Example sentences of "[noun] of [adj] people [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think it 's a perfect example of rumour feeding on rumour , that once something gets into the market place it causes all sorts of entrepreneurial people out there to think there 's an opportunity they ought not to miss . |
| 2 | Well er all sorts of funny people like have them like erm Iris has , has them . |
| 3 | Closer contacts between education and places of work through Work Experience , visits to schools , etc. , are the best way of ensuring that employers value the skills and aptitudes of young people regardless of gender , race or disability . |
| 4 | Because cars take up room , they have the overall effect of spreading people out and making them more insular — driving to a distant supermarket in your car is a different experience to walking to the local shops , where you may meet other members of the community on the way . |
| 5 | He could paint pictures of famous people there , I thought . |
| 6 | These approaches have a preoccupation with the activities of ordinary people rather than with important figures and are concerned with providing an alternative perspective on our past . |
| 7 | This is mirrored in a survey by Bunting ( 1981 ) in the UK , where it appears that the general public hold some realistic and generally favourable views of deaf people even though there is no understanding of the language needs of pre-lingually deaf people . |
| 8 | ( Was that the noise of other people out on the fringes of unknown perceptions ? ) |
| 9 | I have certainly been party to one or two discussions amongst friends , and as part of my work I take groups of young people away on climbing trips , most to very white-dominated areas where the mere appearance of a black face in a pub or at a crag is enough to cause stares and whispers . |
| 10 | Aye , we could have loads of young people together , and you could get loads of old people together er , |
| 11 | Aye , we could have loads of young people together , and you could get loads of old people together er , |
| 12 | This tragic incident only underlines the dangers of young people illegally driving motor vehicles . ’ |
| 13 | The Devil 's Wager is a production with a difference because everything , from stage management to song-writing , is the work of young people still in their teens . |
| 14 | Criticism of others : Understandable bitterness and envy of the apparently normal lives of other people frequently result in generalised criticism in all directions . |
| 15 | At least there she would have the privacy of her own room and the security of other people around . |
| 16 | Do hearing people control the fortunes of deaf people politically and economically ? |
| 17 | The Government claims that measures in the directive — including the protection of the health and safety of young people under 18 who are in work — are not needed because existing legislation is satisfactory . |
| 18 | Rigoberta Menchu 's achievement is seen by Survival International as an acknowledgement by the international community of tribal peoples worldwide and their struggle to survive . |
| 19 | It is quite clear from studies of aboriginal peoples elsewhere that they could be astute traders and politicians , using the European newcomers for their own ends as much as they were being used . |
| 20 | A similar proportion , 83 per cent , believe the behaviour of young people today is worse than ten years ago . |
| 21 | Today I have had a reply to a parliamentary question to the Minister , which tells me the latest figures of young people currently in young offender institutions . |
| 22 | The living conditions of working-class people also had a profound effect on sexual habits . |
| 23 | The researchers concluded that such an approach might be extended to develop ways of rewarding people fairly for the educational tasks they undertake . |
| 24 | Shoreditch 's theory is that MI5 agents were trying to cast proxy votes on behalf of dead people still on the electoral register , but that in some cases they jumped the gun . |
| 25 | Many are convinced that AIDS is a ‘ white disease ’ and that the real motive behind the promotion of condoms is to reduce the birth rate of black people so that white people are less heavily outnumbered when universal franchise finally comes to South Africa . |
| 26 | A small minority of young people now leave school at 16 to go directly into employment . |
| 27 | The legacy of the different cultures which evolved within these four areas still influences the attitudes and ways of life of Yugoslav people today . |
| 28 | During the 1980s , there has been a slight increase in the percentages of young people over 16 staying on at school , as Figure 11.2 shows ( see also Chapter 5 , Figure 5.19 and Chapter 12 , Figure 12.5 ) . |
| 29 | Hayworth 's ear for the quirks and sayings of ordinary people never fails . |
| 30 | The ignorance of ordinary people sometimes led to exaggerations of the self-indulgence of the Ceauşescus after the revolution . |