Example sentences of "be people [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're people whose lives have been shattered by the incest or other sexual abuse that engulfed their childhood and darkened their lives thereafter . |
| 2 | Perhaps , thought , they 're people who have been working there all their lives ? |
| 3 | They 're people who go around airports and airshows collecting the ‘ tail numbers ’ on aeroplanes . |
| 4 | Er most people who claim invalidity benefit I mean do n't need it anyway they 're people who 've got , you know , the existing bad backs , people |
| 5 | They 're people who are pathetic , who are sad , who have had an awful lot of knocks in life and I often think that one of the things that everybody in society could do is actually talk to them a bit more . |
| 6 | In the same way , we can point to every single course _there have been people who are highly qualified , excellent youngsters — and that is where I fear that the universities are not always given the opportunity to get these talented children in the numbers that I think they deserve . |
| 7 | ‘ The first thing to remember is that 99 per cent of the people you come into contact with are people whom you do n't have to worry about at all . |
| 8 | They are people whom we rarely consider in this House , but when there is a suicide or accident on the railway , the driver , and his mate if appropriate , may be mentally scarred for life by the experience . |
| 9 | Refugees are people whose lives have been shattered by intolerance , persecution , torture and fear of death . |
| 10 | In every case , they are people whose sudden loss would substantially reduce profits , who are difficult to replace , and whose loss would hinder business development . |
| 11 | As well as those born mentally handicapped , there are people whose intellect is impaired as a result of infection or injury to the brain . |
| 12 | Most of the Irish Protestants are people whose ancestors came to this area several centuries ago from Scotland , England and even France . |
| 13 | There are people whose early experience of bodily closeness , intimacy and care has been so uncomfortable or so traumatic that they dare not risk a repetition of such pain . |
| 14 | They are people whose lives are full of activity and demands for immediate responses ; they often have little time for reflection and study . |
| 15 | The Scotch Whisky Industry recognises that there are people whose drinking causes them medical or social harm . |
| 16 | ‘ At the moment this is not always done and yet there are people who , if they 'd been approached , would have been willing to give permission . ’ |
| 17 | They are people who never do anything , who never go sailing or climb mountains . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ There are people who are ‘ smokers and proud of it ’ who are coming up against the trend that the rest of society wants to see . ’ |
| 19 | Full-time reserve police on the whole are people who are disqualified from entering the regular force as a result of age , height , or physical health . |
| 20 | There are people who never leave home without one , while others feel ridiculous wearing something on their head . |
| 21 | Those are people who have made you , carved you , produced you . |
| 22 | Situated in the space between the constraints of childhood and having a career , these are people who dream for a while of wanting a vague something more from life , yet are saddened by these dreams because they know deep down they 'll probably relinquish them , buckle down to a life of mediocrity . |
| 23 | The people in key positions are people who do n't consider pop culture to have any serious importance whatsoever . ’ |
| 24 | There are people who are convinced that the problem is so acute that lasting damage has already been done . |
| 25 | Often these are people who have had a fairly ‘ secret ’ sort of relationship , such as a lover or a homosexual partner , and who therefore feel they have to bear their loss alone , because no one knows that they have sustained one . |
| 26 | After all , as Pasternak said , we are people who meditate upon death and thereby create new life . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ It was said in respect of her that there are people who seek flowers in the tree of life where others would never think to look — under dark leaves and on dry branches . |
| 28 | ‘ Bear in mind there are people who suffer lifelong injury which can never be put right . |
| 29 | They think we are people who just put things in envelopes — there is a certain snobbery about it . ’ |
| 30 | There are people who go about liberating tame animals into the wild , stealing koi carp from ornamental ponds , for example , and releasing them in lakes , where the pike will quickly re-initiate them into the rhythms of nature . |