Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [adj] people " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consider life expectancy , a measure indicating the number of years a newborn infant could typically be expected to live if patterns of mortality prevailing for all people in the year of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life . |
| 2 | ‘ It takes an enlightened boss to realise that standard textbook career progression is not always right for certain people , ’ says Kate Hargreaves . |
| 3 | Just right for mad people like her . |
| 4 | Cocaine is right for these people . |
| 5 | So I think they 're right to be suspicious , and it 's right for those people who feel they have a role it 's up to them to make it appear interesting and to show them the relevance . |
| 6 | The law which makes Work Experience possible for young people in their last year of compulsory education specifically forbids their receiving payment . |
| 7 | If someone a obviously it 's it 's what I 'm asking is hypothetical anyway because I mean the flats are coming down so no one new can move in , but say you actually if if it was possible for other people to move into these flats and you knew someone and they said erm , You know I 'm thinking of moving into Green flats , what would you say ? |
| 8 | But this would itself be merely an instance of the general fact that with most sentences it is possible for two people to understand them but disagree about their truth . |
| 9 | And of course Lewes is a small enough town that it 's possible for ordinary people to be involved in central activities like Council activities and so on . |
| 10 | And of course Lewes is a small enough town that it 's possible for ordinary people to be involved in , in central activities like council activities and so on . |
| 11 | In the twentieth century increasingly it has become possible for older people who have withdrawn from the labour market to support themselves from resources provided by the state rather than rely on their families ; the same has not been true of the youngest generation . |
| 12 | At the moment it is possible for some people to complain that because the policy is set and also administered centrally , teams for a major championship marathon are picked in the same way as sprint squads . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | On the other hand , Kemp was a lightly-built , light-boned man , and it would have been possible for most people here , let us say — anyone reasonably mobile , reasonably fit — to have moved that body at least some small distance . |
| 15 | A while later , 20MB would suffice admirably , and probably leave a great chunk unused for many people . |
| 16 | ‘ Listen , ’ he said crossly , ’ I 'm as sorry for those people as the next guy but this country spends millions of dollars every year on overseas aid and expertise . |
| 17 | I mean Adam 's lucky in that respect , I could n't smoke when I was pregnant , I , it made me feel sick , I could n't stand the smell of it , I had no urge to smoke at all , I went right off smoking , I respect , I was lucky , but I do feel sorry for these people that smoking at present cos it must be ever so hard . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , then , you ought to feel just as sorry for silly people . |
| 19 | A salmon steak weighing about 7 oz. will make a pot of salmon paste ample for four people , so it is a quite economical proposition . |
| 20 | It may be just a little too strong for some people . |
| 21 | At the earliest stage it should be made to come alive for young people and teachers in the processes of education . |
| 22 | Not only are they moving away , but often they are also moving to a place totally unsuitable for elderly people . |
| 23 | NB : Unsuitable for disabled people . |
| 24 | It 's us that promoted and surely if we created the situation it might work in our favour but it I mean it ca n't be very pleasant for other people |
| 25 | Clearly these early years of the organization had been intensive and exciting for many people . |
| 26 | I mean , being frightened er spooky kind of you know thing in a lot films can be exciting for some people . |
| 27 | He asked Macmillan to intervene : ‘ It was quite wrong for other people to incarcerate a ‘ legal prime Minister ’ . ’ |
| 28 | The fees charged by lawyers were said to be too high for ordinary people to afford . |
| 29 | And you look at the er the preamble in the , in the order er the book of common order for baptism and it is designated for Christian people , that particular rite of passage . |
| 30 | He put in a kitchen and he thought there was something funny about these people erm they did n't want to give him money up front for the fabric , you know , the woods and things and he was n't asking the full amount anyway and he said , you know , a things are very tight in business and I do not want to run up any more debts if you will let me have some of cash , some of the cash fo for the wood as soon as the wood 's delivered I 'll come and do the job , it 's not as though your money is going to be tied up in any way and there was a bit of a face pulling and saw this woman drop to , sort of , always hovering around always putting her motty in and erm when th when the job was nearly completed madam steps forward with the cries of that is n't quite right and that is n't quite right and Nev was putting hours doing nit-picking fussing about getting things absolutely perfect got it absolutely perfect but when it came to the final bill they knocked off six hundred because there was the tiniest little scratch on one of the panels ! |