Example sentences of "people [vb pp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | People aroused by the possibilities of social power will seek it more consistently than those who are not aroused by power . |
| 2 | The health authorities declared a fresh state of " red alert " on Dec. 28 when further cases of cholera were discovered in three northern provinces bordering Bolivia and Paraguay , although it was reported that none of the 44 people diagnosed in the space of five days had died [ for outbreak in early 1992 see p. 38761 ] . |
| 3 | The UN World Food Programme ( WFP ) estimated that the lives of up to 20,000,000 people depended on the provision of emergency food aid . |
| 4 | BECAUSE VIEW FROM IS A NEW RANGE OF SPORTSWEAR FOR PEOPLE REARED ON THE HEROICS OF LYNN DAVIES , MARY RAND AND DAVID HEMERY . |
| 5 | Most hospitals retain records relevant to deceased people received into the mortuary , together with the numbers of post-mortem examinations , and any infectious conditions found subsequently . |
| 6 | Mortality rates , however , are a very weak proxy of the benefit people received from the use of medical services . |
| 7 | He emphasised that people distinguished between the ex-government and the King . |
| 8 | It is usually a part-time appointment , often held by people distinguished in the world outside university , such as lawyers and business people . |
| 9 | I sat back expecting to be proved right and watched as people joined in the discussion and debate . |
| 10 | The first is , at best , a ‘ trade union consciousness ’ or a ‘ subordinate value system ’ , in which people placed at the bottom of the social system recognize they are exploited but seek only to improve their position within it . |
| 11 | Its principles : participation , equity and intersectoral collaboration may seem new to many health workers but they are very familiar to people formed in the community development approach . |
| 12 | In that area many people relied on the coconut plantations for their livelihood . |
| 13 | But Labour prospective parliamentary candidate for Darlington Alan Milburn said it was vital the service be maintained , especially as many elderly people relied on the 11a to take them to shops in North Road and the town centre . |
| 14 | The only people cheered by the figures were cold cure producers — victims spent £172 million on remedies last year . |
| 15 | At the annual meeting , some 70 people heard of the parish Outreach scheme and of plans to extend the building itself to provide a much larger Christian centre . |
| 16 | Very many people heard about the riots in the area last year , and heard the authorities ' explanations for them , but this programme attempted to find the root causes of the problems . |
| 17 | It was from the people gathered on the rim of this amphitheatre in the dunes that the sighing came . |
| 18 | Seeing the flowers from tepees , the people gathered on the hill and sang and danced their thanks to the Great Spirits who had sent the blooms as a sign of their forgiveness . |
| 19 | He went down extremely well last Sunday , for example , when many people gathered outside the party 's central committee building in an unauthorised meeting and called on him to come out and talk to them . |
| 20 | They were released the following day when a crowd of 4000 people gathered outside the police station . |
| 21 | Reynolds 's News described how a ‘ big and angry crowd ’ of Wolves fans estimated at 2,000 people gathered outside the officials ' entrance , protesting at the club 's policy of selling its better players . |
| 22 | On May 7 up to 5,000 people gathered outside the High Court in Lilongwe where Chakufwa Chihana , the trade union leader arrested in April [ see p. 38851 ] , was due to appear . |
| 23 | Security forces surrounded the area and ordered the 3,000 people gathered at the church to leave . |
| 24 | First official event took place during the early afternoon of April 25 , when a large number of people gathered at the memorial site dedicated to the RAF and Allied aircrew . |
| 25 | They visited all the factories and shops they could squeeze into their brief , allotted time and the highlight of their visit was a Silver Anniversary Ball when 700 people gathered at the leisure centre near Deeside , Queensferry . |
| 26 | ‘ On what list ? ’ blurted Karen , but Jessica pulled her roughly by the arm , towards the knot of people gathered at the square steel entrance to the boat . |
| 27 | There were disturbances in Drury Lane on 10 June 1695 , when a number of people gathered at the Dog Tavern to celebrate the birthday of the Prince of Wales . |
| 28 | This time around , most of the crowd stayed for the full set yet the number of people gathered at The Arena told its own story of one band 's fall from grace . |
| 29 | The young people gathered in the parlour . |
| 30 | According to Jordan radio " over one million " people gathered in the streets of Amman to greet the King on his arrival . |