Example sentences of "of [adj] people [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The position of retired people ensures a degree of economic dependency for many , and poverty in a good many cases , which accentuates all other difficulties . |
| 2 | If we could actually be bothered to work it out , a vast number of strange people beat a path to our front doors in the course of a year . |
| 3 | Since he had not been a public figure before the war , the mass of French people had no idea what he looked like . |
| 4 | One complaint against step aerobics has been the number of unqualified people taking the classes . |
| 5 | There is no democracy , simply a governing body of slow-witted people serving an oligarchy , producing laws for themselves and their contemporaries , turning the embezzlement of public funds into a simple and legal occupation . |
| 6 | Be that as it may , millions of old people make the necessary adjustment . |
| 7 | Millions of old people joined the Townsend Clubs that sprang up across the nation . |
| 8 | This is why a mix of different people has the potential to dovetail and become a cohesive team . |
| 9 | Millions of British people support a call for the death penalty for a wide range of offences which , in my opinion , should include the following : |
| 10 | Three quarters of British people believe the quality of the nation 's education is declining . |
| 11 | of Scottish people oppose the proposals of the Scottish Constitutional Convention . |
| 12 | Hedges are an example of the readiness of ordinary people to bend the language to suit their purposes . |
| 13 | Eighteen months ago the CBI suggested that the HSE take on a number of extra people to monitor the burgeoning biotechnology industry , but this has not been done . |
| 14 | Scores of black people played a prominent part in British public life in the nineteenth century , often as members of radical organizations and participants in some of the major political events of the times . |
| 15 | A significant number of elderly people have a low standard of living . |
| 16 | Although most foods contain potassium , especially potatoes and green vegetables , it has been shown that a high proportion of elderly people select a diet low in potassium ( Davies , 1981 ) . |
| 17 | He may be safely out of the way again now , but a lot of decent people have no safety and no homes . ’ |
| 18 | But the presence of Gladis Villalobos and other parents of disappeared people ensured the tragic reality was not forgotten . |
| 19 | He looked to the United Nations to devise a system of trusteeship which ( so it was very carefully phrased ) " would make effective the right of colonial peoples to choose the form of government under which they will live as soon as in the opinion of the UN they are qualified for independence " . |
| 20 | The first reaction to the gold prospecting came when a group of concerned people formed the group Mining Awareness following press reports in March 1988 of gold finds in Conamara and Mayo . |
| 21 | If those recommendations were sensitively applied they would greatly enhance the prospects and ability of disabled people to enjoy the benefits of public transport by travelling wherever bus routes may take them . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , despite the growth of the disability movement and the struggles of disabled people to control the decision-making processes which shape their lives , little attention has been given to the say that young disabled people have in controlling their education . |
| 23 | One aspect of this has been the Care in the Community programme , which has seen the closure of many long-stay institutions and which has resulted in large numbers of disabled people re-entering the social arena , but still having to struggle for basic rights of access . |
| 24 | I can imagine a lot of other people having a framed photo of Linda 's bottom … but not necessarily Linda herself . |
| 25 | In most parishes the churchwardens held a stock in the church box ; in some a guild or fraternity of lay people maintained a stock of its own . |
| 26 | Finding a roof over your head has become a real problem for many more thousands of young people seeking a home of their own . |
| 27 | The fall in the number of young people entering the labour market because of the drop in the birth rate , combined with a rise in those going into further and higher education , will contract that source significantly . |
| 28 | Concern over the rising cost of public expenditure on pensions , and the shortage of young people entering the labour market , because of falling birth rates in the 1970's , may reverse the trend towards early retirement . |
| 29 | Changes percolate through gradually , much helped of course if there are major social and economic changes , such as the shortage of young people entering the labour market , which will inevitably open doors for women . |
| 30 | At the same time the downturn in the number of young people entering the employment market has emphasised the need for a greater proportion of young people with the skills which successful businesses will require . |