Example sentences of "people [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How do the two peoples evaluate their systems ? |
| 2 | By guaranteeing their intellectual property rights , the Body Shop says , " we can help indigenous peoples conserve their environment , their culture and their knowledge " . |
| 3 | It would have been impossible to predict the way events developed after October 1917 , and the policy of the Party seemed on numerous grounds to be the most sensible , the only one which went some way to reconciling the need for large economic units ( which , rightly or wrongly , was assumed to be decisive for material progress ) and for democracy , understood as the right of peoples to choose their own State . |
| 4 | These water-based peoples find our use of lavatory paper pretty funny , too . |
| 5 | However , the final resolutions addressed to the Colonial powers and the colonised peoples provided an agenda for action : ‘ We demand for Black Africa autonomy and independence ’ ; ‘ We affirm the right of all colonial peoples to control their own destiny . |
| 6 | There were , of course , other forces at work which were driving the subject peoples to oppose their alien overlords . |
| 7 | His geopolitical ( some would say his neo-imperialist ) strategy similarly demanded the continuance of a strong British Commonwealth , especially given his doubts concerning the future of democracy as relatively backward peoples gained their independence . |
| 8 | " The principle that has guided us is simple : our objective is to help the Baltic peoples achieve their aspirations , not to punish the Soviet Union … |
| 9 | Some people change their guard hands as they step , but this curtails the punch 's potential . |
| 10 | If it just makes ten people change their minds then it is worthwhile . |
| 11 | The identification of these interrelationships between the areas is well motivated ; for when Belfast people change their place of residence , for whatever reason , there is a strong likelihood that the new location will be selected in accordance with a highly predictable set of urban sectoral preferences . |
| 12 | ‘ There are people out there who think the policy wrong , ’ I thought , ‘ we 've just got to keep repeating ourselves until enough people change their minds . ’ |
| 13 | For example a lot of people change their mind about wanting goods and decide I do n't think I want that new pair of shoes after all . |
| 14 | People change their names . |
| 15 | The next one is saying , okay , do people change their behaviour in the presence of others ? |
| 16 | ‘ The way that organisations are structured at the moment , I do n't see any real advantages in people pursuing their career entirely through the care management structure . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ And as its people eat your people , ’ it said . |
| 18 | This is concerned with how people evaluate their overall health status . |
| 19 | Allowing people to capitalize their national insurance benefits is an example of building ladders from poverty that allow individuals to escape . |
| 20 | Once again she split the party and proved in subsequent elections that the people regarded her family as the real Congress . |
| 21 | The success of the small claims system in these courts has shown that simplified procedures can enable people to conduct their own cases or rely on a lay adviser . |
| 22 | To be sure , as Willis demonstrates above , people develop their own cultures which will have the function of providing a sense of worth for themselves collectively . |
| 23 | Encourage people to wear their dentures and look after them and clean them regularly . |
| 24 | If she dislikes all outward signs of mourning , wanting people to wear their normal clothes and for the proceedings to be very quiet and simple , that should be for her to decide , but if she is of the old school , who prefer mourners to dress rather sombrely , you should try to persuade the rest of the family to do so whatever their personal opinions may be ; although care must be taken not to cause friction over this or anything else which may sour the family gathering . |
| 25 | Talking to Hello ! magazine about how people shared their sorrow , Denise says : ‘ There were 12,500 letters sent to the police station and we 've had 4,000 here at home |
| 26 | Pitching their eighty-nine lodges on the river 's eastern bank , the people grazed their ponies in the westerly hills and cut new lodge poles which were to be dragged to the Crow country when seasoned . |
| 27 | Slackening her step , she felt hope renewing itself as she strolled along the pavements past tubs of flowering plants interspersed with benches crowded with people resting their tired feet or simply sitting back and enjoying the sunshine while they watched the passers-by . |
| 28 | It 's also necessary to help people to see their own area from the visitor 's point of view , so they need an idea of the sort of customer they are likely to get and the things they will want to know . |
| 29 | Suppose Delia had become friendly with Angy and gone to her flat that afternoon She 'd have been one of the last people to see her alive . ’ |
| 30 | It really is vitally important for the creative people to see your factory , try out your hotel or visit your shops or warehouses ; to talk to the people who make or devise your product , whatever it is , as well as to those who sell it . |