Example sentences of "people [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Total number of boat people 53,681 Awaiting screening 31,875 Screened out as " economic migrants " 12,858 Screened out as " political refugees " 8,948 * Figures taken from Economist of Sept. 29 , 1990 . |
| 2 | I just find such people strange though I admit some , like Marlowe , have been great friends . |
| 3 | This he defines as characterized by ‘ hostility towards welfare ( it makes people lazy ) , toward lenient judges ( they encourage crime ) , and toward socially conscious schools … |
| 4 | Most modern philosophers would say it was nonsense to say that Cruelty was cruel and only call people cruel or particular things . |
| 5 | Most modern philosophers would say it was nonsense to say that cruelty was cruel , you can only call people cruel , particular things . |
| 6 | Staff there see a constant stream of people suffering injuries which just need not have happened . |
| 7 | Fighting back : Disabled people suffering discrimination at work should be given legal backing to claim compensation of up to £30,000 , said the Law Society . |
| 8 | Both honours reflect Engineering 's highly-organised approach to safety , both in Coventry , where it employs 330 people full-time and 50–60 on contract , and on Humberside , where another 20 work on project design . |
| 9 | To ask people sorry in my , in the letter |
| 10 | I prefer people intact . ’ |
| 11 | I 'm happy as long as we we get the definite six people definite . |
| 12 | ‘ Many people AEA-wide are able to access these databases , ’ explained Tim Dixon of Harwell 's Library and Information Service . |
| 13 | Er , giving people specific jobs , like , combining one . |
| 14 | Calvin Mark Lee , from his new record company , donated posters for us to sell at the festival and he was extremely rude to Calvin , which is very strange when you think of the lyrics to ‘ Memory Of A Free Festival ’ which he wrote after the event : ‘ I kissed a lot of people that day ’ . |
| 15 | Suffice to say that Tim won a lot of respect from a lot of people that day . |
| 16 | We met some nice people that way . |
| 17 | If they use the noise machine , if he does n't sleep for a week , if it 's the rubber truncheons , if it 's the electrodes , if it 's a pardon in return for goodies … well , you do n't tell two old people that . |
| 18 | Old people that 's right , why do old people get hypothermia ? |
| 19 | Then we 'll be able to get people that way . |
| 20 | Why , I ca n't just arrive on people that way . |
| 21 | The first guy who slipped there , probably these people that s maybe one or two in his . |
| 22 | And some people that 's where you 'll probably get mugged anyway , if you 're safe from well from one road cutting through the flats where all the empty flats are that is the point where they 'd probably get mugged and assaulted and raped and God knows what . |
| 23 | It 's a terraced house and er , it 's double storey , two floors up and er , it was well-used at that time because the reason was one er , there was n't much accommodation available and secondly it is the custom amongst our people that who 's ever er is in need we have the person , like the two of us came from India , my brother and myself , so we di could n't get a job . |
| 24 | But greed seemed to get to people that way . |
| 25 | I ca n't remember the people that 'd be in records , there used to be a distillery there . |
| 26 | If you affect people that way it 's a great bonus . ’ |
| 27 | There 're always people that 'll criticize though , are n't there ? |
| 28 | You can find most people that way unless , like me , they do n't register to vote . |
| 29 | So it is essential that those people that |
| 30 | Er all the small people that 's how you build your network . |