Example sentences of "people to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , the insides of these sea-urchins are considered by some peoples to be a delicacy eaten raw and so are potentially dangerous . |
| 2 | The Visigoths were the first of the barbarian peoples to be formally settled within Gaul . |
| 3 | The small private bars not only created intimate areas within a pub for small groups of people , but also enabled a wide variety of people to be served in the same building . |
| 4 | The niceties of these social distinctions were not lost on the pub designer of the period , as they boosted pub taking by enabling such a wide range of people to be served in the same building . |
| 5 | ‘ We need some people to be made to testify under oath so we can find out what went wrong with that investigation , ’ said Mr Laframboise , stressing that , at this point , it does not matter that most of the physical evidence has been destroyed . |
| 6 | ‘ It does n't encourage people to be too careful , ’ he said . |
| 7 | But he told the bishop at a private interview that he was depressed about preaching , he felt the people to be so remote from the practice of religion . |
| 8 | We need these people to be our filters and talent scouts , going out to gigs and finding new bands . |
| 9 | A few big events joined the list of approved patriotic ‘ moments ’ like Remembrance Day — the Wembley crowd even sang ‘ Abide With Me ’ — and in Reith 's words permitted the British people to be ‘ present equally at functions and ceremonials upon which national sentiment is consecrated ’ . |
| 10 | THE Government was unable to explain in the Lords yesterday what it will do if Vietnam refuses to accept the boat people to be repatriated from Hong Kong . |
| 11 | Having taken on all these images and elements of pop mythology , do you want people to be aware there 's an element of irony involved ? |
| 12 | He did n't want to exacerbate what he saw as an existing weakness of his own in that respect , and although he was not censorious of other people , I think he was genuinely quite frightened of it , and at one point in the Arts Lab , when there was quite a lot of speed pills , amphetamines , going around amongst the young people there , he did speak out very strongly one evening against it , saying that he personally did not want anything like that around anything he was closely involved with because he felt that it was not a good thing for people to be speeding and it created the sort of vibes that might end up causing problems . |
| 13 | He said that David was getting ready to tour America , but he did n't want normal rock and roll people — he wanted weird , crazy people to be his staff and he asked whether we 'd do it . |
| 14 | It , too , wants people to be literate and complains that its offers to help have been ignored . |
| 15 | So the cross proceeds from a forgiving God who wants people to be reconciled to him . |
| 16 | It 's a severe test , for two people to be just on their own . |
| 17 | That it 's unnatural for people to be tied up together in families for years and years . |
| 18 | This God allows people to be different from each other — slaves from the free , Jews from Greeks and women from men . |
| 19 | There had been rich Christians before the time of Constantine , there had been educated or upper-class people to be found in Christian communities , and in growing numbers during the century before Constantine . |
| 20 | It enables everyone involved to understand the Process that is going on , it makes it possible for grieving people to be looked after for a while , but not to sink into a chronic mourning state , because everyone knows when it is meant to be finished , and when the bereaved people are meant to pick up their responsibilities again . |
| 21 | Personally , I have always thought it a great mistake to expect young people to be interested in politics . |
| 22 | John Major made a perceptive observation a few days ago when he declared that he found many people to be cross , rather than angry , about the recession . |
| 23 | This permits people to be punished for crimes that are assumed to have taken place , and of which the suspect is assumed to be guilty , without any formalities of proof , evidence or charges . |
| 24 | The need to assist people to be economically active where they live may make it expedient to encourage educational support systems linked with other services at the local level . |
| 25 | I want people to be like them . |
| 26 | Partly sponsored by industry , this was the second activity that focused on the promotion of chemistry to young people to be organised by the recently-formed group . |
| 27 | But Joseph was now resigned to moving to the reservation , saying : ‘ It required a strong heart to stand up against such talk , but I urged my people to be quiet , and not to begin a war . ’ |
| 28 | The strongly authoritarian role of the head of the family has been undermined by the opportunities created by urbanisation for young people to be independent and earn a living outside the family , and by conceptions of the North American family as portrayed by the media . |
| 29 | To help people to be better people , happier people , how can that be dangerous ? ’ |
| 30 | Any form of limited franchise , such as that which had been in operation since 1815 , was a direct affront to the principles of 1789 , which had declared the people to be sovereign . |