Example sentences of "people are [vb pp] [prep] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | Effortlessly slim people are governed by their body 's requirement for food and are bullied by messages from the body — ‘ That 's it , old chap , I 've had enough ’ at the appropriate time . |
| 2 | ‘ Raising pupils awareness is especially important as so many young people are injured in their first few days at work . ’ |
| 3 | Bali 's people are noted for their grace and charm , their artistic dances and fabulous festivals . |
| 4 | This finding serves to refute the powerful myth that older people are neglected by their family and that the main burden of caring for older people falls upon the state . |
| 5 | This finding reflects the commonsense idea that people are influenced in their speech by the speakers around them . |
| 6 | In addition , people are influenced by their own preconceptions , which will have evolved , in all but the very young , in far less enlightened times . |
| 7 | As violent crime against elderly people seems to increase , the resulting moral outcry can blind us to the fact that huge numbers of elderly people are abused in their own homes by carers — sons , daughters , husbands , wives , other relatives as friends , and paid carers . |
| 8 | The Created God can supply the human need to have an agreed authority to supply the justification for the way in which people are allowed by their fellows to behave , and can thereby become a rationalised replacement for the ‘ Oracles ’ of old . |
| 9 | Perhaps the reason why more do not is that most people are protected by their lifestyles from the uncomfortable logic of the deficiency in their faith . |
| 10 | Bombs still go off , children starve to death and people are imprisoned for their thoughts , not their crimes . |
| 11 | and there 's a lot of er of what people even leave their , their fortunes to look after some animal and they do n't leave it to people like er the lady sitting here who are , folk , folk are starving , but then its because people are needed and people are needed by their children , but there also needed by their men folk and I think its when they turn to being a mother to their men that , you know , even the , the love that they have , er whether its been a sexual love at one time , er friendly love becomes a very caring love and er I think that 's what we all remember erm those of us who have lost our husbands , that would like to have that , that part back again |
| 12 | Too often these people are frustrated by their inability to communicate in the new language . |