Example sentences of "on [adj] people [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I removed a rubber-handled wrench from the tool kit — a souvenir of a summer working on rich people 's yachts in southern Ireland — and weighed it up and down a couple of times . |
| 2 | Overall , this approach risks a half-way integration in which disabled people are ‘ invited in ’ to participate on non-Disabled people 's terms . |
| 3 | It is a matter to which statutory services in those areas most affected should be paying serious attention now , since adverse effects on old people 's support systems are predictable . |
| 4 | Yet it is probably fair to suggest that few people could have been immune from the implications of the party struggle at Westminster , since decisions taken by the central government often had a direct affect on ordinary people 's lives , and few people could have avoided being exposed to the political controversies of the day through the various media of propaganda . |
| 5 | Poor conditions , bad housing , unemployment and racism take their toll on black people 's mental health . |
| 6 | Discuss the effects of racialist language on coloured people 's view of the police and the law . |
| 7 | You come back and place your hands on various people 's foreheads until eventually you say the right number . |
| 8 | Freud is reluctant to say that there would not be unforeseen consequences if the restrictions on young people 's sexual activities were altered , for human beings seems to devise conventional restrictions upon sexual life in all cultures . |
| 9 | The survey will collect information on young people 's education , training , labour- market leisure and family experiences , and it will record their attitudes and aspirations . |
| 10 | The effect of language teaching on young people 's perceptions of other cultures |
| 11 | Fourteen years of Tory government have taken their toll on the impression , on young people 's impression of trade unions . |
| 12 | They build on young people 's skills and confidence so they feel that they have something to offer to the world and to their own community . |
| 13 | In his book 's conclusion , he writes : ‘ It has been my sad experience , again and again , especially in my Aids ministry , to witness the damning effects of my church 's institutionalised God on young people 's souls . |
| 14 | However , some professionals may criticise the new guidelines for undermining the Children Act 's principles on young people 's rights , opening the door to abuses such as pin-down . |
| 15 | Not surprisingly , therefore , most marketing efforts concentrate predominantly on satisfying people 's wants . |
| 16 | But the prison system — not particularly capital punishment — but the penal system as it is , and the whole apparatus of judgement , people deciding on other people 's fates … that does irritate , and upset me quite a lot . ’ |
| 17 | And he knows that nobody can just order Israel to attend , or sign on other people 's dotted lines . |
| 18 | ‘ Are they trained to sharpen their bayonets on other people 's brickwork ? |
| 19 | Howard realised the importance of avoiding walking barefoot in public places such as swimming pools or on other people 's carpets , so he decided to walk barefoot on grass and on the beach whenever possible , or simply to sit outside and expose his feet to the elements . |
| 20 | Ended up shining my moonbeam torch on other people 's big night out . |
| 21 | Explain that you would need time to make a thorough assessment of the situation and would be aware of the dangers of treading on other people 's toes . |
| 22 | Instead , we had to play on other people 's grounds . |
| 23 | She had seen the jobs that were done on other people 's houses . |
| 24 | You can not capitalise on other people 's good ideas . |
| 25 | I mean , pardon me , it 's not my habit , you understand , to pick up on other people 's phone conversations , I was just coming down the stairs here , I could n't — ‘ |
| 26 | We do n't like the orthodox approach — but what right do we have to try out our home-grown experiments on other people 's children ? |
| 27 | But that said , the efforts to peck oneself out of the shell of isolation , and to knock politely on other people 's , are perhaps the two most essential strategies for the general reduction of stress . |
| 28 | As it does so , individuals are able to become more conscious of the assumptions about personal worth and ‘ correct conduct ’ that they themselves had been tacitly making , and to see that an alternative personal philosophy could generate greater inner strength , and decrease their dependency on other people 's approval . |
| 29 | In terms of the professional/client relationship , how easily this translates into the professional working to make the individual with learning difficulties socially acceptable — again on other people 's terms . |
| 30 | Instead all will decide to free-ride on other people 's efforts . |