Example sentences of "[adj] for other people " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ? |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | He asked Macmillan to intervene : ‘ It was quite wrong for other people to incarcerate a ‘ legal prime Minister ’ . ’ |
| 4 | On the other hand , for all I know , it may be one of the compensations or rationalisations for giving yourself short breath , a cough and a foul mouth and for making things unpleasant for other people . |
| 5 | He knew he was slow-witted ; so many things that were simple for other people quite defeated him , and he was aware that this made him different — he had even heard himself referred to as ‘ not all there ’ . |
| 6 | In these circumstances it may be hard for other people to believe that the governors ' proceedings can be as fair as they should be . |
| 7 | And er I mean it was all luck everything that sort of happened to me that night anyway I mean it it was n't so lucky for other people but I suppose most survivors have their their tale or so . |
| 8 | The debate on commercial television remains one of the clearest examples of the Establishment in action in defence of one of its dearest illusions , namely , that it knows best what is good for other people . |
| 9 | Indeed , even in the as yet relatively non-totalitarian welfare states of the West some have already discerned the same paternalistic and enslaving trend : ‘ government 's role is to serve as a parent charged with the duty of coercing some to aid others , ’ while government-funded welfare programmes ‘ put some people in a position to decide what is good for other people . |
| 10 | An older person who has been accustomed to being in charge does n't suddenly stop feeling responsible for other people just because he or she has gone into a Home . |
| 11 | The rise in house prices , which has recently done so much to increase the capital owned by a sizeable group of the population , has made it increasingly difficult for other people , and particularly those whose parents are poorer and who do not own a house , to join the ranks of the upwardly mobile , capital-accumulating home-owners . |
| 12 | And erm should you go round them in such a way that erm is making it more difficult for you and more difficult for other people ? |
| 13 | I should have thought it was n't too difficult for other people to get the details right occasionally . |
| 14 | As well as marking Oxfam 's 50th anniversary , it 's also Leap Year which means that we all have an extra day to do something special for other people and to help Oxfam work towards making the world a fairer place . |
| 15 | Because of this , it is very important not to talk to other people about anyone you know who has HIV or AIDS — unless that person has said it is alright for other people to know . |