Below you will find example sentences with "rough sleepers". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Rough Sleepers in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: rough
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 11
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 25.5 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 1 start, 14 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "rough sleepers" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 25.5 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as number of rough sleepers in the, as 80 rough sleepers in glasgow, council, year and city stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with sleeping rough, rough patch, rough seas, sleeping rough, rough patch and rough seas, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with rough sleepers
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Darren highlights the issues of rough sleepers and the hostel at Factory Row. (13 words)
Reading has the second-highest number of rough sleepers in the county of Berkshire. (14 words)
Data spanning from April to September this year suggests there were 89 rough sleepers on the transport network. (18 words)
The Isle of Wight Council has been successful in securing £288,700 from the government’s Rough Sleeping Initiative to fund a range of measures to help the Island’s rough sleepers find accommodation and support. (36 words)
Billericay residents were shocked last week after two tents were set up by rough sleepers in Lake Meadows Park, with the council, police and street pastors reaching out to try and help the rough sleepers. (35 words)
Earlier this month, LeicestershireLive reported that charities and the city council had stepped up their efforts to ensure rough sleepers were offered safe and warm places to stay as temperatures dropped toward freezing. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Billericay residents were shocked last week after two tents were set up by rough sleepers in Lake Meadows Park, with the council, police and street pastors reaching out to try and help the rough sleepers.
The Isle of Wight Council has been successful in securing £288,700 from the government’s Rough Sleeping Initiative to fund a range of measures to help the Island’s rough sleepers find accommodation and support.
According to Census 2021, the local authority with the highest share of unoccupied dwellings on survey day was the very same with the highest rate of rough sleepers.
Data spanning from April to September this year suggests there were 89 rough sleepers on the transport network.
Figures from the Department for Levelling up, Housing and Communities showed that the number of rough sleepers in the city hit 27 in autumn last year, up from nine the year before.
If rough sleepers gather, sometimes there can be disturbances or the police will be called out for other reasons.
In the capital, Sadiq Khan activated a "severe weather emergency protocol" for London - measures designed to protect rough sleepers, with temperatures expected to drop below freezing overnight.
It comes amid concerns raised by charities about the number of rough sleepers in the city rising by 1000 per cent in the past two months.
John, now 45, was sleeping on a bench at the bus stop opposite the railway station: Charlie was doing his early morning walkabout checking on rough sleepers.
On the front line are dedicated complex case workers and specialists in mental health and substance abuse, engaging directly with rough sleepers in Mansfield to encourage them to accept help.
The Glasgow-based charity believes that there are as many as 80 rough sleepers in Glasgow alone - more than double the number they were seeing last year.
The YHA building had a major role to play during the pandemic in 2020 when it was used to accommodate rough sleepers and the homeless.
Byron Shire topped the state with a 16 per cent increase in rough sleepers, but the count also showed significant increases in numbers across Tweed, Ballina and Lismore shires.
Darren highlights the issues of rough sleepers and the hostel at Factory Row.
Earlier this month, LeicestershireLive reported that charities and the city council had stepped up their efforts to ensure rough sleepers were offered safe and warm places to stay as temperatures dropped toward freezing.
Liverpool Council is considering reopening a homeless hub this winter as the number of rough sleepers across the city continues to increase.
More than 40 Conservative MPs are expected to rebel against parts of the Criminal Justice Bill, which would allow the police to fine “nuisance” rough sleepers.
Our first stop is the Jetty area, a regular home to rough sleepers for the past five years.
Reading has the second-highest number of rough sleepers in the county of Berkshire.
Residents next to a homeless encampment say they live in constant fear after rough sleepers broke in and defecated in hallways and smoked drugs.