Example sentences of "of [det] who [adv] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bibikov was no liberal , but neither were some of those who eventually made major contributions to the emancipation of 1861 . |
| 2 | The death of Mary in 1694 , which left William as sole ruling monarch , had the effect of furthering the Tory commitment to a Country platform , whilst at the same time increasing the reluctance of those who normally supported the Whigs from engaging in any criticism of the Crown . |
| 3 | Far too many of those who regularly spoke in those debates were a stage army who thought we should never have joined the Community in the first place . |
| 4 | Amid the unspeakable sufferings , however , there are epic tales of courage and heroism ; of those who voluntarily followed their banished loved ones into the unknown ; of enlightened , cultivated exiles who chose to remain after their sentences were complete and devote themselves to the scientific , artistic and educational development of the region . |
| 5 | And of those who firmly intended to vote Conservative more than half of them said the major reason for giving the Tories support was that ‘ they like the local candidate ’ . |
| 6 | What one old-school diplomat called " the telegraphic demoralisation of those who formerly had to act for themselves and are now content to be at the end of the wire " had , it was claimed , given greater effect to the instinctive dislike felt by all foreign ministries for diplomats who showed initiative and were not afraid of responsibility . |
| 7 | In a county where more than one political interest existed , competition over the post of collector of supply brought many headaches for the politicians , whose desire to support a friendly candidate was tempered by their very real fears of losing the friendship of those who also desired the collectorship . |
| 8 | Deakin was one of those who completely justified his boss 's faith in him and was , in fact , Spiers ' first signing for the Palace . |
| 9 | All but one of those who previously answered affirmatively said that the discrepancy was resolved . |
| 10 | There was always an enormous difference between the economic perceptions of those who initially had Conservative and Labour preferences , especially those who described themselves as party ‘ supporters ’ . |
| 11 | Ainhoa is just the place to study the picturesque Basque tradition of inscribing the lintel stones above their doorways with the names of those who originally built the house . |
| 12 | Purgatory , according to Roman Catholic faith , was a state of suffering after death in which the souls of those who died in venial sin , and of those who still owed some debt of temporal punishment for mortal sin , were rendered fit for heaven . |
| 13 | In economic terms , many of those who still had land in the pears following 1973 were not able to farm it successfully . |
| 14 | His aim was to boost flagging sales , and for the first time during the recession new cars came within the grasp of those who still had some cash . |
| 15 | An overwhelming majority of those who still baulked at actual sacking favoured return to uniform , with the view that ‘ CID officers who are lazy and incompetent were so primarily because of the absence of the eventual sanction of removal from specialist duty . ’ |
| 16 | Since the characters that helped the individual to succeed in the battle were the traditional Protestant virtues of enterprise , initiative and thrift , Spencer could project his philosophy as a new foundation for traditional morality , despite its tendency to encourage indifference to the suffering of those who still needed to be taught a lesson by a wise but harsh Nature . |
| 17 | The threat of unemployment also moderated the wage demands of those who still held jobs . |
| 18 | For I had also told of the lives of those who now lived on or near those lands . |
| 19 | Some of those who actually made it to the polling stations could not disguise their disappointment . |
| 20 | The committee would be likely to consider a suggestion by Lord Donaldson that case separation might be needed where the public had an interest in the outcome of a case but it would also play a role as representative of those who actually used legal services , he said . |
| 21 | No information was available on placental size or other indicators of in utero nutrition , and subnormal prenatal nutrition of those who subsequently became diabetic can not be excluded . |
| 22 | She was certainly unlikely to be amused by ill-bred behaviour on the part of those who undoubtedly held themselves to be among Europe 's finest aristocratic stock . |
| 23 | And while some people might use a sunscreen abroad , over 40 per cent of those who often suffered sunburn did n't use anything when holidaying in the UK despite the recent hot summers . |
| 24 | Plod could herd them all together into a group , march them to and from their destinations , depriving them along the way of all alcohol ( not to mention all civil rights ) and beat the living daylights out of any who still insisted on stepping out of line . |