Example sentences of "people [to-vb] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As is invariably the case in such matters , the only people to profit from the entire episode were the lawyers . |
| 2 | The only people to benefit from the clash were the philatelists . |
| 3 | ‘ The British just wanted to move whole industrial sites , whereas I did not want to force people to move from the South Bronx . |
| 4 | Wherever possible , jobs could be created at localities of most need , but a greater worker mobility than has been displayed in the past should be expected , and where it is not obtained , financial restrictions should be exerted to encourage fit , able but reluctant people to move from the old , worked-out pockets of industry to new opportunities elsewhere . |
| 5 | Leading environmentalist Medha Paktar and 400 others were arrested to prevent them commiting samarpan ( self-sacrifice ) in protest against the dam project , which would force 250,000 tribal people to move from the Narmada valley . |
| 6 | The opportunity to gain this type of employment on the island encouraged a number of young people to return from the mainland of Scotland and use the off-farm income to help set themselves up in farming . |