Example sentences of "people and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1987 an unpublished report , known as SHARPEN ( Scottish Health Authorities Review of Priorities for the Eighties and Nineties ) , pointed out the deficiency of local authority provision for mentally ill people and noted local authorities ' particular responsibilities under the Mental Health ( Scotland ) Act 1984 . |
| 2 | The man whose car collided with a coach moments before it crashed killing three people and injuring twenty-six others says he ca n't sleep for thinking about the accident . |
| 3 | On Feb. 2 , National Guardsmen forcibly dispersed a meeting , killing two people and injuring several others . |
| 4 | Bombs exploded in Amritsar and Patiala on June 4 , killing eight people and injuring 35 others . |
| 5 | Unidentified gunmen attacked the demonstrators , killing 25 people and injuring 82 others . |
| 6 | A HUGE bomb exploded in the centre of Portadown today injuring six people and causing widespread devastation . |
| 7 | Previous eruptions of the volcano had occurred in 1971 and 1973 causing the death of five people and affecting 35,000 hectares of land . |
| 8 | Flooding in 1987-88 killed thousands of people and caused great damage to agriculture and to the infrastructure ( see pp. 35570-71 ; 36288 ) . |
| 9 | This will bring the benefits of home ownership within the reach of more people and introduce more diversity in local authority estates . |
| 10 | It was so embarrassing , I had to get up in front of hundreds of people and collect this award . |
| 11 | Three earthquakes struck Peru on April 5-6 , the severest of them ( measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale ) killing 35 people and injured 750 others in the northern jungle province of San Martín . |
| 12 | An example was ‘ Bloody Friday ’ , 21st July 1972 , when the Provisional IRA exploded twenty-two bombs in Belfast with slight or no warnings and killed 16 people and injured 120 others . |
| 13 | Identical circuitry was used in the 1982 Hyde Park bomb which killed eight people and injured fifty-three others . |
| 14 | US narcotics agents have arrested 14 people and seized 2.5 tons of cocaine and $2.75million ( £1.83million ) in drug profits during raids in California . |
| 15 | Innovation almost always involves a prolonged battle amongst numerous people and requires tremendous stamina and confidence on the part of a champion ( Schon , 1963 ; Servo , 1988 ) . |
| 16 | In 1855 the partners ' output of manufactured iron exceeded 120,000 tons ; they employed 4,000 people and consumed 600,000 tons of coal . |
| 17 | For example , self-help and community projects may provide support to parents and families , empower vulnerable people and develop informal networks in neighbourhoods ( Collins and Pancoast , 1976 ) . |
| 18 | Since then Citigate has grown substantially , now producing a fee income in excess of £7m , a turnover of between £15m and £20m , employing around 160 people and serving 250 clients , ranging from the London Stock Exchange to Taunton Cider and Kentucky Fried Chicken . |
| 19 | The Government 's Thompson Report makes specific reference to the need for advice and information work with young people and recommended local authority funding for such projects . |
| 20 | As well as dedication to movement , Beryl had great concern for people and spent much time helping with problems large or small . |
| 21 | Vince has has raised a point about er erm , informing er and consulting local people and to let local people know erm when the meetings are then local ca n't go , I 'm sure that if they really wanted people to come they 'd make it much more er , in erm with the advertising so clear that er people would be able to and also if they had it at the times when a their meeting at the times when it was mostly convenient to er , the general public . |
| 22 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that the aim of the Bill is to protect the rights of the British people and make those rights more important than the so-called rights of bogus refugees ? |
| 23 | And secondly that in the interests of ‘ racial harmony ’ the government would itself discriminate against black people and make this discrimination legal . |
| 24 | If possible , always lift them with two people and take great care not to drag the skin in any way that could cause tearing . |
| 25 | An Israeli air strike on March 9 on Palestinian bases of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine — General Command , in northern Lebanon , killed four people and wounded eight others . |
| 26 | The delegates went to the border and spent three days there screening hundreds of people and conducting in-depth interviews with many of them . |
| 27 | But just because Club 18–30 is a great place for meeting people and making new friends of either sex , it does n't mean to say that those people who already have someone special in their lives ca n't come and join in the fun as well . |
| 28 | He added that in order to find a reasonable solution to the situation ETA had to recognize the Basque parliament as representing the will of the Basque people and accept certain conditions attached to possible peace talks . |
| 29 | Undaunted , he spoke for seven minutes to an audience of 5,000 people and won considerable respect from some hard-bitten nationalists , including Gwynfor Evans MP , president of Plaid Cymru . |
| 30 | The film was made at Stobart House , a residential home for old people and included some shots of a class given by Margaret Charlwood . |