Example sentences of "[art] [noun] who could " in BNC.
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| 1 | This did n't stop the rock press from gnashing its teeth and a prize was certainly in the offing for the writer who could effectively belittle the Morrissey figure . |
| 2 | More ideologically militant than the British Fascists , although even fewer in numbers , were the groups who could be seen as closest to the nazis in their thought and inspiration . |
| 3 | It has been suggested that although some occupations in north Staffordshire experienced real-wage falls over the war years , these were generally of no more than 10 per cent , and it seems that colliers , like potters , were among the groups who could maintain living standards by working harder and longer , even if at times money wages lagged . |
| 4 | The idea was that the few men in the University who could read the original language of the Edda and the Sagas should group together with those who wished to learn , and read their way through the principal texts . |
| 5 | MACAULEY Culkin 's Kevin may be a dab hand with a booby trap but when it comes down to straightforward , grimy-faced scallywaggery , there are a couple of Irish lads in Into The West who could give him a run for his money . |
| 6 | Significantly , the journalists who could n't find time to come , were those Fleet Street hacks with famous names who write most noisily on the pros and cons of optic fibre for the cabling of Britain . |
| 7 | Gradually , though , as the rest of the column led by his uncle on a fine white horse arrived , the survivors who could walk came out of the banqueting hall and allowed themselves to be greeted by the relieving troops . |
| 8 | There is someone in the department who could give you a good , competent briefing on almost anything . ’ |
| 9 | I wanted to continue my studies as a postgraduate at U.C.L. I was now interested in modern linguistic research , but knew very little about it , since linguistics had so far made little impact in the U.K. , and there was no teacher in the Department who could adequately supervise me in that area . |
| 10 | ‘ More like Beorn , ’ he said , ‘ the skin-changer in The Hobbit who could turn from a man to a bear . ’ |
| 11 | Yes , see who I mean I ca n't think of anybody who 's in the reserves who could do any better than the lot that are in , in at the moment . |
| 12 | Hey , d' you hear about the fire-eater who could n't go anywhere without meeting an old flame ? |
| 13 | The Sylvie who could n't contend with motherhood , with the loss of her youth . |
| 14 | Theoretically she could also have told Fiona on the telephone who could have told Nolan or Lewis , but it was n't the sort of item one would naturally bother to pass on . |
| 15 | Then there was Kayoko , the Girl Who Could n't Say No . |
| 16 | The girl who could Dream was remote , a fantastical character . |
| 17 | She told them about the disturbed girl at St Cecilia 's , the girl called Julie who performed feats of levitation , and about the girl who could read a page of a newspaper and remember it , and Enid who could hypnotize with a fountain-pen top . |
| 18 | It was in fact the visitors who could easily have been in front , but for some brilliant tackling by Jason Miller , who on four occasions , kept out both Terry Patterson and Chris Loud . |
| 19 | But with Bob Marley , Blackwell at last found the performer who could escape the ‘ ghettoisation ’ to which Jamaican music had always been subjected . |
| 20 | Fair enough — but why had the planets been cruel enough to land her in partnership with the one man in the universe who could drive her crazy with wanting , even as he was — well , just driving her crazy ! |
| 21 | A borrower had a personal covenant with the lender who could still sue for outstanding debts . |
| 22 | Towards the end , as the stage show of The King And I moved triumphantly from city to city , Rock began to feel like the boy who could see the emperor had no clothes . |
| 23 | The boy who could be King after Elizabeth |
| 24 | The alternative may be the public compliance combined with private doubt of the boy who could not accept that the Earth was round . |
| 25 | In each of these cases , the proportion of temporary workers who could be described as " voluntary " temporary workers ( i.e. not wanting a permanent job ) was much higher than the proportion who could be described as " involuntary " ( i.e. unable to get a permanent job ) . |
| 26 | If the child gives a written statement to the social worker , the statement itself is first-hand hearsay as it is one stage removed from the child who could give direct evidence of the abuse . |
| 27 | They were held in the open , before a portable altar , and three bishops were present , in gold and crimson and purple and white , as well as all the churchmen who could contrive to be there , and several thousand people from Fife and Angus and Lennox and Strathearn and even further away . |
| 28 | Premier John Major warned of stronger sanctions against those in the conference who could end the war . |
| 29 | They almost did , because they had difficulty finding a man in the shop who could drive the car . |
| 30 | Some other early Macedonians , the sort who could afford to be buried in graves with inscriptions , were also plainly Greek . |