Example sentences of "people in the area " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had pointed out that a road in this area would open up the rainforest to clearance by settlers , with the consequent loss of habitat for gorillas , elephants and other threatened animal species , and the disruption of the livelihoods of traditional tribal peoples in the area . |
| 2 | Its operations in Prudhoe Bay , Alaska , have allegedly had a devastating effect on the caribou herds hunted by indigenous peoples in the area . |
| 3 | As another said , ‘ Being a neighbourhood man , you get to know all the people in the area to chat to them , and they know you to talk to and that ’ ( FN 28/4/87 p. 5 ) . |
| 4 | Colbert went wet again in 1982 , there 's an active local theatre group , and some people in the area are in the process of restoring and reopening the Ritz — which had survived mainly as a warehouse , and briefly as a recording studio in 1957 — putting on plays , and possibly a film series too . |
| 5 | British Gas North-Western workers are sticking the skull and crossbones symbol on appliances fitted by unqualified workmen in non-English speaking homes after three people in the area died in accidents caused by fumes last winter . |
| 6 | Concern centred on what effect this radioactive sea would have on the health of people in the area , especially if they ate large quantities of fish . |
| 7 | The ash raining down from it added to the misery of the people in the area — the Sir Robert Sale reported lumps the size of pumpkins falling on her decks , and she was at least forty kilometres distant . |
| 8 | In the last five years there has been a clear commitment from the Nursery/First , Middle and Comprehensive schools to work in a co-operative and supportive way , resulting in a pyramid of schools developing coherence and continuity for young people in the area from the ages 3–16 . |
| 9 | The answer might be ‘ Yes ’ — but only if the market research has shown that a lot of people in the area would buy fish and chips . |
| 10 | The administrator , Tilahu Walle , says they are the lucky ones of the 200 000 people in the area who need assistance . |
| 11 | The generosity of people in the area so far gives them good cause to believe that they will succeed again over the next 12 months . |
| 12 | They also found themselves in opposition to certain local commercial interests as a fair number of shares in the mining company had been sold to people in the area , and thus certain local people had a vested interest in mining going ahead . |
| 13 | We 've been able to alert people in the area where the ship was last seen . |
| 14 | West Belfast Action for the Unemployed has been active on the punitive effects of social security policies on unemployed people in the area . |
| 15 | It was the thing about er , my understanding is that people in the area and it 's probably the most densified area in the whole of the town are very very cagey about this ! |
| 16 | These jobs will hopefully be filled by unemployed people in the area into which the jobs are transferred . |
| 17 | We had observed that older people in the area seemed to die like flies in the winter from heart attacks and cold-related illnesses and we were confident that it was the inside of our houses that were killing them , not the outside . |
| 18 | The decision that leisure should be the Main focus of the project 's work was also made by the service-providers ; disabled people in the area were not involved in setting their own agendas to decide on the important issues as they saw them . |
| 19 | Just talking about there about the people in the area . |
| 20 | And did you get to know a lot of people in the obvious well do you still know a lot of people in the area . |
| 21 | Are you aware of other people in the area |
| 22 | People in the area were really looking up to them . ’ |
| 23 | I expect that the people who made them were influenced by the Labour party 's ’ Standard No. 17 ’ , which was circulated among people in the area . |
| 24 | I objected in Committee and in the House tonight to his implication — it was not stated in so many words — that the £780 million would be paid locally by the other people in the area picking up the bill for the single-person households . |
| 25 | Chairman of the Residents Association , Frank Dempsey said : ‘ A lot of people in the area , especially young people , have never lived in a house before . |
| 26 | SELLAFIELD has given a major cash boost to a unique local scheme geared to helping young people in the area . |
| 27 | It is also helpful to have the names of any handicapped people in the area so if you are a parent or an aunt or a friend , again give the name of the person to someone with a board at the back of the church — age does not matter ( our oldest handicapped SPRED friend is 70 ) . |
| 28 | He had not realised that there were people in the area , i.e. he gave no thought to the risk . |
| 29 | At the other extreme — where mineral working would involve ‘ too great injury to the comfort and living conditions of the people in the area or to amenities generally ’ — mineral working can be limited or even prevented . |
| 30 | The move follows a survey by FOE which purports to show that the water supply of millions of people in the area is contaminated by 12 pesticides at levels up to 16 times above the legal limit . |