Example sentences of "people [Wh pn] [vb base] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most people who ask for advice about a decision are really seeking condemnation : that is to say , condemnation of the choice they do not want to make but have not the courage to reject . |
| 2 | Er Madam Speaker I entirely agree , I entirely agree with my ho honourable friend er the absence of the social chapter in Britain accounts in part for our higher levels of employment and the reforms which we carried out in the eighties and the figures speak for themselves , as do the er people who speak for industry for example when Black and Decker announced their intention to bring their operations er fully into Britain out of Germany , a company spokesman said anyone familiar with this sit situation in Germany will grasp that because of costs it is become very difficult to do business there . |
| 3 | MORE THAN four out of five people who apply for planning permission get it . |
| 4 | Many people who call for benefit increases in a discussion on whether or not to operate a minimum wage , mysteriously lose their voice in debates to enhance welfare payments ( Sam Brittan and Joe Rogaly , both from the Financial Times stable , are honourable exceptions to this rule ) . |
| 5 | Most people who negotiate for habitat in the countryside will bear witness that their hearts sink when an agent is involved . |
| 6 | Yes , sir , but this is an aircraft aimed at people more accustomed to Bonanzas , Mooneys and Trinidads , people who fly for pleasure as well as business . |