Example sentences of "[det] [Wh pn] [vb past] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The writer Joseph Addison is the best-known of the few who benefited from this . |
| 2 | All who went through that regime of training remember the extremes of fatigue and of being pushed to their limits . |
| 3 | The Society would like to thank all who helped in any way with the Stand and in particular Mr and Mrs J. Lawley for being custodians of Material on site . |
| 4 | Many thanks to the visiting Speakers and all who helped in any way . |
| 5 | As the notice on the board outside the Church says ‘ warm thanks to all who gave , all who came , all who helped in any way ’ . |
| 6 | Will he pay tribute to all who participated in that conference , including the Palestinian representatives ? |
| 7 | Our grateful thanks go to all who participated in any way and helped us to have such an enjoyable and satisfying evening . |
| 8 | There were many who commented on improved digestion . |
| 9 | Many who invested in UK-based Barlow Clowes Gilt Managers and its Gibraltar sister operation , Barlow Clowes International , were elderly people whose plight has been made worse by the loss of their savings . |
| 10 | In 1839 Brigham Young , the US religious leader , visited Britain and established a mission that contributed many converts to the Mormon church in America ; among the many who emigrated at that time were Thomas and Mary Jones from Llanaber in Wales . |
| 11 | Exactly … for those who signed from another club . |
| 12 | It is difficult to discount the evidence that Protestant theology provided important resources for those who saw in experimental science the key to human progress . |
| 13 | What this meant in ordinary language was that only those who subscribed to Francoist ideals would be remembered and honoured . |
| 14 | There is a certain Hubris in life , and by this word , the Greeks denoted a form of retribution so that in the end those who were very fortunate should suffer and those who suffered at first would receive succour . |
| 15 | Chissano also outlined a number of human rights issues which would be reflected in the constitution , including the abolition of capital punishment , legal defence for the poor , land tenure for farmers , compensation for those who suffered from illegal acts by the state , and recognition of the right to strike , the last being a particularly topical issue in view of the wave of strikes affecting the country [ see below ] . |
| 16 | As Oliver ( 1986 ) has recently pointed out , the word was originally used in respect of those who cared for dependent adult relatives , mostly elderly people : |
| 17 | None the less those who engaged in frequent political discussions became particularly aware of the Conservative Party 's stress on defence . |
| 18 | to distrain by their lands and chattels all those who shared in that liberty , and have lands within the bounds of the disafforested districts , to contribute towards the payment of the 200 marks to the King , in proportion to the lands they had in the said district , and the advantage they gained from the disafforestment . |
| 19 | On average , 28% of those who smoked in 1974 had stopped smoking by 1981 . |
| 20 | The bivariate relationship between terminal education age and preparedness to break the law suggests a different conclusion about the relationship between education and respect for the law in Britain in 1984 : more of those who left school at 16 or above say they are prepared to break the law ( 0.364 ) than do those who left at 15 or younger ( 0.274 ) , a difference of +0.090 . |
| 21 | By 1928 Vidor was almost a cult figure amongst movie intellectuals and when he was in Europe in that year all those who hoped for better things listened with interest as he pointed out that independent film-makers and the ‘ little theatre movement ’ would never compete with Hollywood and would never break through to the large undeveloped market unless they attracted sufficient investment to improve their product . |
| 22 | Now , suddenly , those who clung to these notions were thrown on to the defensive and soon outnumbered . |
| 23 | Nevertheless we are generally satisfied that both committees , that 's the English and the Welsh committees , have done a thorough job and on behalf of my colleagues I would certainly like to pay tribute to those who served on those committees who I believe discharged their responsibilities with great professionalism in circumstances made unnecessarily difficult by ministerial dithering and delay . |
| 24 | Especially we remember those who served on this airfield and we pray that the peace they fought to obtain may not be lost to us , but as we may live and work to bring it to thy world , that Christ the Prince of Peace may reign in the affairs of men . |
| 25 | With the declaration of the Schuman Plan in May 1950 , European union was to acquire a new momentum and dimension , one that would proceed on a narrower front with the involvement of only a few countries , and in policy terms with a much more specific focus than that held by those who dreamed of European political federation . |
| 26 | She emerged from her apartment preceded by officers of the household and as she went along ‘ spoke very graciously , first to one , then to another , whether foreign ministers , or those who attended for different reasons ’ . |
| 27 | One group holds those who read at low levels but who are ‘ doing as well as can be expected ’ . |
| 28 | My boots were by each indent of pressure keeping the route and the spirit of those who walked before alive . |
| 29 | Bossert found that the peasants in Chile 's central valley with the highest levels of political consciousness were precisely those who benefited from agrarian reform . |
| 30 | Those who benefited from improved earnings , however , were not the rural poor , but the farmers who were able to take advantage of the opportunities the Green Revolution had to offer . |