Example sentences of "who [vb base] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The review proposes a national insurance contribution ‘ holiday ’ to employers who recruit the long-term unemployed , although it admits that the Treasury would probably veto the plan .
2 These listen to appeals against official decisions by people who dispute the official interpretation of their rights .
3 Indeed , Terence Hawkes has defined and defended what he calls ‘ paperback research ’ as a proper activity for those who lack the scholarly resources of the ancient universities .
4 Mature students who lack the requisite O-levels or GCSEs can opt to sit an alternative entrance test , although there is some confusion over the purpose of such tests .
5 The six-year course ( intended principally for non-Science pupils at school ) is provided for well-qualified students who lack the requisite subjects for entry to the five-year course ( see the Table of Admissions Requirements ) .
6 They make nonsense of the aspirations of developing countries , who not only lack the funds available to some American schools in the 1960s but who lack the meagre finances spared to education in Britain in her declining 19705 .
7 Selection for senior posts is therefore more important than training ; if people who display the appropriate qualities are placed in the correct context then they will flourish .
8 Anyway , what about Sam , who takes the Ring but hands it back with only momentary delay , Pippin and Merry , who show no desire for it at all , Aragorn , Legolas and Gimli , who display the same indifference without the excuse of ignorance , and Boromir 's brother Faramir , who realises the Ring is in his power but refuses to take it , with no more sign of mental turmoil than a ‘ strange smile ’ and a glint in the eye ?
9 It is the consonant sounds which make speech intelligible ; therefore it is not surprising that people who lose the high frequencies tend to hear the voice but not to be able to distinguish words .
10 After all , it may be in the interests of some people , especially those who introduce the new technology , not to admit to the existence of the real forces that shape the direction of technical change .
11 AN OBJECT lesson for all those who bemoan the artistic indifference of government , last night 's Omnibus ( BBC 1 ) looked at a political leader who took the closest interest in art , a mediocre and embittered water-colourist who eventually turned to another medium — mass emotion and warfare .
12 According to Skoglund and others who fear the environmental impact of the project , the Pa Mong dam , the first of several proposed , will disrupt the annual flood cycle downstream and thereby threaten one of the world 's largest inland fishing grounds and one of Asia 's most productive agricultural regions .
13 Perhaps even more vociferous concerns have been expressed by nurses and para-medic groups who fear the medical domination of the current structuring of clinical directorates .
14 Prizes will be awarded for those who raise the most money .
15 The objective at every stage of lobbying is to provide comments and reactions to those who influence the legislative process .
16 The two do not always go together and experts who combine the two are in short supply .
17 Apart from some rudimentary agriculture , and the building and sailing of prahus , Bira 's only other income was earned by the village 's four intrepid python-hunters , led by Rindi , who sell the live snakes for their valuable skins to Chinese traders up the coast .
18 Whether the Halls , who remain the major shareholders with 42pc , will withdraw their support from the Second Division club remains to be seen .
19 Thus a program was written which , given a suggested set of grade boundaries , would evaluate their effects in terms of : ( i ) the numbers of staff by " before " and " after " grade ; ( ii ) the overall percentage upgrading and downgrading ; ( iii ) the percentage changes by grade ( that is the percentage of staff in each " before " grade who are upgraded , who remain the same grade and who are downgraded ) .
20 This point is emphasized by social psychologists who stress the rhetorical aspects of attitudes in general .
21 First , those who stress the symbolic role of leaders , or the concentration of power over a few absolutely critical decisions in the hands of a power elite , view leadership as a zero-sum game .
22 Economic priorities are given the status of a nationally agreed consensus , especially by those who stress the unique willingness of the Japanese to forego individual interests for the benefit of the group .
23 The panel of forecasters who track the largest economies for The Economist says the GDP of nine European countries will contract by 0.4% this year ( chart 1 ) .
24 It seems unlikely that an intrauterine device would suppress the symptoms of endometriosis , and we suspect that many women with a device who develop the clinical features of endometriosis ( pain , bleeding , palpable pelvic masses ) are treated by removal of the device rather than by laparoscopy or laparotomy .
25 The European champions , who host the first leg in 11 days ' time , have lost Ruud Gullit and Marco Van Basten and are struggling for form .
26 Grave threats are posed to our civilization by those who preach the pernicious gospel that inequality is neither right nor inevitable .
27 And it 's the people who own them and fly them , and those who supply the Garrimpos with food and fuel and medicines who make the real money .
28 ‘ We will continue to press the council of ministers , who make the final decisions , that the final decision must be to award full status to the whole area .
29 The other titled tots who make the major money league are the four kids of Jordan 's Queen Noor and King Hussein .
30 It is those at the summit who make the decisive moves in history .
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