Example sentences of "who were [adj] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Northampton , the Pratts were innholders from the reign of Henry VIII to George I , the Lyons family lasted for four generations and in the mid-seventeenth century had three brothers who were prominent in the trade , and the Peaches eventually acquired quite a chain of inns . |
| 2 | to Jim Loughran and Bessie Embleton who were married at the Priory yesterday . |
| 3 | Those facts aside , Masham Methodists could possibly reach out to 80 couples who were married in the church . |
| 4 | Of those councillors who were twin-tracking at the time of the Widdicombe Committee , 58 per cent were teachers or lecturers , 12 per cent were manual workers , 16 per cent were in professional jobs ( social workers , planners and so on and 14 per cent were administrators ( Widdicombe Research , Vol. iii:34 ) . |
| 5 | The Glasgow High Court heard in January 1986 of the couple who were obsessed by the ouija board , tarot cards and the occult . |
| 6 | British seamen in the US deserted in droves , alarming the new British government and bringing about a revived dialogue not only on seamen 's complaints about the inadequacy of British pay , the constantly recurring problems of loss of wages and effects when torpedoed and the inroad made by railway fares when they were paid off from diverted ships , but also on the dangerous state of mind of seamen who were incensed by the conviction that they were constantly subject to neglect , mishandling and coercion . |
| 7 | Pelicans had some quick players who were dangerous on the break , but Clair Ward and Debbie Wadforth kept cool . |
| 8 | Although Port-au-Prince was under fire from the oldest and most primitive of artillery pieces , which were so ill-preserved as to be as dangerous to their operators as to their targets , the effect was still terrifying to the populace , who were unused to the banshee wail that echoed overhead and preceded bone-crushing explosive impacts . |
| 9 | But Jannie was used to friends , particularly childless ones , who were good with the children to the point of dedication , and who a month later called Gawain Damian and Damian Adrian , or who sent the six-year-old Gawain a pull-along elephant for his birthday , and gave Damian a velvet party frock , in the belief that he was called Deborah and was a girl . |
| 10 | The veterans have become increasingly alarmed at the incidence of illness — especially cancers amongst the 20,000 who were present at the tests . |
| 11 | Those of you who were present at the AGM will be aware that we have been told by the GAP that the Society 's grant will be drastically reduced during the next few years and will cease after 1991 . |
| 12 | Another thing about Steven Hughes Conference is that he knows what he 's talking about , on on shop floor iss issues like health and safety and those colleagues who were present at the launch of the G M B's National Health and Safety Campaign will confirm that especially the way he described the Chief Executive of the Health and Safety Executive . |
| 13 | For instance we had no place to keep our er records , we had er minute books er we used to receive minutes from the management for example , after our monthly meeting with them , er and they were more or less dictated by the er personnel department , who were present at the meeting . |
| 14 | The material new facts that have emerged involve new evidence from certain officers who were present on the night of the crime and who witnessed certain things . |
| 15 | He has also pointed out that the future did not loom so large for them as it did for the Roman historians , who were anxious about the fate of their empire . |
| 16 | In many instances social workers picked up practical points such as those mentioned above , and dealt with them immediately : arrangements were hastily made to provide counselling for those young people who were unaware of the dangers of AIDS and the importance of using contraceptives . |
| 17 | The comparability of the CVs was confirmed by two consultants who were unaware of the purpose of the research and were asked to rate the CVs after the names had been removed . |
| 18 | At the same time , researchers who were unaware of the results of the lead tests interviewed the mothers , gave them intelligence tests and looked for social factors that might be affecting their children . |
| 19 | After the Hastings Conference of 1933 an Association of Constituency Labour Parties was projected by members who were dissatisfied with the preponderance of the trade unions . |
| 20 | They wanted not merely to take anti-pollution and anti-nuclear measures , but also to change Germany back into a rural economy , yet they grew rapidly in appeal after 1981 and attracted the sympathy of leftists who were dissatisfied with the moderation of the SPD . |
| 21 | Those that worked the land grew rye and potatoes , beetroot , blueberries , apples and cherries ; they fattened pigs and kept large flocks of geese who were indifferent to the Pomeranian damp . |
| 22 | All those who were familiar with the works of Kerschensteiner knew that the task of the schools was to educate their pupils to serve their fellow citizens ; they were to be taught the value of joy in work as service . |
| 23 | We were fortunate that there were several people present at the Forum who were familiar with the oil industry internationally . |
| 24 | We were fortunate that there were several people present at the Forum who were familiar with the oil industry internationally . |
| 25 | J. Vijayatunga 's novel Grass For My Feet , set in a Low Country village fifteen kilometres from Galle , portrays more typical villagers who were familiar with the proceedings and personalities of the Galle courts . |
| 26 | For much of the time these small market towns may well have appeared sleepy to travellers who were familiar with the hustle and bustle of the big cities , but every week on market day and more especially at the time of the annual fairs they were transformed by an influx of visitors . |
| 27 | There would always be that fear that it a similar incident might happen and er and that er it was those who were asleep at the time who were unlucky enough not to survive . |
| 28 | But it only increased the suspicion with which they were regarded by some of the boys , and there were those who were upset by the homosexuality which John and some of his friends made no attempt to hide . |
| 29 | They had all met teachers ‘ like that ’ on teaching practice : the ones who told them they needed their heads looking at for wanting to go into teaching , who were sarcastic to the pupils and disparaging about almost everything . |
| 30 | On top of this , there were plenty of people in NoS who were opposed to the idea of having an editor at all . |