Example sentences of "be [adj] people [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we are to support children in their reading we need to encourage them into libraries , to assure them that libraries are pleasant places , and that librarians are pleasant people equipped by education , training , attitudes , and commitment to serve them . |
| 2 | What are unemployed people to do ? |
| 3 | Why then are old people abused by those who look after them ? |
| 4 | ‘ When I read reports in newspapers I get terribly upset , because I know what it feels like , that those are real people experiencing those things , ’ says Alexandra . |
| 5 | But fortunately most people who are asked to help in surveys are prepared to accept that they are appropriate people to answer questions on the survey for which they are approached , and particularly where people feel that they are being asked to give ‘ expert ’ information this can be seen as rather a compliment : ‘ If you want to know about how a housewife organizes her day I can tell you everything you need to know . ’ |
| 6 | They 're encouraging people to drive their bloody cars |
| 7 | You often find that when times are hard people buy a Mills and Boon for an inexpensive treat . ’ |
| 8 | Health promotion officers have been encouraging people to give up smoking with the help of a scene from the classic movie Casablanca . |
| 9 | ‘ From Albuquerque to Alice Springs , as well as closer to home , these sweatshirts are encouraging people to decide on Darlington , ’ reports the magazine . |
| 10 | As a result of grass roots pressure , city halls and private groups are encouraging people to take their 1989 Christmas trees in for recycling into mulch , fuel or erosion barriers . |
| 11 | You are encouraging people to get on the wrong side of mauls and to cheat . ’ |
| 12 | I.e. we want to create the impression that we are good people to do business with , so our customers come back and buy more of our books , so that makes more money for the company , which means they can pay us more money . |
| 13 | I have no doubt whatever … provided the production is good , I mean provided there are good people to perform it — and that is the case in Munich … but when your music is performed by a mediocre orchestra , it will always be the loser , because it is composed with so much discernment for the various instruments and is far from being commonplace , as , on the whole , Italian music is . |
| 14 | If you go down to Newman Mobray , and walk down that little alleyway , Rose Place , you see what is the frontage of that house , and it 's very fine , and you can tell these are important people building themselves a fine house . |
| 15 | Are Chinese people included in the political term ‘ Black ’ ? |
| 16 | These are medical people talking , they 're not saying , fill the buggers up with drugs and let's get on with it , let's have the next patient . |
| 17 | We 'll be inviting people to come in and do pre-West End shows , small operas , small musicals , er concerts , films , you name it . |
| 18 | Er and solicitors well they 're there the point is about the solicitors among other things they can er mediate when you have the sort of family who are going to fallout and I 'm afraid people do have families that are going to fall out . |
| 19 | In Newham the picture was more complex , though not dissimilar , with the project tending at one year to be supporting people living on their own whose dementia was advanced or who for other reasons could not manage their own care , or needed some safeguarding care . |
| 20 | Tonight there will still be elderly people falling out of bed and dying alone because of lack of staff . ’ |
| 21 | I 'm sure people wonder what about the administration . |
| 22 | Yeah , and I 'm sure people wan na |
| 23 | In covering the story they had suggested that dope-smoking in squats might not be a good idea , and that Hell 's Angels might be good people to discourage such provocative acts . |
| 24 | Surely she should be encouraging people to improve the quality of life in such areas as Tottenham , where housing can still be bought and rented at realistic prices . |
| 25 | But erm I th they are worried certainly , one or two of them are worried , but er some of this equipment is left on , and left on unnecessarily and we ought to be encouraging people to switch off what is n't |
| 26 | Mhm but they 're to be qualified people involved . |
| 27 | The matter may be sub judice or there may be other people to consult . |
| 28 | There 'd be other people come and had we 'd show them round the darkroom and teach them how to print , how to take pictures , and as soon as they knew how to do that , they 'd fall off and go away . |
| 29 | And if there happen to be other people listening , all well and good . |
| 30 | They 'll be other people coming wo n't there ? |