Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] who [verb] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many political prisoners who had been sentenced to death or life imprisonment after unfair trials following the 1980 coup will continue to serve sentences of up to 20 years . |
| 2 | The Brunei government on Jan. 6 ordered the release of six political prisoners who had been detained soon after the large-scale revolt which broke out in Brunei and other parts of British Borneo in 1962 [ see p. 19261 ; for release of 38 political detainees in 1988 see p. 36355 ] . |
| 3 | Representatives from the recently formed Forum for the Defence of Human Rights met on Feb. 12 with the then Interior Minister Hekuran Isai , and received from him a list of 108 political prisoners who had been released unannounced since Jan. 6 , according to a Forum statement issued on Feb. 18 . |
| 4 | ‘ So far in our investigation we are aware of at least ten loyalist prisoners who have been interviewed by the same policemen . |
| 5 | ‘ When one thinks of the number of miserably displaced children from broken homes who 've been given a sense of purpose by the Pony Club ’ Sukey was saying , then , lowering her voice , ‘ take Perdita Macleod . |
| 6 | All the ones , the old secretaries who 've been using it for years think it 's absolutely wonderful . |
| 7 | His doubts about the nature and value of contemporary society were frequently expressed also in the Criterion ; in the issue of October 1935 , for example , he had talked about the plight of Papuan natives who had been corrupted by Western civilization . |
| 8 | Salesmen from Harvard and other licensed dealers who have been interviewed for jobs at companies such as Barclays de Zoete Wedd , Greenwell Montague , and Kitcat & Aitken have sometimes felt an obligation to explain their present work position . |
| 9 | There were twelve training attachments for foreign nationals who have been recommended by the British Council . |
| 10 | Would-be buyers who have been returning home empty-handed ( because they have not been offering sufficiently high prices ) have not learned that it is necessary to outbid other buyers ; would-be sellers who return home with unsold goods or resources ( because they have been asking prices that are too high ) have not learned that they must , if they wish to sell , be satisfied with lower prices . |
| 11 | There 'd been a master at Ravenswood , a man called Funny Stiles who 'd been given the sack because he 'd made boys presents of whistles and fountain-pens . |
| 12 | It did n't surprise me that the other four male English writers who had been invited had changed their minds and stayed away . |
| 13 | This includes background reports from Social Work Departments , school reports , and information from any other specialised agencies who have been engaged in helping the child or the family . |
| 14 | The problems with the New Age Travellers also helped confirm the fears of nearby villagers who have been trying to get the festival stopped for the past year . |
| 15 | Maggy Meade-King reports Part exchange SIXTY-SIX PER CENT of British mothers who work are considered to do so part-time ; 11 per cent work 40 or more hours per week . |
| 16 | Glenn William , the captain of the latest , successful , American Maureen Connolly U21 team to visit these shores , was talking about the inherited problems of British players who have been reared against a background of international failure and negative attitudes . |
| 17 | There are far too many people looking into the minds of the Teddy cosh-boys and not into the minds of the old ladies who have been coshed . |
| 18 | I do indeed keep a list of questions , but I advise hon. Members representing Scottish constituencies that the next time we have Scottish Questions those hon. Members who have been called today will not stand quite such a good chance of being included next time . |
| 19 | We are improving what the employment service has to offer in the new integrated offices , as all hon. Members who have been to see them will know . |
| 20 | POLICE in Craigavon are searching for two teenage girls who have been missing for five days . |
| 21 | Issues facing the new chairman include the payment of compensation to Scottish landowners who have been prevented from planting conifers over large areas designated as Sites of Special Scientific Interest ( SSSIs ) . |
| 22 | Reports were coming from all over the country of different children who had been adopted by this kindly old lady . |
| 23 | The rooms provided were far too small for the thousands of English scholars who were crammed into them , and the originally excessive numbers were heavily augmented by gate-crashing French students who had been hanging around the fringes of the course all week trying to pick up girls at the Lycée doors . |
| 24 | At the end of our corridor is the playroom where the children not yet in school spend their days with playworkers — unemployed women who 'd been signing on the dole before getting these " work experience scheme " jobs funded by the Manpower Services Commission . |
| 25 | Higher degrees in English are an obvious target for foreign students who have been trained in the subject in their own country , and who wish to obtain a doctoral qualification in an anglophone university before themselves becoming teachers . |
| 26 | The Bourequat brothers — three French citizens who had been imprisoned without charge for over 17 years — were pardoned by King Hassan II on Dec. 30 and returned to France on Jan. 3 . |
| 27 | The French troops were hidden by the folds of ground and by the woods and high crops , but the smoke was evidence enough that thousands of men had closed on Frasnes in the night to support the battalion of French skirmishers who had been baulked the previous evening . |
| 28 | The Ulster Protestant Unionists , the descendants of the English and Scottish settlers who had been planted there in the seventeenth century , reacted with fury and dismay to the news . |
| 29 | We lesser mortals who had been banished to such places as Wolverton were , however , less fortunate . |
| 30 | ‘ Doctor , while I can appreciate your academic enjoyment at finding an intellectual equal , I really think you might do better to devote at least some of your attention to the lesser mortals who have been caught up in — ‘ |