Example sentences of "[prep] people [be] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what what do you say these I mean what sort of people are are having these children ? |
| 2 | ‘ Thomas , in Europe millions of people are being killed . |
| 3 | That 's an area that relied heavily on mining for jobs , and now the coal fields are being shut down , a lot of people are being left without careers . |
| 4 | Increasing numbers of people are being employed on temporary basis . |
| 5 | The problem is with the fact that seventy five to eighty percent of people are being directed towards the private sector and only twenty to twenty five percent towards the public sector , yet still the private sectors squeal . |
| 6 | How many groups of people are being labelled by this one word ? |
| 7 | A constant flow of people was being seen by various clerks and secretaries , while at regular intervals one or other of the judges would be called away to advise on a particular problem or situation . |
| 8 | A group of people was being alternately shoved and pulled down the roadway , the shafts of Sellsword spears hastening them on their way . |
| 9 | To be concerned about the fate of historic buildings when thousands of people were being uprooted was not necessarily to pity the plumage and forget the dying bird . |
| 10 | The report said that at least 50 people were being held without charge in " preventive " detention , and further stated that many hundreds of people were being held without proper trial , among them at least 90 political prisoners who were tried by special courts , over half of whom had been sentenced to death . |
| 11 | By lunchtime yesterday all the streets were clear of water and the majority of people were being allowed to return to their homes . |
| 12 | The telephone as an instrument of communication between people is being used more and more . |
| 13 | A central , underlying theme was that a new social order was being ushered in ; one in which relations between people were being profoundly modified . |