Example sentences of "[prep] [Wh pn] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he and , after his death , his sister were genuinely attached to Joyce , through whom they had contributed to Mosley 's organisation as a bulwark against Communism . |
| 2 | This act of slaughter in 680 led to the polarization of Islam between , on the one hand , the supporters of Ali and his descendants ( through whom they asserted the legitimate succession to the Prophet to run ) and , on the other hand , the Umayyad caliphate establishment . |
| 3 | This was required by the SIB in order to protect customers of smaller firms , which might need to rely on the larger firm with or through whom they are dealing ( although it is doubtful that a small securities firm should trade in complicated derivatives at all if it does not have the necessary expertise ) . |
| 4 | Wendy and I saved up two days ' leave for New Year , and we decided to spend it with my cousin , through whom we had the marriage connection . |
| 5 | Jesus Christ , through whom we live . |
| 6 | there is only one Lord , Jesus Christ , through whom all things were created and through whom we live |
| 7 | The place then passed to the Middlehams , and in 1270 was left by Ranulf Middleham to his daughter Joan , through whom it came to the Nevills of neighbouring Swainby . |
| 8 | He is an independent party through whom you and your employer ( or your representatives ) can communicate in confidence . |
| 9 | We plead not simply that God will change our circumstances , but that he will change us so that we can become catalysts , through whom his plans can be implemented . |
| 10 | She had given the instruction herself , saying she could not bear to see the person who had been the instrument through whom she had heard such infamous news . |
| 11 | She had revealed that she was surrounded by the spirits of her four dead children , her parents , and a host of spirit youngsters through whom she operated when she was on This Side . |
| 12 | But her value in his eyes was that she was his son 's future bride , through whom he would control Scotland ; he did not envisage her doing so herself as an individual monarch , and the secret agreements she made just before her marriage show how far she agreed with him . |
| 13 | He was also a friend of Lady Elcho through whom he was introduced to her special friend , A. J. Balfour , with whom he could discuss philosophy . |
| 14 | He is not looking for people who can make decisions for him , but people through whom he can implement his decisions . |
| 15 | By a happy chance he became acquainted with ( Sir ) Edward Burne-Jones [ q.v. ] and his circle , through whom he also met William Morris [ q.v . ] . |
| 16 | Gertrude Stein , too , wrote in her book on Picasso : ‘ Upon his return from Gosol he became acquainted with Matisse through whom he came to know African sculpture . ’ |
| 17 | 15 ( 1 ) No action shall be brought by any person to recover any land after the expiration of twelve years from the date on which the right of action accrued to him or , if it first accrued to some person through whom he claims , to that person . |
| 18 | 1 Where the person bringing an action to recover land , or some person through whom he claims , has been in possession of the land , and has while entitled to the land been dispossessed or discontinued his possession , the right of action shall be treated as having accrued on the date of the dispossession or discontinuance . |
| 19 | Everything depends upon the situation in which talk and theorizing takes place , and between whom it is created , and what it is about . |
| 20 | They are the people who gave their best ten years ago , and for whom nothing is good enough now . |
| 21 | Furthermore , the policy acclimatised industry to captive markets in the form of pressing demands from foreigners for basic goods and equipment and to willing acceptance by ration-ridden domestic consumers for whom something was better than nothing . |
| 22 | I would also I think put in a word for the work of the joint po policy panel erm which is shared between this committee and the social services committee because it seems to me that it is not for us to be thinking that there is a group of children for who nursery education is necessary er or desirable and a different group of children for whom something else erm is necessary and desirable , largely because of their parents ' position . |
| 23 | See them in their toy-filled Kensington town house and you would assume they are a family for whom everything falls effortlessly into place — until you remember John 's surprise defeat in the April election . |
| 24 | One of the refreshing aspects of Torquay was bumping into first timers , for whom everything was interesting and for whom rubbing shoulders with the likes of Alan Giles , Bing Taylor , Trevor Glover , Paula Kahn , Peter Winslow , Richard Charkin , Kip Bertram , Frank Brazier et al was a bit of a thrill . |
| 25 | An example would be starving a child for whom one has parental responsibility , with the result that the child suffers serious harm . |
| 26 | It was with a slight shock of coming back to reality that she remembered her resolution to visit Miss Grimes on her way home that evening , as part of her contribution to Christmas goodwill , a sort of ‘ good turn ’ done to somebody for whom one felt no affection . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , the film deploys sounds and images with intense effect as it explores the inner experience of a little girl closed off from the world , for whom her family is a cage tightened around her and preventing her from communicating with the world . |
| 28 | Another grandmother , while ‘ an unwearying entertainer ’ to her grandson , ‘ a familiar friend , ever kind — too indulgent ’ , was a less welcome guest to his parents , for whom her presence was ‘ not an altogether blessed arrangement ’ , and she was expected to retreat from the parlour to her own room upstairs well before the master of the house returned from work . |
| 29 | Beatrice might have been happiest as a political hostess , however , had she won the marriage partner for whom her heart thumped . |
| 30 | Yet , oddly , the only authors for whom we are ready to make this provision nowadays are the Irish ones , Joyce and Yeats . |