Example sentences of "the [noun sg] that [adj] people " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean the the money that some people spend on on a wedding i I mean it it 's just one day and then you got yo it 's your life afterwards that really counts . |
| 2 | Although one might suppose that the creation of a new party offers attractive opportunities for people previously excluded from local élites to establish themselves as leaders , it is often the case that such people do not obviously possess the right qualities . |
| 3 | The triceps make up 60% of the upper arm while the biceps make up only 40% and yet it is still the case that most people tend to have overdeveloped biceps . |
| 4 | the case that most people regard the way in which the National Library has been built and planned as a total national disaster and a vast waste of public money . |
| 5 | Well in a modern world we 've lost the faith that certain people are appointed by God to do this for us , or especially naturally fitted to do it , so how are we going to accept the rule of some people rather than others ? |
| 6 | This is the bit that some people find extremely exciting . |
| 7 | ‘ I am willing to be identified in the hope that more people who may have information will contact the police . ’ |
| 8 | I wonder if any Golf Monthly readers could explain to me why golf manufacturers and club professionals are under the illusion that left-handed people do not want to play golf ; or , if they do , then they are able and willing to use right-handed clubs . |
| 9 | More positively , it is the recognition that all people should have the right to live within the community — to contribute to it and benefit from it , and simply to be a part of it , except in very rare circumstances . |
| 10 | The Minister must be aware of the shortage of affordable housing in villages and towns in rural areas , with the result that young people have to leave those areas to find suitable accommodation . |
| 11 | The average size of each plot of land available rose , with the result that fewer people could benefit . |
| 12 | I remind the Opposition that many people come to this country to persuade businesses here to make their products abroad . |
| 13 | The loneliness that bereaved people feel can be intense . |
| 14 | It is understandable that the previous isolation of the disease results in a sense of amazement in early recovery on the discovery that other people have not only shared similar experiences but also similar thoughts and feelings . |
| 15 | erm well I mean I think there 's a problem for adults as well as children in that we I do n't think it 's helpful to cover ourselves in guilt about erm what happens to the suffering that other people experience , arguably erm in order to maintain us in the living standards , you know , we 've learned to expect , but at the same time I think that the situation in the world is only tolerable to us psychologically because on some level we convince ourselves that erm those people who are starving and those children who are in a hysterically trying to keep themselves out of the way of shrapnel and hiding night after night in freezing cold shelters in Baghdad are not really people and not really children in the same way that we 're people and our children are children , and do n't feel things in the same way . |
| 16 | Upwind sailing is a part of the sport that many people ignore , concentrating instead on reaching and gybing all the time . |
| 17 | Either they are doing the work that younger people could and perhaps should be doing ; or they are part of a growing population of retired people whose idleness is creating social and financial difficulties for the rest of the productive population . |
| 18 | Most of the help that older people receive is provided by their family , neighbours and friends . |
| 19 | It is possible that parents do convey to their children that they themselves do not judge and relate to people on the basis of their skin colour , but they should also tell the child that many people in the society do . |
| 20 | There is the danger that young people become permanently criminalised . |
| 21 | It means helping counsellees to look closely at their own emotions in order to decide whether they are necessary , or an on-going indulgence ( on the basis that certain people enjoy the ‘ benefits ’ of sympathy and concern , so actually make use of their social distress ) over which they could exercise more control if they wanted to do so . |
| 22 | This is because they pay a premium rate to be ‘ first in break ’ , on the basis that more people are still watching ( prior to making the tea , or whatever ) , and that they 're still watching more attentively . |
| 23 | My experience in England has led me to the conclusion that most people are unable to see me whole . |
| 24 | Choppy Spencer is are you prepared to accept the conclusion that some people might be suggesting right now that this whole stunt of opting out is a political fumble ? |
| 25 | I hear the point that other people do not have the same privilege as hon. Members . |
| 26 | But the church 's clerics still took offence , particularly at the point that local people should be encouraged to take an interest in the schools by having some financial responsibility for them through local government . |
| 27 | What do you think Jesus is teaching in this parable apart from the truth that all people are neighbours ? ( 6 ) |
| 28 | Saddam 's talks with former West German Chancellor Willy Brandt on Nov. 7-8 had resulted in the announcement that 170 people would be released , including over 100 Germans . |
| 29 | Indeed , he is of the opinion that entertaining people with his ‘ music ’ is even more satisfying than experiencing carnal relations . |
| 30 | This is true , regardless of the opinion that some people have of Syria , and of their unhappiness at Syria 's presence in Lebanon . |