Example sentences of "people [Wh pn] [verb] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | we have people who know a lot about the subject , and others who are bringing in their own items for us to assess |
| 2 | Thus most long-term care for people who require a lot of daily support would be the responsibility of the local authority rather than , as formerly , of the NHS . |
| 3 | Apart from perhaps being of interest to people who make a lot of overseas telephone calls , and need to know what time it is in New York when its ' 11am in London , for example , this program would seem to be very limited in its usefulness . |
| 4 | Apart from perhaps being of interest to people who make a lot of overseas telephone calls , and need to know what time it is in New York when its ' 11am in London , for example , this program would seem to be very limited in its usefulness . |
| 5 | ‘ There has been a lot of evidence that people who eat a lot of fish have less instances of cancer . |
| 6 | There are now so few to be fished for in most rivers that more and more people who spent a lot of money in Scotland , as I have over the years , are going to Russia , Iceland , Alaska , Canada and Norway . |
| 7 | Big people who weigh a lot and eat a lot tend to shed weight very easily and speedily when they start cutting down on calorie intake . |
| 8 | In the way of people who have a lot to do but nothing they really want to do , I developed various minor ailments after Oliver was born . |
| 9 | We would therefore lose many capable people who have a lot to offer . |
| 10 | Money , well they tell me that people who have a lot of money are as stressed as those that do n't have it . |
| 11 | It is essential to work the trapezius muscles , otherwise a stooped , round-shouldered posture will result ; this is a common fault with people who do a lot of chest work but little or no back work . |
| 12 | lt would , for example , sound distinctly odd to have a tone-unit boundary between an article and a following noun , or between auxiliary and main verbs if they are adjacent ( though we may on occasions hesitate or pause in such places within a tone-unit ; some people who do a lot of arguing , notably politicians and philosophers , develop the skill of pausing for breath in such intonationally unlikely places because they are less likely to be interrupted than if they pause at the end of a sentence ) . |
| 13 | ‘ People who say a lot do n't normally do a lot . |
| 14 | Instead , many social services departments are now introducing a new type of service , offering more ‘ care ’ to people who need a lot of help and assistance . |
| 15 | Many shy people find the role of the detached evaluator a useful one : it gives them a sense of power over those people who need a lot of obvious approval , yet the role does n't demand too much of a contribution from them . |
| 16 | RESIDENTIAL HOMES can cater for people who need a lot of practical help , for example with bathing and dressing and other aspects of personal care . |
| 17 | For people who need a lot of support from different sources , a personal care plan will be developed . |
| 18 | In fact one thing he says er which might make you doubt his motives somewhat is that the reason for giving people more than one vote is that they 're more educated , but in general there is also a rough correlation between property ownership and education and so there 's a good reason to give the property owners more than one vote , people who own a lot of property more than one vote . |
| 19 | I mean I 've been in more pubs than I 'd say longer than most people who drink a lot and er you know it 's just be I think music and and song is the big addiction in Ireland not the drink but because er it it the chances of a music session starting in a pub is just you know the chances are that it probably will at some stage of the day . |