Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [adj] [noun] who " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nextdoor are 10 year-olds who also spent the previous day at Home farm — looking at wildlife in hedgerows and a pond and checking for pollution . |
| 2 | It does n't mean The Wedding Present are boring people who go straight to bed after a show . |
| 3 | Interestingly , two of the carers in Glendinning 's study were single women who were sharing a household and some of the responsibilities of care-giving with an unmarried brother as well as their elderly parent . |
| 4 | Germon is another wicketkeeper who can bat more than passably , like Young , Tony Blain , Adam Parore and , of course , Ian Smith . |
| 5 | Both Detective Sergeant Window and PC Hall are brave men who deserve to be commended at the highest level . |
| 6 | The official figures showed the party membership to be around 650,000 ; the real figures were well known to be far below that number , possibly below 300,000 , with an undue proportion being middle-class activists who had taken over old and decaying working-class parties or management committees . |
| 7 | My philosophy being that members who attended the meetings or functions which I attended will know I was there . |
| 8 | One of the modern proponents of Aromatherapy is Marguerite Maury who wrote ’ A guide to Aromatherapy ’ and is recognised as a leading authority . |
| 9 | Included in this group are schizophrenic subjects who have injured themselves as a consequence of a delusional belief ( for example , that part of the body was evil ) , or because of an hallucination ( such as one in which voices tell the subject to harm himself ) . |
| 10 | At one end of the spectrum of opinion were xenophobic seclusionists who argued that relations with foreigners would be morally as well as politically disastrous . |
| 11 | ‘ You 're saying that Stella , Jean and the manager 's wife are necessary evils who are merely tolerated for their usefulness ? |
| 12 | He and his wife were Turkish-born Jews who came to Palestine before the Second World War . |
| 13 | The troops who lined the streets at his execution kept the spectators out of earshot , but on the platform were two clerks who took down the King 's last speech in shorthand and , somewhat surprisingly , it was published in the London newspapers . |
| 14 | At the other extreme are those planners who compose the most thorough set of notes for their essays . |
| 15 | Throckmorton and his father were enthusiastic builders who erected an impressive stone gatehouse at Coughton , with polygonal turrets , large windows , and a battlemented skyline . |
| 16 | A traveller is any person who calls at the inn to use the services there available . |
| 17 | Today the Adjutant is visiting troops Who are mounting a heliborne assault on the village of Pararnali , as a culmination of their week of military training . |
| 18 | The ruwatu are politico-religious leaders who are basically ‘ men of knowledge ’ who deal with forces of destruction and regeneration from other worlds . |
| 19 | One of 11 auctioneering firms participating in the CLASS operation are Cheshire-based Wright-Manley who offered two lots on the first day of the new system which is linked to the offices of some 30 buyers , mostly abattoirs . |
| 20 | How much more able to make that judgement were those colleagues who had already been on the board for seven years or more ? ’ |
| 21 | The 1,500 Malians in the camp were legal immigrants who had been refused housing by local councils . |
| 22 | In the early years about 50% of aircrew going through the course were National Servicemen who would only serve some three months or so on a squadron before their commitment was ended . |
| 23 | The survey also found that those who most feared violence , the elderly and women , were the least likely to experience it , while those most at risk were young males who went out regularly . |
| 24 | Kit and the Widow are two men who are both extremely witty comedians and also very talented musicians . |
| 25 | Virago and Women 's Press are two publishers who have recently issued series aimed at adolescents , particularly girls ; Upstarts and Livewire have received a wide readership already . |
| 26 | And that the main problem is those councillors who are concerned about it , and |
| 27 | Little noticed at the time were large groups who missed out in the general prosperity : the blacks , poor farmers , lower-paid workers , and the old people living on small fixed pensions , who suffered particularly from one of the continuing problems of the economy inflation . |