Example sentences of "who [verb] be [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A child who cries is undoubtedly afraid , but a child who looks away may be as much indifferent as wary . |
| 2 | The work explores , sometimes very poignantly , an investigation of the emotions of one who has been progressively deaf from the age of four , and who lost his mother at the age of two . |
| 3 | The Minister is aware that when I received that letter I immediately tabled a question on the matter , and had subsequent correspondence with her fellow Under-Secretary of State , who has been most helpful and concerned . |
| 4 | Jeanne Tripplehorn — who you may care to remember , rather laughably , was the one who ‘ dun it ’ in ‘ Basic Instinct ’ — is McDeere 's wife , while Holly Hunter , who has been rather quiet of late , turns up as a lovesick secretary . |
| 5 | Tom Polacheck , of the US NMFS , who has been closely involved with the harbour porpoise entanglement problem , believes that the incidental taking of harbour porpoise is an example of the problems that face both the marine scientist and society , in that both marine animals and commercial fisheries are highly valued and represent issues of concern to various segments of society . |
| 6 | ‘ Unfortunately I can not join you , because I am expecting a very old friend of my family , who has been here all these years , ’ she said . |
| 7 | The last section of the book is devoted to a description of what has been achieved with the telescope and is dedicated to John Bolton , who has been largely responsible for the dish 's successful operation . |
| 8 | Mrs Hughes used lip-reading , speaking , finger-spelling and British Sign Language to help Mr Robson , who has been partially deaf since he was three . |
| 9 | This book is for Ear'ole , who has been as enthusiastic about my shop as she has been about all the other things that I have tackled , and then begged her to help with . |
| 10 | He makes a face like a little boy who has been very bad . |
| 11 | Some of the best are designed and manufactured by John Gorman who has been very interested in the Alexander Technique for many years . |
| 12 | However , a move to Besiktas , where he would earn big money , would prolong his Liverpool connection , for they are coached by ex-Reds midfielder Gordon Milne , who has been highly successful since joining the club . |
| 13 | But she still laboured under the apprehension that she had to prove herself better than a famous opponent who has been more successful than any other English singles player of the decade . |
| 14 | Strangely for one who has been so successful , Charlie has never been inundated by offers from English trainers , although no doubt this is in the process of changing following those Cheltenham wins . |
| 15 | Atkinson said : ‘ It 's a blow to lose someone like Shaun , who has been so impressive for us . ’ |
| 16 | And it is their Derrida , the nihilist or joker , who has been so influential in literature departments . |
| 17 | ‘ She is unable to give an interview to someone who has been so rude to her , ’ he told Groom curtly , but agreed to furnish her himself with the few facts she needed . |
| 18 | I hope that this excellent measure will receive not only the assent of the House but the strong support of everyone who has been so concerned about this issue during 1991 . |
| 19 | In our day and age , can you think of someone who has been so full of the Spirit that he 's had the courage to preach even when his own life was at stake ? |
| 20 | The second is that the name of the person who has been so generous to you must remain a secret , until that person chooses to tell you . |
| 21 | We have Prunella Clough who has been so neglected . |
| 22 | In addition the fascists threatened ‘ to oppose Vyvyan Adams , the Tory MP for West Leeds , who has been so active in the House of Commons in asking questions re the Fascists . ’ |
| 23 | Let us take an example of someone who is now thirty-five years old and who has been somewhat overweight , say between 15 and 30 lb , for at least ten years . |
| 24 | The reluctance to write about sex is curious in a writer who has been gleefully unreticent on the demands and delinquencies attending other forms of physical exertion . |
| 25 | Many of those who moved were deeply ashamed and riddled , with guilt as they were bussed into the plant , hiding under the seats from their former colleagues on the picket at the gate . |
| 26 | Children who smoke are more susceptible to coughs and increased phlegm and are more likely to have chest illnesses than those who do not smoke [ 9 ] . |
| 27 | Infants of parents who smoke are more likely to be admitted to hospital for bronchitis and pneumonia in the first year of life . |
| 28 | And what we do from research is that children who smoke are more likely to smoke the brands that are heavily advertised |
| 29 | By means of the Ames test , Holly et al have shown that women who smoke are more likely to have mutagenic cervical fluids than non-smokers , and nicotine and cotinine have been found in the mucous secretions of the uterine cervix of smokers . |
| 30 | Not that her cousin 's health had relapsed , or anything like that , but her mood had communicated itself to the twins , who 'd been particularly fractious and difficult . |