Example sentences of "[adv] someone who [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means not taking on someone who is too highly qualified and would be easily bored or dissatisfied as much as finding someone with the ability to do the job . |
| 2 | Rather someone who was prepared to be an accomplice to murder . |
| 3 | Only someone who was after the maximum deterrent effect would have ensured that each shot hit a rock and caused that terrible screech of ricochet . |
| 4 | Or perhaps someone who 's " brave " . " |
| 5 | I 'm not someone who 's going to be the same person in every film . ’ |
| 6 | erm I 'm not someone who 's for , for example , erm positive discrimination where that means choosing a woman when there 's a better man erm and I think that erm although some feminists do , certainly it 's not a necessary condition of being a feminist , and I certainly do n't , and I think that if John Major erm sincerely looked at all the women who could have been in his cabinet , and sincerely judged their abilities erm compared to the men who were available , erm and decided that the women were n't ready , then I think that 's , that 's a possible position . |
| 7 | He is certainly not someone who is thought to ‘ go over the top ’ . |
| 8 | I 'm just someone who 's into what he 's doing . |
| 9 | And possibly someone who was trying to help them . |
| 10 | Well actually I feel a lot happier if you say that , because can I actually one of the first questions you asked , which I never got a chance to answer , though Terry did , was which what sort of criteria one would use to say that a Prime Minister 's good and erm I was sort of thinking of that as Terry was answering and I think the thing I came up with is you want somebody who represents , or is sensitive to at least , a very wide swathe of views across the population , but also someone who 's intelligent and caring enough to take into account the minority views , and you want somebody who 's aim is to make most of the people happy most of the time , sort of thing , erm but who 's also prepared to take unpopular steps erm if he believes it 's necessary . |
| 11 | I suppose what it really amounts to , it 's probably someone who 's in the same line of business and they 're trying to get the best way are n't they ? |
| 12 | ‘ My father says cold water is the best way to wake up someone who 's fainted , ’ he said , and with that he tipped the entire contents of the jug over the Trunchbull 's head . |
| 13 | We have n't finished the process of elimination , but there was hardly anybody in the club in the afternoon except the residents and a few servants , and why the servants should try to blow up someone who was trying to improve their conditions is beyond me . ’ |
| 14 | A true representative is surely someone who is authorized to speak and act on behalf of those ( s ) he represents , and who has been so authorized by them . |
| 15 | In fact , of course , even someone who is stationary on the earth is moving at about 18.6 miles ( 30 kilometers ) a second around the sun . |
| 16 | This quotation gives a vivid insight into how someone who is basically sympathetic towards black people can come to adopt a racialist language in order to conform to the expectations of the group , which are set by a minority of active racists . |
| 17 | Whether you are young or old , you should always leave a key with a neighbour whom you trust and who is at home quite often , maybe someone who is retired , or who is at home with children , in case there is an emergency while you are out . |
| 18 | There are , however , Problems when someone who was active in both Church and Party leaves the Party . |