Example sentences of "people ['s] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Second , the " medicalisation of life " destroys people 's capacity for self-care and self-responsibility . |
| 4 | 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 ’ . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Instead , Holyoak proposes a People 's Plan for the Bull Ring . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | According to compensation theory the leisure society only arrives when people 's preference for extra leisure exceeds their preference for extra income . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It seems quite bizarre that people who play other people 's records for a living can reach these dizzy heights of stardom . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 " . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Their general emaciation and pitiful appearance was such that many people 's appetite for rabbits died then and has never returned . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ ABSTAIN ’ CERTAINLY confirmed a lot of people 's fears for the band 's identity within corporate confines . |
| 21 | ‘ ABSTAIN ’ CERTAINLY confirmed a lot of people 's fears for the band 's identity within corporate confines . |
| 22 | A £350 Rottweiler pup sold to a family who already have to rely on the People 's Dispensary for Sick Animals for treatment on the Great Dane some other twit sold them , because they ca n't afford the vet 's fees ? |
| 23 | The People 's Dispensary for Sick Animals has produced a new guide to keeping Tortoises and terrapins with a careful list of do 's and don'ts . |
| 24 | The People 's Dispensary for Sick Animals was also urging pet owners to keep their animals indoors wherever possible and protect animals in hutches . |
| 25 | These results come from a wide variety of sources , ranging from laboratory experiments using electric shocks to analyses of one person 's memory over a number of years , from experimental subjects ’ memories of autopsy slides to normal people 's memory for hearing about Kennedy 's assassination . |
| 26 | Two by-elections at the Wrekin and one at Dover showed the threat that independents could pose on the anti-spending tack , and Lord Salisbury tried to guide the agitation into respectable channels through a People 's Union for Economy . |
| 27 | It was such fears that Salisbury set out to quieten , using his People 's Union for Economy to widen the diehards " appeal , and calling for a return to the classless tradition of Conservatism . |
| 28 | Decisions about people 's claims for benefits should be based on clearly defined principles and ascertainable facts . |
| 29 | In the April 18 issue of 19970 , chirpy chart regulars of the time , Blue Mink can be heard bemoaning the onset of ‘ Progressive Rock ’ in terms that are extremely revealing : ‘ The ‘ underground ’ scene has been rammed down people 's throats for too long . |
| 30 | A combination of interview and questionnaire studies and a content analysis of media coverage was employed , with the purpose of elucidating the reasons for people 's preferences for different energy options , their perceptions of the risks involved , and of the viability of alternative energy sources . |