Example sentences of "[prep] people [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think you have to look after people both at work and when they retire and we inflation-proofed our pension scheme during the whole of that pretty dreadful time when inflation was running at over twenty per cent . |
| 2 | His usual attitude towards people casually encountered was one of absent-minded indifference . |
| 3 | Sitting in Casey 's office with a group of people sometime in the autumn of 1985 , John McMahon , his deputy , suddenly said : ‘ You wo n't believe what Bud McFarlane just told me at the White House . ’ |
| 4 | Although many keen Europeans in this country and a significant and growing number of people outside , not only the younger generation , will naturally be disappointed that the Government chose to refrain from full commitment in two key areas , the long list of developments that were agreed is immensely encouraging . |
| 5 | The countries with the highest proportions of people over 60 and 80 , and the longest life expectancy are highlighted . |
| 6 | In the next 30 years , Britain expects the number of people over 65 to increase by 20% and the number of people over 84 to increase by 47% . |
| 7 | In the next 30 years , Britain expects the number of people over 65 to increase by 20% and the number of people over 84 to increase by 47% . |
| 8 | Responding to the needs of people who live on their own — and some 36 per cent of people over 65 do — could increase sales on many items , notably food items , which rarely attract single householders because the goods are currently only available in large , wasteful quantities unless they are convenience foods . |
| 9 | As many as 20 per cent of people over 80 may be suffering from dementia , but no accurate figures are available . |
| 10 | Marje , who has advised millions of people over 50 years about their personal problems , had no idea about her lover 's double life . |
| 11 | However a sizeable proportion of the very elderly population , perhaps as much as 20 per cent of people over 80 ( Norman , 1987a ) , do experience mental impairment of increasing severity , affecting memory , reason , self-awareness , and behaviour . |
| 12 | Qureshi and Walker ( 1986 , p. 115 ) in a survey of people over 75 , and their carers found that caring could be a difficult experience for both parties : the lack of alternative resources drove people together , imposing dependency . |
| 13 | Residential care for elderly people is , perhaps , the hottest issue for local planners : of all the districts in the Trent health region , Bassetlaw has the fastest growing population of people over 85 . |
| 14 | The number of people over 85 will rise by 54 per cent in the next 20 years , threatening a ‘ health care catastrophe , ’ the British Medical Association said yesterday … it adds : ‘ the general treatment of the frail elderly by the state is a scandal . |
| 15 | The lengthening expectation of life and a changing age structure have produced a population with a rising proportion of people over 65 . |
| 16 | The first census of people over 65 in residential care in Leicestershire was undertaken in 1976 , with a second in 1979 . |
| 17 | The rapid growth in the number of people over 75 will bring a very significant increase in the total number of dementia sufferers in spite of the forecasted decline in the population aged 65 to 74 . |
| 18 | About half the total expenditure of the hospital and community services goes on the care of people over 65 . |
| 19 | The number of people over 60 will be relatively stable till the end of the century , but within the total group those over 80 rise rapidly from 1.8 million in 1985 to 2.6 million by 2011 ( Thompson 1987 ) . |
| 20 | Roman 's lips curled slightly ; he started to walk and the stream of people automatically flowed apart as they approached , leaving them a clear path . |
| 21 | Lots of people neither like nor trust him ; they still think of him as ‘ Slick Willie ’ . |
| 22 | Lang said a number of people both in and outside local government had quietly welcomed the Government 's proposals . |
| 23 | But plenty of people either ca n't pay , or wo n't pay on principle . |
| 24 | Whatever the reasons , a large number of people soon began to work on string theory and a new version was developed , the so-called heterotic string , which seemed as if it might be able to explain the types of particles that we observe . |
| 25 | housing and household types which enhance or restrict leisure opportunities and types of people thus affected ; |
| 26 | There is , I believe , a strong case for encouraging more administrators from the developing countries to participate in seminars of that sort , while at the same time trying to reduce the very heavy demand that would make on the time of people primarily engaged in other tasks . |
| 27 | Now that , that Street with , with , from two hundred yards of it there 'd be nine , nine terraces each with twenty four houses in each terrace within this two hundred yards so there were a lot of people closely knit together and er there was quite a lot of unem unemployment , quite a lot of poverty . |
| 28 | ‘ In 10 to 15 years time we could have thousands of people suicidally depressed because they took Ecstasy earlier in life . |
| 29 | It was full of people strangely dressed in plus fours and navy blue suits , with packs strapped to their backs . |
| 30 | What we 've done tonight , is spread that amount of money over a tremendous number of people tonight |