Example sentences of "people [vb mod] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Freedom of movement of people may lead to significant changes in the age structure in certain parts of Europe , with consequential changes in demand upon the social services . |
| 2 | It seemed unlikely , but Wycliffe knew from long experience that what young people may do in certain circumstances , especially where loyalties are involved is totally unpredictable . |
| 3 | It is understandable and no bad thing that people should react against crude literalism . |
| 4 | Lack of such information leads to the common misapprehension that housing for disabled people should consist of one-bedroom properties , whereas the majority of the demand for housing from disabled people below the age of 60 is for two bedrooms and above ( Morris , 1986 , 1988b ; Robinson , 1987 ) . |
| 5 | He had added that " the people must vote in large numbers , to bar the way to adventurist projects " . |
| 6 | Entirely innocent people might admit to lesser offences to avoid confiscation . |
| 7 | To exclude the influence of how people might feel about different types of lender or types of credit , the information was confined to the terms of the loan — so that in effect people were choosing between rival credit terms possibly within a single credit type . |
| 8 | The drama starts with a brief discussion of how people might live without modern technology , and ( using the model of the pictures they have seen ) , they build themselves a fortified encampment — a wonderful image this , with chairs organised into a large circle and then laid down so that the legs all face out . |
| 9 | Williamson assumes that at least some people might behave in strategic , guileful ways , if they can do so undetected and thereby promote their own interest . |
| 10 | What Nutristem had done to plants , these people could do to human beings . |
| 11 | It was estimated that no fewer than 30,000 people could congregate at Grand Central without serious crowding . |
| 12 | UP TO 400,000 people could die from cold and hunger in Bosnia this winter as the Yugoslav civil war rages on , the UN warned yesterday . |
| 13 | If less money was taken by the public sector it is doubtful whether people would invest in British industry or continue to spend more on foreign consumer goods . |
| 14 | To her , the building was endlessly exciting , and she liked it for all the reasons that most people would specify as particular causes for dislike . |
| 15 | It was a political culture which emphasised the democratic assumption that opinion was not merely of passing interest but an important guide to understanding how people would react to various policies . |
| 16 | Yet with contradictory logic he claimed that at this level a contributory pension would stimulate retirement , since older people would withdraw from full-time work and would ‘ eke out ’ their pensions by |
| 17 | For many , ‘ law ’ and ‘ order ’ refer to the ideal of legality ( or ‘ the rule of law ’ ) — and while it is clear that this does not refer to an uncontroversial notion , it is arguable that most people would agree on certain core features of the rule of law : a congruence of official action with a previously declared rule so as to preserve individual autonomy and freedom from arbitrary state power , and a notion of equal treatment of individuals in the eye of the law . |
| 18 | And then people would point to odd things like paper technology that some of the universities had had for years , and said — ‘ Well , what 's odd about housing studies ? ’ |
| 19 | To this centre people would come from different parts to learn from each other about issues which affect them all in everyday life . |
| 20 | It is likely that disputes over the respective responsibilities of health and local authorities will intensify , and without substantial investment by the National Health Service in continuing care many older people will remain in inappropriate hospital care . |
| 21 | That 's why a lot of people will go into medical secretary who have children . |
| 22 | There is a wilful scorn for the problem on the Right , and a wilful fantasy on the Left that the worse it gets the better it gets — the people will rise in spontaneous combustion the more intense is their misery . |
| 23 | In fact some ( e.g. Lord and Foti , 1986 ) like to push this analysis further and find value in analysing these schemas ( i.e. the knowledge systems ) into various categories to reflect our perception of other individuals , of ourselves , of situations and of how specific people will act in given situations . |
| 24 | And yet many people will recall with astonishing vividness and clarity the heartbreaks of Somerset in 1976 and 1978 , their triumph in 1979 , the astute captaincy of Ray Illingworth in 1977 , Barry Richard 's consistent sparkle with Hampshire in 1974 and 1975 , and Warwickshire 's unexpected triumph in 1980 . |
| 25 | Isolate art in a discrete setting , explain it , present it with style and dignity , and people will come in large numbers to be educated , inspired , uplifted . |
| 26 | We have expectations of how people will behave in certain physical surroundings : a church or a court of law imposes its own social norms . |
| 27 | The side-effects of some drugs regularly used by older people can lead to mental confusion , incontinence , diabetes , loss of mobility and balance , and even death . |
| 28 | For the mother who finds breast feeding terribly difficult and there are so many of these — the solemn pronouncements she will hear from her own parents and from health visitors , obstetricians and other professional people can lead to real emotional and mental suffering . |
| 29 | We shall use that presidency to end the Tories ' opt-out from the Social Chapter , so that the British people can benefit from European safeguards . |
| 30 | Because if , on matters seemingly of great importance for mankind , different people can entertain with great conviction radically conflicting beliefs , it strongly suggests that nobody really knows what they are talking about , and that the confidence of all of them is misplaced , and perhaps that nobody knows upon what general principles one ought to settle questions of these kinds . |