Example sentences of "[prep] people over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cubitt 's greatest savagery was reserved for the ‘ Meeting-House Gallery ’ ’ which he described as ‘ about the crudest attempt ever made at providing seats for a certain number of people over the heads of the rest ’ , a ‘ failure practically , and a horror artistically ’ , ‘ uncouth ’ and a ‘ gigantic misfit ’ . |
| 2 | And the numbers of elderly people are on a steep increase : the number of people over the age of 85 will double to one million by the year 2000 . |
| 3 | It is important to consider the incomes of people over pension age . |
| 4 | One of the major changes to which our society must give meaning is the increasing number of people over the age of retirement , especially those in their 80s and 90s . |
| 5 | What is sure , however , is that prevalence rises markedly with age ( see for example Kay et al , 1970 ; Campbell et al , 1983 ; Maule et al , 1984 ) , and may affect as many as 20 per cent of people over the age of 80 . |
| 6 | D. With modern machinery and techniques of building we are capable of making vast changes in a landscape within a very short time and some of these changes may affect the lives of people over large areas or in many different parts of the UK . |
| 7 | The presence of incomers was presented as the most immediate and tangible aspect of the general threat to the Shetland ‘ Way of Life ’ Although Shetland is reputed to be something of a melting pot , given the many different influxes of people over the centuries ( one native council official saw the typical Shetlanders as a bit of a ‘ mongrel ’ ) , these incomers were presumed to be somewhat different : most of them are here because their jobs brought them here ( those who are not here because of their jobs are eccentric ! ) , their stay will be temporary , there are more of them , they represent mainstream and hence dominant ways of life , they regard Shetlanders as peasants or country hicks . |
| 8 | There has been a vast impoverishment of people over the past decades . |
| 9 | For example , government expenditure on unemployment benefits is related to the number of people out of work ; state pensions are related to the number of people over retirement age ; and taxation receipts are influenced by the incomes of the community ( via direct taxes ) and by prices ( via indirect taxes ) . |
| 10 | The distortions of communication which occur in these social institutions are as they are , as a result , in part , of unconscious activity of groups of people over time . |
| 11 | Though the number of people over the age of 65 is predicted not to increase over the next 10 years and to rise slowly thereafter , the profile of this group will change considerably . |
| 12 | But he knows all kinds of People over there and he 's getting me what I need . |
| 13 | is abolished the taper will be changed so that , instead of people over social security levels losing 15p in the £1 , they will lose 20p , thereby penalising people who are struggling to lift themselves out of poverty , provide pensions for themselves and do what the Conservative party always preaches — stand on their own two feet . |
| 14 | New survey data often record personal biographies and provide a continuous record of the economic activities of people over several years . |
| 15 | As compared with the more usual situation in which we only know the activity of people over a short period , such data raise some challenging statistical and econometric problems . |
| 16 | Thus change in household and housing circumstances of people over the 1970s will be analysed by their characteristics at the earlier census to establish which factors are important in this process . |
| 17 | Escobar , accused of responsibility for the murder of hundreds of people over a 10-year period , including a Justice Minister , an Attorney General , at least one presidential candidate [ see p. 36844 ] and 107 passengers aboard a domestic flight [ see p. 37041 ] , was not expected to stand trial for at least a year . |
| 18 | THE man who founded Swaledale Outdoor Club and inspired a spirit of adventure in thousands of people over the past quarter of a century stood down as chairman at this week 's annual meeting , prior to moving to South Africa . |
| 19 | See also : Counsel and Care , Factsheet 11 , Attendance Allowance for People over Pensionable Age . |
| 20 | For people over pension age on the other hand , not wanting a permanent job was the most common reason . |
| 21 | Policy changes in the 1970s moved the provision for people over retirement age towards a wholly wage-related scheme of insurance . |
| 22 | Most of these cases will occur in people over the age of 60 . |
| 23 | She still maintains it is not for her to disassociate herself from people over whom she has no control . |
| 24 | Get talking to people over a few drinks ; you 're better than me at that sort of thing . ’ |
| 25 | In contrast to fifteen years ago , mortgages are commonly available to people over retirement age . |
| 26 | No , he 's alright , but I just hate talking to people over the phone . |
| 27 | A recent poll conducted by Gallup of attitudes among people over the age of 65 found considerable anxiety about health care in old age . |
| 28 | ‘ At present anyone who deals with sexual abuse is going to come across people over whose dead bodies they are going to continue to work , ’ she says . |