Example sentences of "[adj] in [adj] people " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This recession is different in that people at the top are being affected as well , ’ says Price Jamieson director Andrew Swift . |
| 2 | And we were interested in such people . |
| 3 | It was made clear that all missioners , superintendents and hearing clergymen interested in deaf people were cordially invited to attend . |
| 4 | Are you interested in other people ? |
| 5 | Leo was interested in other people 's deaths . |
| 6 | He was intensely interested in other people 's inner lives ; he read autobiographies , especially diaries , not as a voyeur but rather for reassurance . |
| 7 | ‘ We are interested in serious-minded people who want to get down to the ins and outs of driving a steam locomotive — filth , heat , sweat and all . ’ |
| 8 | You have shown that you are really interested in old people and you know something about your duties and your role as a care assistant . |
| 9 | With the awful storms of late February still fresh in most people 's minds , those with four-wheel-drive cars must have found the extra traction a godsend . |
| 10 | ( I reflected also that elderly people seldom feel warm in other people 's houses . |
| 11 | This is seen as crucial in attracting people away from the current crop of cramped top-of-the-range coupes — essential if the car is not simply to draw existing Bentley customers from the Turbo R. |
| 12 | for the social life of the family — spoiled , noisy , aggressive , destructive ‘ brats ’ are not welcome in other people 's homes and contribute to the social isolation of their parents ; |
| 13 | There is bad and good in all people . ’ |
| 14 | Yet we tend to assume it is equal in all people . |
| 15 | We need to be clearer about the interactions which affect this , and whether there are substantially more breakdowns when mental infirmity , especially dementia , is present in old people , or whether other factors are of equal significance . |
| 16 | They must refuse to authorise the use of strip cells — they must not be involved in punishing people who are desperate and suicidal . |
| 17 | that 's no good at all , we need to read them and digest them and know what 's in them , simply to show not only that we 're conscious of our spiritual need , but to encourage others to become conscious of their spiritual needs , so can you see what we said earlier about our lives being involved in other people 's too ? |
| 18 | Also into this category comes fear of death which , although based on genuine reason because obviously it will eventually happen to us all , is quite abstract in healthy people . |
| 19 | 15 ) Why are " opinion leaders " important in determining people 's purchase behaviour ? |
| 20 | Vitamin and mineral deficiencies ( see p 261 ) can affect the immune system , as can stress ( see p 140 ) , and these factors may be important in some people with candidiasis . |
| 21 | Thus , another teacher observed that " I think the Project has been successful in encouraging people to use the library … " but went on to say that the designated reference room had not as yet become a reality . |
| 22 | The old ways are still vivid in many people 's minds — rows and rows of very old patients who never moved from their beds , many of them confused and incontinent because of drugs or disease . |
| 23 | Without question , many judges and sheriffs are far too lenient in sentencing people found guilty of violent crimes . |
| 24 | We believe , therefore , that for communities like ours , in which unrecognised non-insulin dependent diabetes is fairly common in young people , screening for gestational diabetes is justified . |
| 25 | It is most common in older people and it is often believed that there is no cure because it is a sign that the body is wearing out . |
| 26 | Calcium deficiency can lead to osteoporosis , common in older people , which resembles the loss of bone that appears to be a universal phenomenon of ageing ( Exton-Smith , 1971 ) . |
| 27 | Yet the Catholic Church violated it and deformed it and made relationships between men and women more difficult in that people became adversaries and exploiters rather than partners . |
| 28 | This is not the place to outline these in detail but , to put it simply , in the late 1970s the record industry faced a ‘ crisis ’ ( a stagnation in record sales after twenty years of expansion ) brought on by two simultaneous developments : on the one hand , an economic recession which hit particularly hard the most important sector of the record buying market , working-class youth ; on the other hand , technological developments in the leisure industry which meant either new sorts of competition for people 's leisure resources ( home computers and video recorders become as significant in young people 's lives as record players , for instance ) or disrupted record companies ' profit-making routines ( home taping thus became the industry 's chief bogey ) . |