Example sentences of "who seek [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | individuals who seek to use their qualifications to gain access to employment or training in another member states . |
| 2 | The experience taught me that , difficult though crofters sometimes are , they are generally more realistic , and often more far-seeing , than those who seek to regulate their affairs . |
| 3 | We will provide the necessary measures and resources to combat terrorism , whether it comes from the IRA or other evil groups who seek to undermine our democracy . |
| 4 | We legislate because we are put under great pressure by a new group of what I call eco-terrorists , who seek to press their opinions on politicians . |
| 5 | Whatever the economic and administrative problems of crofting , it has a social and sociological value which should give pause to those who seek to destroy it , or who see no virtue in enabling it to survive . |
| 6 | ( Beware of those therapists who seek to charge you for a complete course of treatment at the very beginning , as it is almost impossible to know how well each individual will respond and therefore how many sessions will be needed . ) |
| 7 | It will undoubtedly be somewhat unpleasant if they refuse , but you may have fought long and hard to gain acceptance and this should not be too jeopardised by people who seek to undo your good work . |
| 8 | The task for the journalist and broadcaster is to recognise and conform to the valuable discipline of the law , while at the same time understanding it sufficiently to be able to call the bluff of those who seek to exploit it to suppress important truths . |
| 9 | Detectives who seek to establish what happened come up against serious cognitive obstacles . |
| 10 | ‘ The great landowner seems to reign there like the lion in his forest , driving from him by his roars all who seek to approach his presence . ’ |
| 11 | Sir , — The person who wrote the letter headed ‘ Ugly anti-hunt shock tactics ’ should be directing their disgust towards those people who inflict these atrocities on defenceless foxes and call it ‘ sport ’ , and not those who seek to expose it ( people who , I might add , have witnessed the animal suffering ) . |
| 12 | Plans are afoot to divide it equitably between farmers , who want its waters for irrigation , and conservationists , who seek to protect its wading birds . |
| 13 | If Niki the man slips through this net of approbation , much of the fault must rest with his own capacity to mythologize , his utter disrespect for those who seek to read his mind and the kinds of people he has always kept about him , like court jesters , to keep his market value high . |
| 14 | It is confusing even to those charged with its interpretation and to those who seek to make it work . |
| 15 | ‘ How well this social organization serves the purposes of those who seek to impose it depends in the last resort upon the conceptions in the minds of the men and women they recruit for these purposes . |
| 16 | There are plenty of good coaches about just as there are a multitude of nice misguided types who seek to portray themselves through other people over and over again . |