Example sentences of "people [vb base] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would still appear , therefore , that despite some initiatives jobs for older people remain a low priority . |
| 2 | And very few people eat a healthy , balanced diet . |
| 3 | On the other hand , other people display a great sense of diffidence but often have admirable ideas which they are reluctant to reveal . |
| 4 | If as a result of his investigations he finds that committed people display a greater degree of happiness than others then it would be an important piece of empirical information for him to consider . |
| 5 | I am aware that a great many people suffer a great many problems because travellers , illegal trespassers and wandering folk settle on land . |
| 6 | Sarah says : ‘ There 's a very grey area in medicine where people suffer an extraordinary variety of low grade , aches and pains . |
| 7 | Few people make a decent living from acting alone , even fewer from mime . |
| 8 | It may be the case that such schemes can not operate unless some people make a substantial sacrifice for them . |
| 9 | If bacterial meningitis is diagnosed early and treated promptly , most people make a complete recovery . |
| 10 | Yes , and one of the great ironies is that when I 'm talking to students about the nature of history , one of the first things I try and say to them is ‘ Look , do n't have this idea that there 's a great bundle of documents lying in an attic , and this is the way that history works , that people make a sensational discovery and then they write a book about it . |
| 11 | Such situations often occur when people make a particular journey between two places by more than one mode of transport . |
| 12 | In many businesses , one or two — sometimes more — people make an outstanding contribution to success . |
| 13 | ‘ People make an immense effort to be polite , even at question time ; you would be amazed by it . |
| 14 | The first type of theory proposes that these people make an inappropriate immune response ( allergic response ) to certain synthetic chemicals , in the same way that a hay-fever sufferer reacts adversely to pollen ( see Chapter Two ) . |
| 15 | And confident people make the best bets . ’ |
| 16 | Linked to the mobility allowance is a voluntary organization called Motability , which helps disabled people make the best use of their allowance to acquire a private car by leasing on hire purchase . |
| 17 | Be that as it may , millions of old people make the necessary adjustment . |
| 18 | Because of this , people make the attractive and easy deduction that those behind bars constitute our most serious criminals . |
| 19 | Only on this basis can people make the informed choice which is the hallmark of the educated person . |
| 20 | For example , very few people make the maximum allowable contributions , which can be done through additional voluntary contributions into a company scheme or into personal pensions where such a plan exists . |
| 21 | Why should people deny the co-operative principle by being deviant , making their meanings less accessible , their transactions therefore less effective ? |
| 22 | two people book a small mobile home on any high season depart from Saturday the tenth of July oh that 's after you , oh wait a minute , until twenty third of August and only pay the low season charge , save , save over thirty pound per |
| 23 | Why do people perceive a sudden leap in status from , say , four-and-a-half years to five and from nine to ten ? |
| 24 | After all , the Church also teaches that most people bring the divine image to completion within the context of marriage . |
| 25 | It is clear from the evidence on British kinship that people do acknowledge a wide range of uncles , aunts , nieces , nephews and cousins as forming part of their kin network in some sense , but whether these people place a significant part in structures of support is quite another matter . |
| 26 | People expect the normal , . |
| 27 | It is in this area that the majority of people expect the chief executive to have a personal vision of where the company should be going . |
| 28 | People say the hardest job in the game is putting the ball in the net , but that 's not true . |
| 29 | Criticise ‘ People criticise the Divisional idea but I am a supporter . |
| 30 | People want a new political system . ’ |