressive and impatient approach where every second seems to count . |
| 12 | John said quickly , ‘ What would people like to play after dinner ? |
| 13 | Correct timetabling in rural areas is essential to ensure that people get to work on time , and the consultative committee could examine such matters . |
| 14 | Do people pay to go to athletics meetings because it 's ‘ athletics ’ , or do they go to see the individual stars ? |
| 15 | And consequently it was also Sky 's fault that for every one person watching Sky , six people choose to tune into Football Italia on Channel 4 on Sunday afternoons . |
| 16 | And yet , of course , that derogatory , throw-away term of abuse does sum up a position that some people choose to adopt in defence of the natural world and its species . |
| 17 | Clearly , the more money people wish to hold in relation to their spending , the greater is their demand for money and the lower is velocity . |
| 18 | However , as MacPherson and others have pointed out , such a formulation fails to come to terms with the central dilemma confronting liberalism , which is that in an unequal society , where some people come to depend on provision made by others in order to pursue their livelihood , all are not equally able to lead a fully human existence . |
| 19 | At other times people have to go into hospital to have an operation to make them better . |
| 20 | A classic example of this is the need some elderly people have to talk about death — often their own death in particular , even to the point of wanting to discuss very freely the kind of arrangements they would like to be made for their funeral : how it should be conducted , what hymns should be chosen , and who should be invited to it and to the family gathering afterwards . |
| 21 | He feels the amount of money a lot of young people have to spend on drink is one cause , while on the other hand , unemployment and social deprivation are factors for others . |
| 22 | We would have to cut down a lot of woodland , we would have to alter our environment substantially , and that is something that people have to bear in mind when advocating free-range . |
| 23 | The tax signalled that he was both tough on the deficit ( it will raise , he hopes , $12 billion over the next five years , and $12 billion a year thereafter ) and serious about the environment ( the more people have to pay for energy , the less likely they are to squander it . ) |
| 24 | What people have to keep in mind , and what people really should be very concerned about here in Great Britain is the fact that this is a very contentious industry , that there are a number of competitors out there who have taken to slinging innuendo around as if it were mud . |
| 25 | Erm advertising is something that people need to do in order to succeed . |
| 26 | And while some politicians point to falling numbers of hospital beds as an illustration of NHS cash cuts , Mr Akehurst says this drop reflects advances in surgical technology which have dramatically reduced the amount of time people need to stay in hospital . |
| 27 | The initial and critical assumption is that because people need to work in order to live , the economic basis of a society governs all human relationships and culture . |
| 28 | What we 've got is a tremendous gap in what people need to know in society , in all areas of society , to handle this computer revolution . |
| 29 | The problem is that they are harder to measure and therefore justify , and that 's why hard-nosed finance people refuse to spend on environment and try to cut back training when it 's the last thing they should do . |