Example sentences of "people are [vb pp] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm about as hard as a tub of lard , tho some people are fooled by my fascist green bomber jacket … |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ Raising pupils awareness is especially important as so many young people are injured in their first few days at work . ’ |
| 4 | Bali 's people are noted for their grace and charm , their artistic dances and fabulous festivals . |
| 5 | ‘ When people are faced with lots of troubles and they do n't know what to do , there 's always someone ready to say anything , just to get some power , ’ said Grimma . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | This finding reflects the commonsense idea that people are influenced in their speech by the speakers around them . |
| 8 | In addition , people are influenced by their own preconceptions , which will have evolved , in all but the very young , in far less enlightened times . |
| 9 | At present , a very large number of people are exposed to it in one way or another . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Sadler adds , however , that an evangelist like Peters will have ‘ shifted large numbers of CEOs from thinking to doing — people are energized by his ideas ’ . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | you see salesmanship is applying psychology , you know , and a lot of people , I mean , wha the reason why insurance companies are justified is a lot of people are protected by it , you know . |
| 15 | Bombs still go off , children starve to death and people are imprisoned for their thoughts , not their crimes . |
| 16 | It would be equally reasonable , however , to say that rather than disabled people being generally poor and powerless because people are prejudiced against us , people are prejudiced against us because we are poor and powerless . |
| 17 | It would be equally reasonable , however , to say that rather than disabled people being generally poor and powerless because people are prejudiced against us , people are prejudiced against us because we are poor and powerless . |
| 18 | I mean really it , it 's erm er we , we have a form do n't we we , we use when people are interviewed for something or other ? |
| 19 | 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 |
| 20 | In the UK alone , over £40 million per year is spent on tranquillizers , and it is estimated that at least 3 million people are addicted to them Some drugs affect appetite and also increase the need for vitamins and minerals . |
| 21 | That is to say , heroin use does not come ‘ out of the blue ’ ; people are initiated into it via social mechanisms that include ideologies as to what constitutes acceptable and unacceptable behaviour . |
| 22 | Too often these people are frustrated by their inability to communicate in the new language . |
| 23 | They only appeal to a few , and some people are repelled by them . |
| 24 | Personalities of course are important in politics , because people are attracted to them , or they are repelled by them , or they 're indifferent by them ( sic ) . |
| 25 | It looks So often it looks beautiful and it looks innocent , and people are attracted to it , Christians also . |
| 26 | ‘ It is understandable , after the years of repression , that people are drawn to anything Western , modern and glamorous . |
| 27 | If people are agreed on it [ DCE ] then let's get on with it . ’ |