Example sentences of "of people [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other issues discussed during the visit included the movement of peoples between the two countries and the convening of a conference on relief and development in the Horn of Africa . |
| 2 | It was the largest movement of peoples since the tribal wanderings of the first millennium . |
| 3 | The consequence of Urban 's call must have amazed the pope as it astonishes us ; for he unleashed one of the great movements of peoples of the Middle Ages . |
| 4 | Goody himself in a later essay points out that ‘ at least during the last 2,000 years the vast majority of peoples of the world ( most of Eurasia and much of Africa ) have lived in neither kind of situation , but in cultures which were influenced in some degree by the circulation of the written word , by the presence of groups or individuals who could read or write ’ ( 1968 , p. 4 ) . |
| 5 | The Confederation was renamed " the Confederation of Peoples of the Caucasus " . |
| 6 | A 12-day demonstration in the capital , Nalchik , organized by the Confederation of Peoples of the Caucasus and the Congress of Kabardian People , ended on Oct. 5 , following a compromise between government and opposition which included the withdrawal of Russian Interior Ministry forces ( OMON ) from Nalchik . |
| 7 | The Confederation of Peoples of the Caucasus [ see p. 39155 ] on Nov. 11 ordered partial mobilization in all of its republics , instructing commanders to go to the Chechen capital , Grozny . |
| 8 | At the other extremity of southern Siberia , a number of peoples on the lower reaches of the Amur river , such as the Nanais , Ulchas , Udeghes and Nivkhs , as well as the Itelmens and the Ainu of Kamchatkan lived in the forest , moving between winter and summer villages , making much use of dugout or plank-built boats , and feeding themselves largely by catching fish . |
| 9 | The number of peoples in the world who knew of these advantages and nevertheless persisted in rejecting them were few : to do so required a tenacity of purpose , an indifference to wealth and comfort which were not given to many . |
| 10 | Movements of peoples in the historical period originated in the southerly latitudes of Inner Asia . |
| 11 | The 1914–18 war raised the question of state power point blank … from the moment the imperialist state threw tens of millions of people onto the stage of history and instantly revealed its colossal significance as an economic factor , the analysis of state power became a matter for theoretical and practical discussion . |
| 12 | When I was a boy in Salzburg two or three hundred people might hear a concert , listening to something that the great majority of people outside the concert-hall had no knowledge or understanding of . |
| 13 | I must here point out to you that any attempts on the part of people outside the project to have any contact with the child will be vigorously rejected . |
| 14 | Their particular contributions are special to them because they were aware of the religious nature of their activities , but it is the actions of millions of people outside the specifically religious scene who , in their everyday lives , have in all probability created the bulk of the vast store of ‘ units of goodness ’ by their numerous kindly acts . |
| 15 | And I think a lot of people outside the area , perhaps do not accept it . |
| 16 | Thirdly , these regionally based programmes of initial training also provide a route to the obtaining of a professional qualification for an increasing number of people outside the formal further education sector , such as nurse tutors , education staff in the armed forces and in prisons , and industrial trainers . |
| 17 | There have always been movements of people across the world who have changed the way of life in the lands they have occupied . |
| 18 | It is at least likely that this movement of people across the landscape , between favoured settlement sites and camps beside rivers , on the coast and in sheltered upland spots , may have determined many of the territorial and communication patterns more easily observed later on . |
| 19 | The hearts of millions of people across the United Kingdom and the Republic went out to Wilf Ball ( 58 ) and his wife , Marie ( 37 ) , as they laid their son to rest in a quiet hill side cemetery overlooking Stockton Heath . |
| 20 | Central South would like to say a big thankyou to the thousands of people across the region who helped raise money . |
| 21 | Thousands of people across the country have signed the plea which has the full backing of the Opposition . |
| 22 | Well when it was started up , the first unit that I was with was from the shop floor at Bloxwich Lock and Stamping and erm it took the nucleus of people off the shop floor and then after we 'd finished our ten hour shift during the summer or when we could , we started foot drill training in the yard of the factory . |
| 23 | The number of people below the poverty line increased by up to 75% in parts of Ghana between 1974 to 1984 . |
| 24 | The gesture was a symbolic expression of the abhorrence felt by growing numbers of people at the threat to the future of the African elephant posed by a particularly bloody trade and will have gained widespread support . |
| 25 | Instead of reporting the number of people at the gig , journalists query the 2 or 300 empty seats in the hall and question whether the band is really gaining popularity . |
| 26 | Lyricist Tim Rice , one of the forces behind worldwide musical smashes Chess , Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita , summed up : ‘ You ca n't fool hundreds of thousands , or millions of people at the same time with absolute garbage for record after record . |
| 27 | There is increased recognition that concentrating limited national training resources at the professional or university level is not likely to have much impact on the service needs of people at the grass roots . |
| 28 | Just after my birthday in September 1922 , we came out from afternoon school on a Tuesday and , on reaching the corner of St. Martin 's Church Street , saw quite a lot of people at the bottom of St. Ann 's Street . |
| 29 | At 9.30 in the evening there 's a small queue of people at The Palace club at Hollywood and Vine , a dump about half the size of London 's Town & Country with a quarter of the atmosphere . |
| 30 | Last night there were a lot of people at the gig who were here the first time around and they can relate to what we 're doing . |