Example sentences of "this be [conj] [adj] people " in BNC.
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| 1 | One reason for this is that many people have a fear which they can not conceal of anything or anybody who reminds them of death ; knowing that contact with a grieving widow will exacerbate these fears they tend , after expressing their sympathy by word or letter , and sending flowers to the funeral , to withdraw to a safe distance ‘ to give her time to get over it ’ just when she needs them most . |
| 2 | The problem with this is that most people still want , at some stage in their lives , formal ( that is to say legal ) recognition of their commitment to one another . |
| 3 | It seems clear that one of the effects of this is that more people are fearful both for their own future and for that of the person who has died . |
| 4 | Although all denominations within Christian and other churches have provided a measure of religious service for many people , it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that this is because such people have been unable to find an acceptable alternative . |
| 5 | This is because older people are assumed to be less flexible , less motivated and more ‘ tired ’ than those in their 20s and early 30s . |
| 6 | Psychologists will say this is because these people lack real power at work , like the chance to drive the company into bankruptcy . |
| 7 | Staying with the familiar may well result in spiritual stagnation , particularly if this is because some people have become inflexible . |
| 8 | This is because more people claim benefits and taxation yields fall . |
| 9 | Popular participation in electoral politics began to flag after 1951 but arguably this was because most people felt less urgency as regards political change ; there was no strong and deep-going popular reaction against the government . |