Example sentences of "[noun sg] people [be] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the moment people are being indignant about literary biographies and the nasty things they are saying about their subjects . |
| 2 | Because they know that to do so makes smoking look like a grown-up thing to do … at the moment people are being encouraged to smoke and I regard that as an immoral activity . ’ |
| 3 | Erm all I can say is the county council economic development people are are there on the ground with their helicopters and the cameras when Kimberley Clarke comes in or the Central Science Laboratory and the car people and so on of the moment . |
| 4 | The Immigration people were being very nice about it , but with the stringent new visa regulations for Indians and Tamils they could not let a couple of whites in without ceremony . |
| 5 | Every minute of every day people were being murdered . |
| 6 | The premium on organic food really is quite steep , and in a recession people are being much more careful . |
| 7 | And because they were prepared to go out and speak about their faith people were being converted from Buddhism to Christianity in their thousands . |
| 8 | So in spite of Reaganite sneers and the activities of hostile employers ' organisations such as the Equal Employment Advisory Committee , progress for North American women and minority people is being made . |