Example sentences of "who were [adj] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The difficulty of using this form of patronage whose scarcity could give offence to those who were unlucky is illustrated by the difficulties of the Duke of Montrose and his son , Lord George Graham , in 1739–40 , when Lord George , who hoped to combine a career as a naval officer with membership in the House of Commons , first obtained command of a ship , and was thus enabled to offer places in the line of command to the sons of freeholders in the area of Montrose influence in central Scotland . |
| 2 | In England and Wales the percentage of men in the age range 60 to 64 who were married was 83.4 per cent in 1961 falling a little to 81.3 per cent in 1990 . |
| 3 | It also seemed that those who were successful were those who were confident and willing to take risks . |
| 4 | People had been staging revolutions without a great deal of success over the years and it was seventy percent of the people who were disadvantaged was n't it ? |
| 5 | Among those who were impressed was H. G. Wells [ q.v. ] , who found the book ‘ fantastically interesting ’ . |
| 6 | All who were undecided are ruled out . |
| 7 | The Cambridge Group for the Study of Population and Social Structure ( CAMPOP ) have shown that in seventy communities where total lists of inhabitants were made at some point between the late sixteenth and the early nineteenth century the proportion of householders who were widowed was about 1:5 ; at Clayworth ( Notts. ) in 1688 it was higher than 1:4 . |
| 8 | After screening more than 360000 men , the 12 000 who were eligible were placed into an experimental or control group . |