Example sentences of "[n mass] who are [adj] to " in BNC.

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1 It does not move them that the cost of looking after the hundreds of thousands of Thais who are likely to be infected by 1995 will far exceed that of a few cancelled holidays .
2 Sir I wish to present a petition containing a hundred and sixty six signatures of people who are opposed to the shutting off of the road calling instead for
3 Petition containing nine hundred and ninety three signatures of people who are opposed to the East West link road .
4 Although the teachers ' guide to the curriculum concedes that people who are close to a nuclear blast ‘ probably would be killed or seriously injured ’ , it predicts that people in ‘ fringe ’ areas ‘ have a good chance of surviving it ’ by diving into the fallout shelter and emerging in ‘ a week or two ’ .
5 I ca n't stand people who are cruel to animals . ’
6 The RSPCA says magistrates are too soft on people who are cruel to animals .
7 They are not artistic philanthropists , but business people who are necessary to the profession .
8 Acting in line with his belief that ‘ the people who are closest to the work really do know it better ’ , Mr Welch came up two years ago with an anti-bureaucratic device called ‘ the work-out . ’
9 In it , the researcher tries out the questionnaire on a number of people who are similar to those who will be investigated in the actual research .
10 Do you know people who are similar to the people in this trigger ?
11 Because it has been found that late returns come from people who are similar to non-responders , comparison of early and late returns may be useful .
12 His most significant work , The Critique of Pure Reason , sets out the limits to thought insofar as they can ever be set from the perspective of people who are subject to those limits themselves .
13 People who are used to having responsible jobs at home or in the office and who are known to be good managers and organizers can not understand why suddenly the simplest task seems to be beyond them , and this makes them feel out of control and very unsafe .
14 People who are used to stock market investment do not seem concerned about risk and those who are worried over risk do not seem keen to put funds in the market .
15 Most people who are used to working with cameras will know that certain colours just do n't work , but a few like to be reminded .
16 Although it may not seem much to people who are used to talking in millions , it will be a substantial risk for the individuals involved .
17 They tend to be people who are used to making regular weekly payments and they have a substantial equity in their homes because of discounts .
18 paying benefits and warding national insurance credits to those people who are entitled to them ;
19 Where will the list be of people who are entitled to a discount ?
20 Well , there are millions of people who are missing from electoral registers , who are people who are entitled to be registered and the problem is probably the greatest among those who are known as attainers and are qualifying for registration at eighteen for the first time in their lives , the numbers of attainers er qualifying has reduced percentage wise , year by year , especially since the introduction of the poll tax and has not been rectified by the measures that remove the poll tax .
21 Furthermore , they are not nominal Free Presbyterians but people who are active to the extent of giving their testimony in Free Presbyterian pulpits .
22 We are looking at young people who are likely to be sexually active . ’
23 However , for those who have received an arts education , such as the people who are likely to be responsible for restoration , this type of thinking must be assimilated and understood .
24 WWF director , George Medley told New Scientist : ‘ We have to work with all those people who are likely to be donors . ’
25 My hon. Friend is certainly right to identify the type of people who are likely to be hit — in all , more than 1 million people .
26 The wider the conception of poverty , the greater the number of people who are likely to be viewed as poor and the greater the policy problem in alleviating poverty .
27 She argues it is not the council 's job to act as a censor and people who are likely to be offended do not have to see the exhibition .
28 Coun Richmond said : ‘ Where are all these people who are supposed to be homeless ?
29 The Peak Park 's restrictions to moorland in the last three years have caused far more disruption to climbing than bolts ever have , and these were bans imposed by people who are sympathetic to our cause .
30 One reason for high unemployment in the inner cities is the concentration within them of groups of people who are prone to unemployment ( Thrift , 1979 ) .
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