Example sentences of "[subord] who [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People are becoming with the word incest — although who would guess that an estimated one in four families are believed to have experience of this ? |
| 2 | They have held meetings during the past week with potential recruits , although who will take over the chair is not clear . |
| 3 | For , no sooner had Admiral King-Fisher flown away , than who should come gliding along but Simon and Sylvia Swan . |
| 4 | For example , the insistence of planning authorities upon the use of certain building materials , the standards of design and external finish and the density of housing development reflect their traditional concern with how a house or a village looks rather than who will actually live in it . |
| 5 | Target Europe are looking at new ways to obtain sponsorship deals for sportsmen from the point of view of what competitors can market rather than who will offer financial support , sponsorship being a business arrangement , not a charity . |
| 6 | If we as tax payers ca n't decide what is done with our tax dollars , than who can ? ’ |
| 7 | Perhaps that 's as it should be , because who can know for sure ? |
| 8 | From this starting point , after considering such factors as who would be involved in the implied activities and system ownership etc , the following root definition was formulated : |
| 9 | The quarrel had started over something as petty as who could spit furthest after eating half a ginger biscuit . |
| 10 | In the end , where it was necessary to decide compromises , with such issues as who could use women 's and lesbian and gay centres , behaviours often had to be allocated the moral high ground on highly pragmatic criteria : that they were private , or that they did n't involve conspicuous clothing , for instance . |
| 11 | Them as who could make it a bit cheaper see , and all that . |
| 12 | Though who can tell ? |
| 13 | ‘ Who 'll come in tae ma wee hoose , tae ma wee hoose tae ma wee hoose ; for who 'll come in tae ma wee hoose and make it a wee bit bigger ! ’ |
| 14 | ‘ It 's not likely that you will see them , for who would be foolish enough to be laughing before your eyes ? |
| 15 | Reluctantly the shoes are bought , for who would wish their son to attract comment for not wearing what others wear . |
| 16 | A study of the distribution of power in society as a whole could hardly use the survey method , for who would be questioned and what questions could be asked ? |
| 17 | For who would ever bother to give a caddie like Froggy Davies such a huge retainer up-front . |
| 18 | With their material resources diminished , and fears for their physical safety dampening such vital initiatives as rebuilding and continued cultivation ( for who would carry out such tasks when the risks of further loss and destruction were high ? ) , civilians became a political , and even a financial liability to their king . |
| 19 | The fortune-teller would hardly relay bad tidings , for who would be generous , learning of coming sorrows ? |
| 20 | ( It is a standard procedure of politicians , when embarking upon a course which lacks logical coherence , to disarm critics and criticism by describing what they do or commend as ‘ only a first step ’ ; for who can demand logic from ‘ a first step ’ ? ) |
| 21 | It 's the songs ' incoherence — for who can keep themselves together in a world that 's falling apart — that gives them their power : to hurt , if not to motivate . |
| 22 | I chase each of the monks and nuns round the canopy until all have been similarly consumed and thrown themselves over the battlements ; for who can bear to lose face ? |
| 23 | And there is no pleasure left in the life of the rich : for who can tell lumpfish from caviare any more , and caviare is cholesterol-rich anyway , and forbidden : and when the rich grow old and hired nurses dab away the dribble , can you trust the nurse to love you , or does she hate you ? |
| 24 | It was not ‘ otium cum indignitate , ’ for who should have an even smaller room over mine , known as the horse boxes , but Mr William Gilliat , who later became the royal gynaecologist , and brought the Prince of Wales into this world . |
| 25 | For who could imagine that an early nineteenth-century Zuwayi , involved in a dispute with his brothers , or cousins or remoter kinsmen , would refrain from applying to Turkish authorities if he thought that might help him win ? |
| 26 | The whole truth of course he had not sussed out , for who could possibly imagine that luck of hers , which had caused the telephone to ring at precisely the right moment . |
| 27 | For who could tell what might await her at journey 's end ? |
| 28 | So there they were , Vinkelkopf and Stu , lording it at Squire 's or Squires ' Wine Bar as the case may be , when who should step in but some vieille flamme of Herr Vinkel 's , and this Fräulein had in tow none other than what turned out to be our own dear Gillian . |