Example sentences of "it [be] a [adj] [noun] who " in BNC.
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| 1 | His ghost became known as the Bad Lord , it being a noxious POLTERGEIST who irritates the family 's descendants more as time goes by — roaring in the cellars , splintering furniture and frightening maidservants . |
| 2 | ‘ And it 's a stupid woman who 'd be annoyed by a compliment . |
| 3 | It 's a rare character who commits murder in order to lose half a million pounds . |
| 4 | It 's a rare individual who can make a living from writing books ; the Jeffrey Archers of this world are few . |
| 5 | It 's a rare person who can ignore a letter sent personally to him over the signature of Clint Eastwood or Charlton Heston , saying ‘ I need your help ’ . |
| 6 | And er , later of course , he became the American Ambassador of Vienna , so Freud met him , but so , so , Bullett had a personal stake in this , but I must admit , er my own view was , was rather to admire Bullett for his stand , because it 's a rare politician who stands up and says look , you know , we 've been there , having made promises , we 've broken all of them , and we ought to resign , or you ought to resign . |
| 7 | Well it 's a bloody ego who needs the stage . |
| 8 | Yesterday a spokesman said : ‘ It 's a complete mystery who this man is and where he is from . |
| 9 | So it is not as though it 's a young player who 's going out of the game and you 're telling them I 'm sorry your not going to make it with Warwickshire . |
| 10 | Maybe it 's a big girl who 's doing it . |
| 11 | Now he said , ‘ It 's a wise man who recognises his own sins , ’ and smiled . |
| 12 | It may be a poor substitute for human companionship , but the fact that it is a living creature who needs her and responds to her affectionate care brings a great deal of pleasure and interest into her life . |
| 13 | It is a poor leader who does not know his opposite numbers , and while I do not go to the extent of General Montgomery in the desert with a picture of my primary competitors hanging on the wall of my office , I know them all , and have a healthy respect for them . |
| 14 | And it is a rare judge who will explicitly base a decision on the opinion of ‘ intelligent men of commerce ’ . |
| 15 | It is a rare Scotsman who does not have a tale or two about a favourite pet or a loved relative who has been felled by their fangs . |
| 16 | The towering , effortless blow that cleared the St Lawrence lime certainly pleased the Canterbury archivists , and it is a foolish man who bets against him delighting the rest of the world for many years to come . |
| 17 | Another ambition has been financial reward , and it is a lucky man who escapes a conversation with Jackie without being reminded of his various positions , his bankers , his lawyers , his accountants and his courtiers . |
| 18 | It is a wise man who learns from other men 's mistakes , but a wiser man who learns from his own . |
| 19 | With so many unanswered questions , it is an unwise man who comes to a conclusion . |
| 20 | And it was a young fellow who lives up Lane so I felt quite comfortable in saying I did n't think they had any young fellas who lived in Lane . |
| 21 | It was a Dutch hiker who came across her battered body at the side of the River Swale between Catterick Bridge and Scorton , near Richmond . |
| 22 | It was a male MP who first drew attention to this unlikely cause for concern : he noticed , on a night out , that when men went to the toilet , it took just a minute or so , while women were left queuing for what seemed like hours . |
| 23 | It was a disappointed Graham who sat in the clubhouse after his second defeat . |
| 24 | They were too modest , because it was a Labour Government who invented capping — back in the 1970s , when Labour said that the party was over . |
| 25 | As my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State said , between 1964 and 1970 it was a Labour Government who shut nearly 280 collieries . |
| 26 | I can not recall whether it was a Labour Government who set it at that figure . |
| 27 | It was a Labour MP who painted the most graphic picture of what it is like to be out of work in Britain . |
| 28 | In the times of absolute monarchs it was a foolhardy scribe who always recorded the whole truth . |
| 29 | These five were very similar to the Ipswich group ; all except one were women ; all lived alone ; only one had a closely involved relative ( and like the similar Ipswich case it was a working daughter who needed help to care for her mother when she was unavailable ) . |
| 30 | It was a little husband who 'd been sleeping under the covers . ’ |