Example sentences of "whom [pron] [modal v] [verb] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you do intend to follow your own programme see whether you can find a ‘ mentor ’ or other suitable person to whom you can go for encouragement and guidance when you need to , rather than attempting to battle it out on your own . |
| 2 | There are many people to whom you can turn for help . |
| 3 | Even if you have never owned a dog before , training is not difficult , and there are plenty of people to whom you can turn for advice . |
| 4 | It is extremely gratifying to know that we will have a knowledgeable and committed environmentalist in the House of Lords on whom we can rely for help whenever the need arises . |
| 5 | We do not have great writers any more , men to whom we can turn for enlightenment and discussion of the most engaging problems . |
| 6 | For instance , bereaved adults experience higher than expected levels of illness in the year following the death of their spouse , and among those most at risk of lasting psychiatric problems are people without a network of friends or relatives to whom they may turn for consolation ( Parkes and Brown , 1972 ) . |
| 7 | This latter group of people will inevitably form the great majority , and it is mainly they who will provide the justification for the establishment of a clergy for the ‘ Alternative Religion ’ , and it is they who will prefer to put their faith in carefully chosen leaders , possibly elected from among the others , and on whom they can call for guidance . |
| 8 | He considered whom he knew in the Essex CID and whom he could tap for information . |
| 9 | Somewhere there would be a tutor waiting to see him — some easy-going , amiable man , not old , but a few years older than himself , with whom he could drink sherry on slightly deferential terms , and to whom he could apply for permission to hold parties , keep a car , and ride to hounds . |