Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb base] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only close family members attended the service , some of whom say that his body showed signs of torture . |
| 2 | Finally , pupils who perceive that they are unlikely to be selected for anything which is valued may become disheartened and fail to fulfil their potential . |
| 3 | Katia says that she 's profoundly irritated by artists who insist that they go home , shut the door , and become ‘ normal ’ — ‘ What is this normal ? |
| 4 | But that policy has come in for sharp criticism from monetarists who insist that it has fed the rapid expansion of broad money supply , M4 , and inflamed inflationary pressures . |
| 5 | To my mind , evidence of conflict already exists : the deafening silence from Moorgate Place on Caparo is an example where self-interest has been allowed to be paramount : the decision suits the practising firms ( as their legal liability is narrowly defined ) , notwithstanding that in the public interest , would-be investors , existing individual shareholders and creditors who lose because they have relied on audited accounts which subsequently turn out to be defective , should , on any basis of equity , have recourse to those parties who are responsible , whether management or auditors . |
| 6 | I ask the Minister to do one more thing for those millions of families , many of whom are part of that 250,000 who are more than six months in arrears with their mortgage repayments , who fear that their homes will be taken from them and who have paid the poll tax . |
| 7 | Successful litigants who are vindictive , or excessively conscientious , or who fear that they will be liable to litigation themselves if they fail to extract everything possible from a claim , might well pursue the individual partners for their assets . |
| 8 | Rossi pointed out that the Commission 's denial of a link between forest decline and pollution was ‘ quite contrary ’ to evidence from others and ‘ the Swedes , Norwegians and Germans who fear that there is a very , very direct connection ’ . |
| 9 | The programme , which involves four hydro-electric power plants , has already drawn opposition from Greenpeace , the World Wide Fund for Nature , and Greek environmental groups , who fear that it will damage the ecosystem of Thrace , which straddles the border between the two countries . |
| 10 | Before she left for Moscow , Semenyaka talked to me about the British public 's fond picture of Russians as a nation of artists , who dance because they need to . |
| 11 | ‘ Then there are those who work in manufacturing , in police forces or hospitals who suffer because they are constantly functioning below par . ’ |
| 12 | The people who suffer if they are broken are not the owners , the shareholders or the board of directors , but those who work in the industry — people who have given their lives to that industry , built up the companies ' assets and made them into going concerns attractive for privatisation . |
| 13 | When I say that parents will receive this information , I must make it clear that it will not be available on application to those parents who realise that they can obtain it . |
| 14 | That is saying something and , indeed , there are those closer to him who suggest that he really believes he has got the ball ‘ on a piece of string ’ at the moment , but hardly dares to say so in case it tempts fate . |
| 15 | You may snort and think that this is very far-fetched but you can be assured that the majority of lecturers who appear before you not only know their subjects but are enthusiastic about them and about transmitting their knowledge to you . |
| 16 | Nor does Herodotus necessarily refer to the Jews when he mentions Syrians and Phoenicians of Palestine , who acknowledge that they learnt circumcision from the Egyptians ( 2.104 ) . |
| 17 | Morally , that is a vastly superior case to the one produced by the Government — and , alas , supported to some degree by the Opposition Front Bench — who say that we should fritter our resources so massively on something that we could never use . |
| 18 | That is one of the principal arguments of those on the Government Benches who say that we should not sign up , that we can not say at this stage whether we are capable , as an economy , of participating without damage in a single currency . |
| 19 | That is always the knee-jerk reaction of Opposition Members , who say that we are not spending enough money , without saying precisely how they would improve situations such as this . |
| 20 | There are some who say that we should involve peacekeeping forces right away . |
| 21 | There are some who say that we should immediately recognise Croatia and Slovenia because they have passed a test in respect of self-standing and self-sustenance . |
| 22 | " There are those who say that we can turn away from the world , that we have no special role , no special place . |
| 23 | Now we 'll here very quickly from people who say that we 've devolved more money to schools . |
| 24 | Of course , you are likely to get some people who say that they thought of it first . |
| 25 | Those who say that they believe in God and yet neither love nor fear him , do not in fact believe in him but in those who have taught them that God exists . |
| 26 | On the issue that the Secretary of State has just discussed with the defence spokesman of the Ulster Unionist party , the hon. Member for Fermanagh and South Tyrone ( Mr. Maginnis ) , while holding that it should be a weapon in the armoury of any civilised Government to take out of circulation those who are seeking to destroy , murder and maim , will he give a full assurance to the House that he will undertake that act , if he has to do so , as a British Minister responsible to this House , and not in cliques with the Dublin Government who say that they would need to approve such a move ? |
| 27 | That attitude is incomprehensible in hon. Members who say that they wish to represent the interests of the consumers in their constituency . |
| 28 | Investment has turned positive overall at the U K level and the regions which are leading investment expectations and this is people 's expectations about what they 're going to do in terms of investment in plant and machinery over the year ahead which I think is probably the meaningful one to focus on rather than buildings numbers erm the two regions which are leading that are the south west erm and that makes sense because the south west is , has the lowest number of firms who say that they 're working below capacity and also the West Midlands , for the last five surveys the West Midlands has either been the most optimistic |
| 29 | It was a kind of verse at which he himself excelled — there are those who say that it is to be found just under the surface of some of his apparently " serious " poetry — and Old Possum 's Book of Practical Cats has the spirit , if not the content , of the Bolovian stanzas which he had been writing since his early twenties . |
| 30 | The King 's Cross scheme may not be perfect and I respect the views of local Members who say that it is far from perfect . |