Example sentences of "[adj] people [vb base] that [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If some people think that I live in a void , as you put it , ’ said the poet on television , ‘ perhaps that tells us more about them than about me . |
| 2 | Some people think that it goes too far , but I do n't see that it does , do you ? " |
| 3 | Some people believe that they do not dream ; in fact they do , but they are unable to remember their dreams when they wake in the morning . |
| 4 | Some people believe that it helps in a night consultation to see a doctor you recognise . |
| 5 | Some people say that they believe in the Devil but not in demons . |
| 6 | They have a very fiercely competitive system , and some people say that you have to start preparing for this at nursery school erm and it 's a question of going to the right schools , going to the right training colleges , though it 's not so much a question of going to university , although you do have to have a university degree in most cases , but they have special training establishments with a tough competition to get into it , and as a result of this the people who come out are very highly selected , and think of themselves as being very professional , very competent , they have a great deal more self confidence , in some ways , than our British civil servants do . |
| 7 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that the best and most subtle way to prevent such attacks is to ensure that the British people know that they have a Government who are taking the steps necessary to keep firm control of immigration and particularly to prevent people from abusing our immigration rules by entering this country under the bogus concept of being political refugees ? |
| 8 | Well the old people complain that they 've been scared . |
| 9 | It 's sad to see that so many people feel that they have to move away . |
| 10 | Many people find that they return to the same company over and over again , or take up a permanent job offer at a place they have been working for a while . |
| 11 | Many people find that they drop their meditation practice or whatever it is at precisely the time when they think they need it most — i.e. when they are feeling most stressed . |
| 12 | Many people find that they live alone through no plan or design . |
| 13 | Many people say that it demonstrates Mrs Thatcher 's deplorable indifference to the relative importance of a senior Cabinet colleague and a mere half-cock academic adviser . |
| 14 | The world seems to be getting smaller as more and more people realize that what happens in one country can affect others . |
| 15 | Disabled people find that they have to put a great deal of effort into making various authorities meet their ordinary everyday needs . |
| 16 | Additionally , many single people admit that they had not realised before how much they relied on their job for companionship and sometimes , even for part of their week-end social life . |
| 17 | By taking part , individuals also put direct pressure on the Government to ensure that some real action is taken at the Earth Summit — politicians will only act when enough people demand that they do something . |
| 18 | Once his appearance has been changed to identify him with the group ( it may be dyeing his hair shocking pink or wearing a big badge ) , then not only will other people assume that he has agreed to all the ideas and implications of the movement but he himself will be more likely to feel this to be true , even to throw all doubt to the four winds without further investigation . |
| 19 | Proof of being a good person seems to me to be when other people show that they like , love or respect you . |
| 20 | Sometimes , though , we can be so afraid of what other people think that we shut up rather than speak up . |
| 21 | It is important that all handicapped people feel that they belong to our praying , believing and worshipping communities ; S.P.R.E.D. enables that to happen . ’ |
| 22 | Hon. Members may say that petrol stations are to be found in residential areas everywhere in the country and I do not dispute that , but in the area in question there is no shortage of petrol stations and the local people say that they do not want another one damaging their environment and that there is no need for it . |
| 23 | Most people know that they hawk and feed on other flies . |
| 24 | Most people find that they have one primary substance or behaviour of addiction . |
| 25 | Most people feel that they have some understanding of the focus of disciplines like History or Physics , but are less familiar with Sociology . |
| 26 | Most people ensure that they spend their lives working for something which they think has a future , and which will provide the sort of life and opportunity that they wish for themselves and their dependants . |