Example sentences of "[noun sg] [Wh pn] [is] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any musician who is seriously embarking on a career in the music business should join the Musicians ' Union . |
| 2 | Only the person to whom the duty of confidence is owed will be allowed to sue ; in other words , an outsider who is adversely affected by trading in shares to which the information relates , will again have no remedy . |
| 3 | But conversely ( as Mr. Utley did not feel able to dispute , although he did not formally concede the point ) a defendant who is legally aided at first instance and in the Court of Appeal , but who for any reason then ceases to be aided and incurs the full costs of successfully resisting an appeal to the House of Lords , is eligible to recover those costs from the board . |
| 4 | I have never regarded myself as a member of the " personality brigade " but as a television journalist who is equally experienced and valuable to a unit behind the cameras as in front of them . |
| 5 | If you could tell your clients that they 're on a very sticky wicket here and that I wo n't be the only woman journalist who 's utterly repulsed , you 'll be doing them a service ! |
| 6 | The ideal person , if he can be found , is the young barrister in good practice who is rapidly rising and who may take you up with him . |
| 7 | They 'll always be in the record books that I am the only man at any weight who 's ever won three Lonsdale belts outright . |
| 8 | I feel there can be few more worthy objects for the book-collector who is suitably placed geographically than gathering the printed products of his town or city through the centuries . |
| 9 | Charles du Bos , the literary critic , another figure who is scarcely known to the younger generation even in his own country , was equally devoted to Eliot . |
| 10 | Inspector Derek Calvert , of Skipton police , said : ‘ There is a possibility it is a rival farmer or owner of stock who is also showing next week . |
| 11 | 9.4 The various schemes of conditions of service recognise that an employee who is temporarily undertaking all or some of the duties of a post with a higher rate of pay than their normal post will , in prescribed circumstances , be paid at the appropriate higher rate . |
| 12 | Executive powers are vested in the President who is directly elected for a six-year term . |
| 13 | The administration consists of an executive President who is directly elected by universal adult suffrage for a five-year term , and who appoints and presides over a Council of Ministers . |
| 14 | The Constitution provides for an executive President who is directly elected by universal suffrage for a five-year term , and who appoints and presides over a Council of Ministers . |
| 15 | The head of state is the President who is popularly elected from amongst members of the Assembly ; he governs with the assistance of an appointed Cabinet and is empowered to dissolve the Assembly and to call general elections . |
| 16 | Executive power is held by the President who is popularly elected for a five-year term and who governs with the assistance of an appointed State Council led by a Prime Minister . |
| 17 | ‘ What , that bloke down the pub who 's always fancied writing a novel ? ’ |
| 18 | Bryan Gould is as good as gold and Gerald Kaufman is a happy-go-lucky bachelor who 's still waiting for the right girl to come along . |
| 19 | Chelmsford 's sixth gold medal was earned by Simon Bown , an unemployed 18-year-old who is widely tipped to get an international vest this Summer throwing the hammer . |
| 20 | 3 HE is romantically linked to a princess who is variously called Daisy , Mushroom and Toadstool in different games . |
| 21 | The show was called The Mary Whitehouse Experience ( which I later learned was in honour of the blue-nose lady who 's always sounding off about too much sex in the media ) . |
| 22 | Surely , in any specialisation , each consultant who is widely experienced , but a bit out of date , should form a team with one or two younger , more vigorous , more up to date ‘ apprentice ’ consultants so that their strengths complement each other . |
| 23 | It has also been long known that a child who is shortly followed by another sibling also suffers the consequences of short spacing . |
| 24 | Failure may motivate the bright and able child yet discourage and handicap the child who is already doing poorly . |
| 25 | What Donaldson has taught us , however , is that at the heart of the experimental situation is a child who is actively trying to make his or her own sense of the situation — and in particular , trying to understand , from what the adult says and does , and from how the materials are manipulated , what the adult 's motives and intentions might be . |
| 26 | Despite all the contrary opinions expressed in the play , the underlying message was that it is the mother 's right to choose whether she wants to bring up a child who is mentally handicapped , and that other people simply do not understand how the mother feels . |
| 27 | A child who is continually told it has low status is likely to grow into a low-status adult . |
| 28 | Every woggle-wearing youngster who 's ever sat round a campfire knows there are four ‘ goolis ’ in their favourite chorus , Ging Gang Goo . |
| 29 | " Now , since you have n't found anyone in London to suit your taste , what about that nice West girl who 's always sighing over you ? " |
| 30 | Well like that 's good for a wee girl who 's still going to college and what not right ? |