Example sentences of "[adv] to people " in BNC.
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| 1 | Active life in the sense of engagement with the physical necessities and well-being of society belongs properly and sensibly to people who feel no inner compulsion towards , or understanding of , spiritual issues — as he much more trenchantly put it , they have " no sauour " of " goostli occupacioun " ( 12.123 – 4 ) . |
| 2 | Although it may not seem much to people who are used to talking in millions , it will be a substantial risk for the individuals involved . |
| 3 | Improvements in the quality of the air we breathe have been achieved and are being achieved all the time particularly in respect of those pollutants either proven or suspected of causing physical environmental harm , especially to people . |
| 4 | As well as being , then , a means of administration and management of social relations , the state , and its symbols of home , land , family , nationhood and communal experience , are also seen as offering a sense of identity and security : especially to people who have little understanding and control over the processes affecting their everyday lives . |
| 5 | because , you know , especially to people , and this is this is not talking down to people but er to somebody who does n't understand pensions or anything who |
| 6 | TAUNTON DEANE — Free car parking allowed only to people in receipt of mobility allowance and claiming exemption from road fund duty . |
| 7 | Mortgage loans should be made only to people who have the capacity to repay them . |
| 8 | He explained : ‘ I serve ordinary Scotch only to people who like ice . |
| 9 | Or only to people . |
| 10 | As we have seen in Chapter I , most employment law rights are available only to people having a minimum of four weeks ' service , whilst protection against unfair dismissal for other than trade union activities , even with the law at its most liberal , required six months ' service . |
| 11 | It is a question of priorities : some industrial customers may not be prepared to deal with salespeople , and may insist on granting access only to people of their own status and organisational level . |
| 12 | For some local authorities , care programming is taken to apply only to people in hospital : |
| 13 | ‘ Only to people ! ’ shouted Rincewind . |
| 14 | All such changes are related not only to people 's work lives but to the decisions of ( often multinational ) house building companies ; the latter increasingly investing in ‘ up-market ’ houses and retirement homes for people who have seen the value of their home rapidly increase . |
| 15 | No , but er , I do n't know people , it 's , it 's where people get their ideas from I think for a start , I know one time we used to sell oh a lot of erm spotlights and spotlamps , but only to people who were running discos , er now erm there are people who erm , well they , they want a , a couple in the lounge or something like that or , and er , and then of course they , there 's others who erm have them outside and light up their trees , at night . |
| 16 | He tells us to look for a loner , probably from a disturbed family background , may have a dominant mother , does n't relate easily to people , particularly women , could be impotent , unmarried , separated or divorced , with a resentment and hatred of the opposite sex . |
| 17 | Yeah well I , I think er of more value would be just to people here present going away , and between now and the seminar on the eighth or ninth is actually trying to get the negatives . |
| 18 | I mean it 's you know , it 's just to people in the film industry and obviously it has little interest reading it |
| 19 | Besides , you have a way of chatting innocently to people . |
| 20 | Ellwood did n't want her back in Hilary Todd 's office and close to people who posed a threat to him . |
| 21 | I think that 's true what Yona says you know it it is Cos you know I the sort of the political people of the town tend to be councillors who are er men mainly and set in their ways and think that because they 've got the label councillor behind you know b front of their name that they 're they are for life you know it 's And they 're sort of respectable inverted commas members of the community and you know and I mean I hope that out of out of all this I mean it 's it 's a shame it has to happen in such a desperate situation you know because I mean none of us can really feel glad that Because to be on strike is I mean each day is is hard I 'm sure for well I mean I can only say because to be close to people on strike it 's quite a unique thing really for me and i you become so involved and close to people and you realize how hard it is for them . |
| 22 | Because it 's no good just going in there and throwing products at them , it does n't work , I know I tried it and , so you need to start off by getting close to people , talking to them , finding out all about . |
| 23 | When I move on to three eight one , three eight two there 's a lot of things been said about these benefits this morning which does n't leave much left for me but looking at the situation of the way this Tory government has in the last thirteen years , certainly since nineteen eighty two crucified the benefits paid genuinely to people is in itself a crime upon society and it reminds me of the the words of the song it 's the rich that get the gravy and it 's the poor that get the blame and nothing , but nothing has changed since those words were written many many years ago . |
| 24 | When it comes to evangelising , Michael Green reminds us , ‘ Evangelism is never proclamation in a vacuum ; but always to people , and the message must be given in terms that make sense to them ’ ( Green 1970:115 ) . |
| 25 | On the other hand when the Goigama made money payments in return for services or labour it was always to people who were right outside the system such as shopkeepers or Tamil labourers hired on a casual basis . |
| 26 | Please remember when filling in the questionnaire that only about half to two thirds of the newsletters printed go to members ; the others all are given away at clinics , shows , etc. possibly to people who have no idea what NCT is . |
| 27 | ' The product costing exercise meant more to people when they could compare the results with other companies ' . |
| 28 | Cos presumably there must be an awful lot of wealthy old age pensioners about as well who , who could do with a bit less er , from the state because they 've got plenty of their own , er and give a bit more to people who do n't ? |
| 29 | He used to go around with a jug of orange juice to drum home to people that it is impossible to earn more unless more is produced . |
| 30 | Local spokesperson Yvonne Stewart said : ‘ We hope to bring home to people that abortion affects us all . |