Example sentences of "people [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A session of the federal government on March 1 approved a bill on private enterprises , removing all limits on the number of people whom such enterprises could employ or on the level of profits which could accrue . |
| 2 | How extraordinary that people her own age should believe such grotesque , non-scientific ideas as that a man could be resurrected from the dead after , and a horrible thought it was , after being crucified ; and how fantastic that they should believe that all the dead would rise from their graves — all of them , those countless millions , millions upon millions , rising from the clay into which they had , long since , dissolved … . |
| 3 | In the whole history of a people its holiest moment is when it awakens from its unconsciousness and for the first time thinks of its old holy rights . |
| 4 | Ferrari chose to hide its two-pedal Mondial on component supplier Valeo 's stand in the faint hope of convincing people its clutchless transmission was no more than a experimental engineering car . |
| 5 | For most people their only experience of the law in action is likely to be the local magistrates court . |
| 6 | The model of the tap and the glass however explains that for some people their first experience of anxiety symptoms was not caused by any specific frightful encounter but rather by the insidious , unapparent build-up of stress , one drop at a time . |
| 7 | It 's easy to sit up here for hours , feeling fresh and invigorated and envying the local people their beautiful surroundings , but we were keen to press on and see a Stone Age burial chamber sited just off the path . |
| 8 | Material realities may be profound sources of satisfaction or discontent but it is more often symbols which signal to people their own position , their own worth , and their own precariousness . |
| 9 | Novices will enjoy being with people their own standard , getting all-day tuition with English mother-tongue instructors in small groups . |
| 10 | Capitalism and economic growth will not guarantee the Chinese people their human rights . |
| 11 | Indeed , they conclude that ‘ it is television that gives millions of people their basic idea of reality ’ , and this may be particularly true for older people , who on average watch 33 hours of television a week , 11 hours more than the national average . |
| 12 | For many people their worst nightmare is to be presented as naked in front of a group . |
| 13 | I do n't envy other people their easier lives — too much comfort brings sloth ! |
| 14 | What they have in common is that one person 's actions have direct costs or benefits for other people which that individual does not take into account . |
| 15 | ‘ It is the kind of approach the council needs to take if we are to avoid the kind of apartheid against disabled people which this town may develop . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ People who one day hope to be running a serious business enterprise , Charlie Trumper , that 's who . ’ |
| 17 | People who six months ago might have been on £25,000 a year are now prepared to accept considerably less . |
| 18 | People who six months ago might have been on £25,000 a year are now prepared to accept considerably less . |
| 19 | Most obviously the very people who Distant Voices , Still Lives is about — the working class . |
| 20 | ‘ They were the sort of people who twenty-five years ago would have been deferred to because they were gents . |
| 21 | ‘ It was an attack on the whole community — on sick children and their parents , on old people whose much-needed operations will have to be delayed , on the medical staff who devotedly care for them , and on the security forces who will continue to defend the community and to bring terrorists to justice . ’ |
| 22 | It was an attack on the whole community — on sick children and their parents , on old people whose much-needed operations will have to be delayed , on the medical staff who devotedly care for them , and on the security forces who will continue to defend the community and bring terrorists to justice . |
| 23 | My hon. Friend the Member for Oldham , West ( Mr. Meacher ) is right to point out that revelations such as these terrify people whose lifelong pension contributions are at the mercy of those responsible for the action taken at Mirror Group Newspapers . |
| 24 | Thus , research carried out over the past few years indicates that the traits described above actually overlap considerably with those found in so-called ‘ schizotypal ’ individuals , i.e. People whose temperamental make-up seems similar to that underlying schizophrenia , continuous with it in the personality domain but without any obvious signs of psychotic illness . |
| 25 | Only people whose total income is less than their personal allowances are allowed to register for gross interest payments . |
| 26 | Darlington council should do something as quickly as possible to have repairs done to the perimeter fencing , they would be surprised at the number of people wandering through the park at night , plus the vandalism which is caused by certain people whose sole object is to thieve and destroy . |
| 27 | THE holidays of Prospect Art Tours are intentionally arduous , designed , I was told , for people whose normal lives are quiet , restful and uneventful . |
| 28 | For those unfamiliar with the latest manifestation of Sodom and Gomorrah stateside , AIDS is just what its name says : a collection of illnesses which invade the bodies of people whose immune systems can no longer cope . |
| 29 | Since April 1991 , non-taxpayers ( people whose taxable income is less than their allowances ) can request institutions such as banks and building societies to pay any interest owing to them gross , without deduction of tax at source . |
| 30 | Kelly made her way through the crowd , vaguely aware of the chatter of people whose dull lives had briefly been made more exciting by another 's misfortune . |