Example sentences of "people [v-ing] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos the we er did get people contacting the office to say I 've got a lump sum , I 'd like to put it somewhere for a couple of years , and er we always wondered why they 're thinking of a couple of years . |
| 2 | ‘ With more people administering the drugs more patients can be treated . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ With more people administering the drugs more patients can be treated . ’ |
| 4 | However , if Microsoft can neither be bothered to put the basic information in its literature , nor inform the people handling the upgrade , should I be looking elsewhere for an alternative ? |
| 5 | I REFER to your report about Darlington Show ( Echo March 7 ) losing money through people gatecrashing the show field . |
| 6 | Standing on the beautifully tended grass of Jesus Green and watching a throng of tourists , language students and local people enjoying the tranquillity of the lock , it is hard to believe that it was built for commerce rather than leisure . |
| 7 | Team spirit was much in evidence though , with the fitter people helping the strugglers and always giving encouragement . |
| 8 | Our conference , which Delamothe said was attended by ‘ political activists and pensioners , ’ was intended to open up the debate to the public and to inform people using the service . |
| 9 | An audit of unplanned pregnancies seen in one practice also emphasised the need for great care in counselling people using the pill . |
| 10 | Crucially , the one may support the other : , a prominent Jesuit in Nicaragua , comments ‘ I think the lack of a good academic training is at the roots of too many simplifications in the pastoral work of people using the framework of liberation theology . ’ |
| 11 | Computer systems are often under-exploited , largely because the people using the systems are not aware of its possibilities . |
| 12 | Whether this pattern represents the movement of the people using the axes ( an unlikely hypothesis ) , the exchange of gifts between adjacent groups of people , or some sort of trade probably based on a barter system , is difficult , if not impossible , to prove ; but the movement of the finds themselves can not be disputed . |
| 13 | He says that last year he saw people using the woods as a toilet , and jumping over back gardens . |
| 14 | I 'm s sure sir , you 're aware it 's outside the City walls and if you 're commu commu If rail travel is possible from a new settlement to the Town Centre , the actual nu proportion of people using the rail , I would submit it would be very small , because say if you 're a shop worker in er Marks and Spencers , then you 've got a considerable walk from York City Station for example . |
| 15 | Mr Boyd had escaped to France after the ‘ 45 , had married a French wife , who now lived with him in Aberdeen , and he tried his best to cure the local people using the knowledge he had gained from some medical text-books he found in a house on the island of Arran while on the run . |
| 16 | Just a few yards away , people using the Matson dry ski slope have no idea of the tragedy that took place more than 50 years ago , but now a group of aviation enthusiasts aim to change all that . |
| 17 | The spokeswoman said : ‘ We are considering a wide variety of schemes which will make a significant improvement for people using the North-East rail network . ’ |
| 18 | The spokeswoman said : ‘ We are considering a wide variety of schemes which will make a significant improvement for people using the North-East rail network . |
| 19 | Please be aware that there will be quite a few people using the bridge around 0830 , although this should ease off towards 0900 . |
| 20 | And they say people using the footpath are in absolutely no danger . |
| 21 | CW pointed out that Library staff were often not made aware of the status of people using the Library , and wished to codify the access , loan , inter-library loan , and other facilities which are appropriate . |
| 22 | ‘ If we could run a commuter service we would be delighted but the number of people using the boat — we need 130 morning and night — has been insufficient , ’ he said . |
| 23 | Within the next few months he hopes to introduce an individual fitness programme for people using the centres . |
| 24 | I still can not understand how the residents maintain that the proposed scheme will cause an increase in danger to people using the area . |
| 25 | local managers have got acc I mean f pe people using the account house or the erm one of the other major new computer systems |
| 26 | Council leader , Phyllis Starkey , and Conservative Group Leader , Janet Todd , have written to the Unit General Manager of the John Radcliffe , Tony Stapleton , asking him to withdraw the charge , but hospital officials say they are introducing fees following a survey of people using the hospital , which showed that seventy percent of them were in favour of it . |
| 27 | Woolwich CAB in South East London is providing a regular signing interpreter for deaf people using the bureau . |
| 28 | It will take up room on the stairs , so remember that the space left for other people using the stairs will be less . |
| 29 | People using the ABTA scheme thought awards were too small and there 's evidence that arbitrators awarded lower sums than the County Court . |
| 30 | Disability arts belong to Disabled people allowing the creation of art to be paramount , without the more usual digression into issues of inaccessibility . |