Example sentences of "[pron] who has [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mandatory penalty of life imprisonment for murder makes issues of relative culpability non-justiciable at present , since the length of imprisonment is ‘ determined or partly determined behind the scenes by someone who has not heard any representations by or on behalf of the prisoner on grounds which the prisoner does not know ’ . |
| 2 | It is quite difficult to explain to someone who has not experienced past-life regression how they will feel . |
| 3 | Insurers say a non-smoker is someone who has not puffed the weed for 12 months and does n't plan smoking again . |
| 4 | Someone who has not the concept of age can not be expected to see someone as young or old . |
| 5 | This makes them more varied to look at , and in general perhaps more picturesque , but it is not easy to make them intelligible to someone who has not seen them . |
| 6 | We think that retributivists and denunciationists are right to insist that there is no justification for punishing someone who has not deliberately and wrongfully broken a just law and thereby exercised a freedom to which they are not entitled ( because to do so has diminished other people 's freedom or has threatened to do so ) . |
| 7 | When the number of members on the committee is small , it may be difficult to abide by the proviso that the amendment must be seconded by someone who has not spoken on the original motion , and in that case common sense prevails . |
| 8 | There are two dangers to be avoided , if you can avoid them , in the choice of chambers : reading with someone who is too busy , who can not spare the time to give you instruction , except possibly over a snack lunch , and reading with someone who has not enough work to give you proper experience . |
| 9 | And get someone who has not been involved in the production to give you an honest opinion of the end product . |
| 10 | These are , of course , useful if you want to send a compressed file to someone who has not got the same compression program , so can not de-compress the file at the other end . |
| 11 | ‘ We came to meet someone who has n't turned up . |
| 12 | So if you need to approach someone who has n't seen you , you should touch them to show you are there , especially someone who may be confused . |
| 13 | ‘ Show me someone who has n't done that and I 'll show you someone who 's been so sheltered they 're gon na be dull . ’ |
| 14 | but yeah , but the thing is you 're gon na get someone saying Mickey , Mickey Mouse or whoever it is , so , you know someone who does n't wan na stand someone who has n't been asked . |
| 15 | Neither Mr Bush nor James Baker , his secretary of state ( who talks about Lithuania and Latvia with the visible enthusiasm of someone who has just sucked a lemon ) , can yet bring himself to think anything but the best of Mr Gorbachev , so helpful last year in Europe , so kind this year in the Gulf . |
| 16 | The Homicide Act requires evidence that D was provoked to lose self-control : this is wide enough to include things said or done by persons other than the deceased , and acts done against persons other than D ( e.g. where D is provoked to kill someone who has just committed a sexual offence upon D 's son , daughter , wife , etc . ) . |
| 17 | I frowned like someone who has just been put on the spot and is afraid of making a fool of himself . |
| 18 | Margaret closed the briefcase with a click , like someone who has just completed a sale . |
| 19 | This is no time to hesitate , though , for however dazed , withdrawn , emotional , restless , irritable or distant she may seem , she is as urgently in need of help as someone who has just been badly injured in a road accident . |
| 20 | And Newton himself exudes the confidence of someone who has just had a shave and put on a fresh shirt . |
| 21 | If you know someone who has just passed a very difficult music exam , for instance , you could celebrate their victory by decorating some of their exam piece with a few pressed flowers before framing it and giving it . |
| 22 | ‘ The change in joint laxity during pregnancy is analogous to that in someone who has just had surgery on the joints and ligaments : you would n't start that person lifting heavy weights ; you would start with low intensity rehabilitative exercise ’ . |
| 23 | Luke 's wedding ring was on the table , close to her hand , and her eyes were wide open , like the eyes of someone who has just woken up . |
| 24 | I do not normally give way to someone who has just ambled into the Chamber , but I shall make an exception on this occasion , because I rather like the hon. Gentleman 's florid looks . |
| 25 | For example , someone who has just completed a questionnaire ( at T 1 ) on nutrition may have a response to a film on food additives different from that which they would have had in the absence of the questionnaire . |
| 26 | ‘ Is it News about a boy ? ’ she asked , reminding me of an actor working with someone who has completely forgotten his lines . |
| 27 | If a further infection occurs in someone who has already suffered from scabies , the course of events may be very different . |
| 28 | You may know of someone who has already tried it and succeeded . |
| 29 | And so we bring er a special sort of er expertise I suppose to the talks but also the experience of retirement which we think is is really good by someone who has already retired enjoying retirement to be able come to talk to people . |
| 30 | If the owner wishes to bring a claim against someone who has wrongfully sold the owner 's goods , his claim will again be for conversion . |