Example sentences of "[adj] who [modal v] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems strange that one so cunning and evil can ambitiously vie for a place in our admiration , contend with those who ought to be foremost in our favour , namely God , Adam and Eve , and win a victorious battle in our imagination . |
| 2 | It is the self-designation preferred by those who used to be known as queers , poofs , homos , by those who like to call a spade a bloody shovel . |
| 3 | Nowadays , nobility is on the side of those who used to be called Redmen , hardly surprising to anyone who has read any of the dreadful history of the spread of Europeans across the West . |
| 4 | The ICAEW resolve the problem by choosing an expert from amongst the top 20 – 30 firms , rather than those who used to be called the " big eight " . |
| 5 | The Poor Law had been most effective in forcing all those who could to be self-helping . |
| 6 | Last year nearly seven million people watched the final , some way below the 12 and 13 million who used to be enthralled by snooker . |