Example sentences of "people [verb] for the " 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 | In this context , it is likely that changes in the nature of marital relations resulting from the increasingly private nature of family life , together with an increasing tendency by working people to plan for the future , were the most important variables explaining the decrease in working class fertility during the inter-war years , at a time when the employed working man enjoyed a more regular and higher real wage than ever before . |
| 4 | Harold Carter , some of you will know of him and have heard of him who was er , a preacher within one of the early preachers within the pentecostal movement in this country , and one of their teachers , said that to teach people to wait for the Holy Spirit is nothing in the world but a combination of works , and unbelief . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | A poll carried out into the reasons why people voted for the SDP candidate in the Warrington by-election of 1981 revealed that only 9 per cent did so because they supported SDP policy ; 8 per cent did so because they admired the well-known candidate ; and nearly 70 per cent voted for negative " reasons — the most frequently cited being their opposition to the extremism of the two established parties . |
| 7 | The next problem comes when we recognize that the work done so far has produced a piece of research which could easily keep a dozen people occupied for the rest of their lives . |
| 8 | Each member receives an Annual Report and the opportunity to propose people to stand for the Executive Committee . |
| 9 | Mr Badran , a former intelligence chief , has bowed to public pressure to bring in democratic reforms and investigate people blamed for the country 's economic crisis . |
| 10 | Attracted by newspaper publicity ( the company did not bother to advertise ) 3000 people applied for the 20 jobs that were available . |
| 11 | Some 900 people applied for the BFI 's New Directors scheme in 1990 of which 9 were successful . |
| 12 | And yet an remarkable 50 people applied for the recent job at Wigan Athletic a team relegated to the Third Division last season and with five of their best players out of contract . |
| 13 | It was a fortnight now since it had started with such a hullabaloo , but there had been no raids , and no bombs had been dropped ; the sirens went and people made for the shelters , but more and more half-heartedly , as days passed and nothing exciting happened . |
| 14 | On the Alpha , DEC said that roll-out of Alpha-based systems continues on schedule but that because it is a major programme , it will continue to take several quarters to implement fully — and rather than talk numbers of machines or orders , the company chose to focus on the people writing for the thing , saying that more than 500 Alpha AXP applications from partners and 50 software products are available today . |
| 15 | They might have exchanged , again , the people of their two schools , but to Kate these people seemed for the moment irrelevant . |
| 16 | Perhaps the most dramatic example of this is when people meet for the first time . |
| 17 | It is a fact that most people bitten for the first time by their own dog are bitten in the bedroom . |
| 18 | Maths tuition can be tailored to the needs of people budgeting for the family groceries , learning to measure and switching over to metrication or simply those wanting to be able to help their children with maths homework . |
| 19 | He talks about people going for the trolley when the smoke comes out of a house . |
| 20 | When riding bicycles , people watch for the signals of others and steer accordingly . |
| 21 | Caretaker Hankin , one of 20 people to apply for the manager 's job at Feethams , stormed : ‘ Those two players are the last I want to sell , because they will be forming the basis of next season 's side . |
| 22 | To her surprise the small room of the post office was full of people waiting for the evening mail . |
| 23 | I looked out of the window and I saw a queue of people waiting for the bus … and so on . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The people heading for the square were mostly men although there were a few women , dressed in black . |
| 26 | ‘ I heard glass breaking and saw three people heading for the door , ’ said 37-year-old Dean , a modern art lover . |
| 27 | They will arrest people heading for the common . |
| 28 | Most people opt for the furry friendliness of the cat family . |
| 29 | Here were young people striving for the noblest ideals . |
| 30 | As goals at Arsenal became fewer , most people plumped for the most obvious explanation ; Nicholas was a victim of the magical trinity of bevvy , birds and big-headedness . |