Example sentences of "people 's [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following the reorganization of the General People 's Committees on Oct. 8 [ see p. 39168 ] , a reshuffle was announced on Nov. 18 in which Abu Zaid Omar Dourda was re-appointed Secretary-General of the General People 's Committee , a post which he had held since October 1990 [ see p. 37795 ] . |
| 2 | The people 's assent to the covenant is formally sealed by a special sacrifice , and by the covenant meal eaten by their representatives in the presence of God . |
| 3 | You 're talking there about a bunch of people trying to stop another bunch of people 's expression of what they see , when they know absolutely nothing about them . |
| 4 | You 're talking there about a bunch of people trying to stop another bunch of people 's expression of what they see , when they know absolutely nothing about them . |
| 5 | Short of a series of studies which is designed directly to compare regional patterns , holding other variables constant , we can not be certain that any observed variations can be attributed to , say , people 's views about family responsibilities being different in the north-east of England from the prevailing norms in the south-west . |
| 6 | But no transgression against Hume 's stricture is involved in pointing out that people 's views about what ought to be — their moral stance and outlook — may be directly related to certain distinctive features of their lives . |
| 7 | There do seem to be some concerns which recur throughout the interviews and seemed to be crucial to people 's views about decision-making in the education and lives of young disabled people . |
| 8 | And they 're the kind of books which in a way encapsulated people 's views of what history was , the history of this country was , at that particular point in time . |
| 9 | Researchers who were interested in people 's views on blood sports could either hang around waiting for respondents spontaneously to bring the subject up , or they could ask directed questions about this on a structured questionnaire , taking care to ask everybody exactly the same question . |
| 10 | Therefore , the analysis of hearing people 's skills in BSL is not simply a matter of eliciting deaf people 's views on hearing BSL users , but must take into account a societal element not apparent in the evaluation of skills in , say , french . |
| 11 | Particular objects of interest in the study will be people 's understanding of the processes and the products of science , and people 's views on controversial or ‘ high-risk ’ science . |
| 12 | Pamela Vandyke Price 's Tutored Wine Tasting , arranged by Miranda Villiers and her colleagues in teh London Regional Group , brought in £300 for the Endowment Appeal and changed many people 's views on sparkling wines . |
| 13 | If that were not the case then we would n't have er public consultation exercise and ask for people 's views in terms of which routes they support . |
| 14 | That sums up people 's views in a series of opinion surveys being carried out with Board backing by Group businesses around the world . |
| 15 | It 's like other people 's papers in crowded tubes . |
| 16 | But the language is so difficult to learn that there are times when I feel completely stupid and understand hearing people 's difficulty in learning sign language . |
| 17 | Comment : We avoid embarrassment , and involvement in other people 's problems by dodging and diminishing . |
| 18 | Gennady Burbulis , Yeltsin 's close friend who had headed the Sverdlovsk Party club and was an elected people 's deputy of the USSR , was also an active participant . |
| 19 | A similar thing has happened to Ms , especially in Britain and Australia : instead of replacing Miss and Mrs it has been added to the system to make a further distinction , referring in many people 's usage to older unmarried women , divorcees and ‘ strident feminists ’ — in other words , to ‘ abnormal ’ and ‘ unfeminine ’ women who have not been able to get — or keep — a man . |
| 20 | Far from valuing the individual , I believe the Tory government has privatised people 's souls by eroding self respect and well- being . |
| 21 | Miniature governments are expensive to run , and ineffective in promoting their people 's interests in the face of an indifferent world . |
| 22 | You do n't have to record people 's brainwaves in order to know how long they sleep . |
| 23 | Previously , she had felt that the activities provided for retired people were not sufficiently mind-stretching and seemed to be based on younger people 's vision of what pensioners wanted . |
| 24 | Whereas the hypocrite normally deceives other people 's vision of himself , making them see good where he means evil , Iago manages to transmit that doubleness into their vision of the rest of the world . |
| 25 | User-awareness — familiarity with young people 's tastes in such things as TV viewing , music , clothes and make-up , and leisure activities , as well as reading tastes and habits . |
| 26 | Although apparently punctilious and conservative in manner and dress , he had a shrewd business appreciation of practical detail and people 's tastes in leisure activities . |
| 27 | The exception is the teacher who dissipates other people 's goodwill by edging further into a personally disorganized life or by losing any real sense of what is required of a teacher . |
| 28 | Queer how it gets us , all women and no men , the way we let off steam , like being back at school again , lifting up people 's skirts in the cloakroom . |
| 29 | ( In fact , if one reads her work carefully , one notices that she never speaks of God , but rather of people 's concept of God , which may lead them on in their striving for justice . ) |
| 30 | Enlarging young people 's concept of work |