Example sentences of "people over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Get talking to people over a few drinks ; you 're better than me at that sort of thing . ’ |
| 2 | In a prospective study of general practice prescribing involving more than 40 000 people over a 2-year period , Skegg et al. ( 1983 ) found that only three in a thousand of those who had received psychotropics went on to take an overdose of the drugs within the following 12 months . |
| 3 | There is evidence , for instance , that the idea of the supportive extended family is often a myth , and one Birmingham survey showed that among Asian people over a quarter had no close relatives in Britain . |
| 4 | What I must do is get to know the people over a few hours or days and find out what they 're trying to do , what their activities are , whether they have children or pets . |
| 5 | Figure 5.3 charts the falling rate of economic activity among elderly people over a century . |
| 6 | He had experimented in administering the powder to about fifty people over a period of five years ‘ and never failed in the cure ’ , except in some cases of severe or chronic ague , which required the addition of some grains of quinine . |
| 7 | If people over a certain age , or within a certain age group , are required for a specified job for valid reasons , then it is not unlawful discrimination . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | And it maybe about a relationship that will build up with these people over a period of time and I know it 's expensive as negotiation . |
| 11 | An important aspect would be a study of the progress of a sample of young people over a long period . |
| 12 | relationship , I mean do set up , I mean , if you get into , if you establish relations with me then it 's an ongoing thing , it can be , and it ought to be , so you actually do see the same people over a period of time , and you do establish a modicum of trust , not entire trust , because it 's asking too much for entire trust in all circumstances , but at least there is a certain understanding , particularly with the , on the , on the local basis . |
| 13 | Some Age Concern groups , social services departments and other organisations run a variety of hospital discharge schemes which can help people over the first few days or weeks after a stay in hospital . |
| 14 | This is particularly true for some people over the age of 85 . |
| 15 | For example , one in five people over the age of 80 are likely to develop Alzheimer 's Disease , a form of senile dementia . |
| 16 | The figures show that in 1990 , there were 90,843 people over the age of 65 supported by local authorities in all types of accommodation ( of whom 87,652 were in their own or other authorities ' homes ) . |
| 17 | Of the 1,792 people over the age of 15 questioned by Public Attitude Survey , 7 per cent believed the law should be the exclusive preserve of Christianity . |
| 18 | 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 ’ . |
| 19 | Its main aim is to clarify , legalize and standardize what has become de facto social work practice with children and young people over the past decades . |
| 20 | Charles made his subjects swear a new form of allegiance to him as emperor , the vow being administered to all people over the age of twelve : |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | A recent poll conducted by Gallup of attitudes among people over the age of 65 found considerable anxiety about health care in old age . |
| 24 | The market concentrates on older consumers with the highest incomes , but there are nearly 15 million people over the age of 55 in the United Kingdom , and regrettably some of them are poor . |
| 25 | The Department of Health 's rules for Community Health Council Membership state that ‘ appointing bodies should not appoint people over the age of 70 unless there is a special reason : for example , an appointment by an organisation concerned mainly with elderly people . ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | It had been assisting people over the wall longer than anyone could remember . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | In 1379 , when Richard II levied poll tax to pay for his wars with the French , Skelton was recorded as having 137 people over the age of 15 years . |
| 30 | It is said to be present , although usually without symptoms , in one in ten people over the age of forty , and in one in three over the age of sixty . |