Example sentences of "we [vb base] [adj] people " in BNC.

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1 One apparent stumbling block to mounting more research is that we lack qualified people to do it or the resources to employ or deploy them , but as so often , a wider and less conventional look at the problem reveals one possible solution .
2 When we feel guilty we make other people feel that way as a denial of our own sense of pain .
3 The things that we make sure people know before we get there is the price all right , I 've already mentioned that .
4 In so doing we influence other people 's behaviour in the only way possible — via our own behaviour .
5 We trust other people 's judgements more than our own for the simple reason that we know what our judgements are based upon .
6 So we supply more people overseas that we are in the U K.
7 ‘ We all love Eldorado and we want other people to love it . ’
8 We want young people to write for a much wider range of purposes and audiences .
9 ‘ Trespassing is not a criminal offence and we want more people to understand that .
10 The Tories said : ‘ Unlike Labour , we want more people to have the security and satisfaction of owning property . ’
11 We want more people to use them , from particular divisions , i.e. if you 've got common numbers , you ca n't really say numbers to the handset adequately , the system has been proved to be , so it 's a lot easier to have common numbers and publish them in the telephone directory , so look out for that when next the lists go round to update it , update the telephone directory .
12 Jenney wondered whether it is better to try and reduce congestion , or to let it increase , if we want fewer people to drive ?
13 We say professional people but erm we 're we 're talking about people who er are in a profession .
14 Last night , the East German Foreign Ministry issued a statement attacking the attitude of the refugees : ‘ Some East German citizens will justifiably ask why we let these people emigrate to West Germany via East Germany , even though they had grossly violated our laws , ’ said the statement read as the main television news item .
15 The result is that we kill 5,000 people and maim a quarter of a million on our roads in the name of personal convenience .
16 We welcome busy people to our home , and we give them a pleasant place to work in . ’
17 and we hope most people would be because thirty six thousand pound , if they 're all earning thirty six thousand
18 We meet great people .
19 We attract certain people and events because of our belief systems .
20 Now surely we owe these people something better than this surely there 's got the wickedness out or the intelligence to get this thing off the ground .
21 We know we are part of a great community and so we now stand Lord as we remember those people who have been a part a part of this particular community to give thanks for their life and to give thanks for them .
22 Human language is not just a tool by which we control other people and control the material world out there ; it is also a device which allows us to formulate metaphysical concepts , and to recognize , at a conscious level , the binary oppositions which are basic to the structure of ordered thought .
23 We know two people — three people — who 've got their kids —
24 What I find very frightening is the campaign by Sir Thomas Hetherington in particular who erm as reported in the newspapers has said that there are er a handful , 3 or 4 people whom he has singled out , and he says the evidence is prima facie evidence against them , is so overwhelming that the law of England must be radically changed in order to bring a prosecution against them , and , as Lord Shawcroft said , well how , in such circumstances , could such people have a fair trial when we 've had the er Hetherington the former Attorney General saying , in effect , we know these people are guilty , we 're changing the law to prosecute them , and now you members of the jury must n't on any account er think er in er you must judge completely impartially .
25 Er so say we get fifty people applying , we will then use those application forms to decide how ma er sorry which ones we 're going to go with .
26 Now today there are two people working one or two , there 's somebody on the door somebody o o o on the bar because we get fifty people into the club often now .
27 I mean we get some people that pull out er cancel or go under and then we do n't get the second year 's payment .
28 Umm we get some people , when I went to see Kim , d' you know where this is .
29 Erm to prevent that in fact erm we understand these people a great so er that is one of the reasons why we .
30 ‘ We will give franchisees all the training in selling and fitting them — it takes about 30 minutes to install one — but we find many people are keen on DIY and would want to do their own . ’
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