Example sentences of "people [vb base] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they reach retirement age , most people qualify for the basic pension , which is normally uprated once a year to keep in line with price rises . |
| 2 | Some people change for the better . |
| 3 | My horse is kept at a lovely yard 13 miles away : too far for many people 's choice , but the facilities and the people compensate for the 20 minute drive . |
| 4 | If such an attractive new influence could be spread abroad in the world , where so many people long for a religion which has that ring of truth , the detection of which is a priceless human ability acquired down through the ages and not to be denied , there would be a growing number of adherents rallying to it . |
| 5 | ‘ How long do people wait for a new outpatient appointment ? ’ |
| 6 | Perhaps the most dramatic example of this is when people meet for the first time . |
| 7 | When riding bicycles , people watch for the signals of others and steer accordingly . |
| 8 | On the one hand , people look for a low instalment amount ( which of course tends to mean a relatively long repayment period ) ; on the other , they look for a short repayment period ( which tends to mean a relatively high instalment amount ) . |
| 9 | That is erm whenever people look for an analysis of something , here I 've been looking for an analysis of individuation , there 's a tendency to consider candidate analyses one by one , singulatum . |
| 10 | A consequence of these processes , as Walker puts it , has been ‘ periodic expressions of alarm at the ‘ burden ’ of dependency' which old people create for the rest of us . |
| 11 | Prices range from 65 pounds to 665 pound the better the suit the higher the price , most people opt for a semi-dry suit it is made out of neoprene a rubbery material which lets the water in but does n't let it out again your body heat warms the water up . |
| 12 | Most people opt for the furry friendliness of the cat family . |
| 13 | On an empty lot between two Harlem streets , a group of people arrive for an outdoor party to celebrate the new publication of an unnamed author . |
| 14 | Taste is then seen principally as the cause of ‘ classism ’ , which can be defined as the kind of distaste the middle and upper classes feel for the vulgar in fun fairs , cheap commodities , artificial copies , or lack of style , and the contempt working people feel for the pretentious , cold and degenerate middle and upper classes . |
| 15 | ‘ Look lady , for what other people pay for a one-way ticket to Chicago , you can travel anywhere Delta flies for a month . ’ |
| 16 | I mean the trouble with group selectionistic thinking is you , you completely discount the costs that some people pay for the benefits of others and so oh well , you know everybody benefits from mothers erm having children and sacrificing themselves to their offspring . |
| 17 | Usually many more people apply for a job than can be successful . |
| 18 | Prickly heat is the term most people use for a medical condition called polymorphic light eruption ( PMLE ) . |
| 19 | She turned back to Elinor and said in the rather loud , slow , and contrived voice that people use for the deaf , ‘ I 've brought you a surprise , Nell . ’ |
| 20 | Sometimes people go for a corner intending to commit themselves , but , although the brain is trying to hold the foot down , it somehow comes off the gas pedal at the very last moment . |
| 21 | It 's the sort of place where people go for a job for life . |
| 22 | Most people go for the stars or the Tarot . |
| 23 | Only one person remarkably said that Oxford United would win by one goal to nil , I think loads of people go for the three ones or the four ones or things like that . |
| 24 | Some people do n't stop when she asks them for money , but most people think for a bit and then dig in their pockets and give her summat . |
| 25 | In hide-and-seek , a number of people agree for a period of time to abstract from living what they know of the ‘ hiding ’ function ( i.e. that people can be ‘ hiders ’ and ‘ seekers ’ and that places can be ‘ hiding places ’ ) and to behave , for the time being , as if only that function mattered . |
| 26 | It 's not the job of education to ensure that young people settle for the status quo . |
| 27 | People strive for a definition of public-service broadcasting , but I always think it 's very simple . |
| 28 | Much of the factory food we eat is so tasteless that in desperation people reach for the brown sauce , tomato ketchup or pickles to perk it up . |
| 29 | When people hover for a tip , it 's excruciating , says Jon , 34 ‘ I do n't see why people working in certain industries should be singled out for special treatment . |
| 30 | Is it , is it a long term thing , do people come for the day , or do they stay with you for months ? |