Example sentences of "people ['s] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were n't hers and she knew there was always a danger in wanting other peoples ' things for oneself . |
| 2 | Yes , the good old US Fifties , where trade unionists got shot dead for striking in Detroit , where blacks got lynched by the Klan without hindrance in the South , and where Senator Joe McCarthy or FBI boss J. Edgar Hoover destroyed peoples ' lives for having beliefs contrary to their own . |
| 3 | Like affection , status relates to our feelings about other peoples ' feelings for us . |
| 4 | A and I think , I mean that has , that itself has had an effect on the , on the , on the f on peoples ' feelings for this area . |
| 5 | But I expect there will be copies of the same tune on paper and in peoples ' brains for centuries to come . |
| 6 | With the acquisition of like as a tool , the peoples ' capacity for thinking is enhanced . |
| 7 | It is of course difficult to appraise peoples ' motives for buying or selling derivative assets , so mere observation is insufficient . |
| 8 | The nine year-old collie cross was one of several ‘ patients ’ seen by the princess during a visit to the Peoples ' Dispensary for Sick Animals , Richmond Terrace , Liverpool . |
| 9 | The nine year-old collie cross was one of several ‘ patients ’ introduced to Her Royal Highness during a visit to the Peoples ' Dispensary for Sick Animals , Richmond Terrace , Liverpool . |
| 10 | However , the difficulties of containing risk go far beyond the immediate physical environment ; they relate also to old people 's capacity for self-care , keeping themselves clean , feeding themselves and so on . |
| 11 | However , people 's capacity for perceiving themselves in this way is not innate ; it is acquired within a framework of established social practices which impose on them the role ( forme ) of a subject . |
| 12 | Second , the " medicalisation of life " destroys people 's capacity for self-care and self-responsibility . |
| 13 | The ‘ authors of the ‘ neutralisation ’ idea ’ were accused of trying to decide the Afghan people 's fate for them ‘ without asking the government of that country what its position is and what it thinks on this score ’ . |
| 14 | In 1982 , the People 's Trust for Endangered Species , a conservation group based in the UK , sent Allan Thornton and photographer David Higgs to document the hunt , and attempt to determine the number of dolphins being killed . |
| 15 | The total raised is being divided between the Young People 's Trust for the Environment and Nature Conservation and the Children 's Liver Disease Foundation . |
| 16 | Tanith Blackman , of Ingleton , near Darlington , is a pupil at The Assumption School , Richmond , and the competition , organised by the Young People 's Trust for the Environment , is an award scheme for business and industry involving children of company employees . |
| 17 | Instead , Holyoak proposes a People 's Plan for the Bull Ring . |
| 18 | South African soldiers are going into the villages asking people 's forgiveness for past atrocities and to show their good intentions they are even ploughing fields . |
| 19 | According to compensation theory the leisure society only arrives when people 's preference for extra leisure exceeds their preference for extra income . |
| 20 | His achievement was considerable ; his intuitive understanding of his people 's preference for traditional ways enabled Swaziland to avoid the upheavals characteristic of much of postwar Africa . |
| 21 | It seems quite bizarre that people who play other people 's records for a living can reach these dizzy heights of stardom . |
| 22 | We ca n't dig people 's gardens for them ( or our own for that matter ) ; we ca n't take the active part in life which we once did . |
| 23 | Marie McCusker 's view of the Philippines and Victor Amaya and Maria Black 's insights from El Salvador show the centrality of health in people 's struggle for a better collective and individual future . |
| 24 | The deputy head of the Ukrainian parliament , Ivan Pliusch , said that " the visit shows , intentionally or not , that President Bush acknowledges … the Ukrainian people 's struggle for independence " . |
| 25 | Instead of withdrawing and being generally anti-social , as I had been , I began to argue with people — teachers and pupils alike — and to disrupt other people 's activities for the sake of disruption . |
| 26 | Their general emaciation and pitiful appearance was such that many people 's appetite for rabbits died then and has never returned . |
| 27 | On May 31 President Ramiz Alia appealed in the People 's Assembly for patience : the strikers ' demands were just but they could not be met immediately , he said . |
| 28 | Over the years , many studies analysed people 's motivations for media use in great detail , and many of the specific findings would count as ‘ entertainment ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ ABSTAIN ’ CERTAINLY confirmed a lot of people 's fears for the band 's identity within corporate confines . |
| 30 | ‘ ABSTAIN ’ CERTAINLY confirmed a lot of people 's fears for the band 's identity within corporate confines . |