Example sentences of "[Wh pn] has been [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ ( 1 ) The ex turpi causa defence ultimately rests on a principle of public policy that the courts will not assist a plaintiff who has been guilty of illegal ( or immoral ) conduct of which the courts should take notice . |
| 2 | On the other hand , if she is someone who has been used to dominating those around her , you should quietly refuse to be included in her ‘ managing ’ tactics . |
| 3 | Before turning to the detail of the debate , my hon. Friend the Minister of State for Health , who has been present for most of the debate , has asked me to apologise to the House on her behalf for the fact that she could not stay throughout . |
| 4 | Sponsorship forms will then be sent which should be signed by a sponsor who has been present in the Royal Enclosure for at least eight years . |
| 5 | They will require a sponsor who has been present in the Royal Enclosure for eight years . |
| 6 | Equally regrettably , they suggest that she who ( presumably ) approved them is not so much a Pharisee as a Philistine : one , moreover , who has been impressed by too many drives down The Bishop 's Avenue , where Hampstead 's temples to new money are built , en route to the Finchley constituency . |
| 7 | Mr Clifford , for anyone who has been asleep through the entire summer , is to jilted mistresses what Zimmer frames are to decrepit old ones . |
| 8 | I promptly eased it back onto the lap and desperately tried to imitate someone who has been asleep for hours , with his arm wrapped fiercely round his dog . |
| 9 | Chief Buthelezi , one of the few black leaders inside South Africa who has been consistent in opposing sanctions , will address a fringe meeting at the Conservative conference in Blackpool next Tuesday . |
| 10 | Her Royal Highness sat at a round table with the Duke and Duchess of Westminster , Viscount and Viscountess Astor , Mr and Mrs Ian Bruce he is the Director General of the RNIB ; $insert names$ and his sister Lady Aird who has been one of Princess Margaret 's ladies-in-waiting for thirty years , and was in attendance this evening . |
| 11 | He has another story that I liked and inevitably it concerned Alex Higgins , that brilliant player who has wasted his talent so often , but who has been one of the greatest stars and the source of endless tales . |
| 12 | Professor Barrie Wilson , Vice-Principal of Edinburgh University , who has been one of those most closely involved with implementing recent management changes , says staff are still mainly concerned with teaching well and doing lots of research . |
| 13 | Or how about Sir George Gardiner , the Thatcherite MP who has been one of the Major Government 's most persistent critics ? |
| 14 | Everything about this book is pleasing , and everyone who has been involved with its creation deserves the greatest praise . |
| 15 | Mrs Peeke , who has been involved with the centre for the last ten years , claims many of the area 's old , sick and disabled needed the old system to elect committee members . |
| 16 | The impact , according to Henning Albrechsten , president of Telecottages International who has been involved in their development since the outset , was immediate . |
| 17 | Pilot whales are endearing creatures , as anyone who has been involved in their rescue will testify . |
| 18 | Classically , when a person has a prognosis of terminal illness the next of kin will be given the information by a member of the hospital team who has been involved in the treatment of the ill person . |
| 19 | Anybody who has been involved in community organising will have experience of situations where the ( actual or perceived ) formality of the meeting has restricted participation by people who may be active and vociferous before and/or after the meeting . |
| 20 | It implies anyone who has been involved in the creation , production , or delivery of this Program . |
| 21 | The centre was formed in 1984 by the Jesuit order under the leadership of its current Director , Fr Joe Naidu , who has been involved in WACC activities in India for several years . |
| 22 | Bill Knowles , the general manager of the Ipswich Co-op — who has been involved in talks with the NCP — said he was confident the scheme would go ahead but the timing had to be right . |
| 23 | D = teacher who has been involved in the design of the unit . |
| 24 | Anyone who has been involved in deciding career choices with their children , finding suitable accommodation for elderly relatives or reporting a traffic accident in their own country will appreciate this . |
| 25 | He points out : ’ A court faced with a young offender who has been involved in the taking of vehicles , even though it may be his third or possibly fourth appearance , can not simply pass a deterrent sentence on the basis of the prevalence of such offending in the locality Section 1(4A) ( b ) of the 1982 Act deals with protecting the public from serious harm from the offender . |
| 26 | ‘ La Malfa 's resignation just shows that anyone who has been involved in government for so long can be involved ( in corruption ) , however pure he may claim to be , ’ he said . |
| 27 | Britain 's best performance was produced by Paul Evans , the Barcelona Olympics reserve , who finished fifth in 2–10–36 , 13 places ahead of Steve Brace ( 2–14–11 ) , who has been pre-selected for the Games . |
| 28 | However , a child who forms attachments from a young age with a wide group of people , rather than just close family , feels less insecure than a baby who has been close to only one or two people , so try to introduce her to as many people as possible , right from the beginning . |
| 29 | Anyone who has been successful with a reef aquarium will agree that most sessile invertebrates such as colonial anemones , soft corals and sponges will soon start to colonise the aquarium under the right conditions . |
| 30 | This is clearly brought out by Maggi Darling , who has been successful in classifying the wares of different legions in the first century from the excavations at Gloucester , Usk and Wroxeter , where , in all three cases , there is a significant absence of black burnished wares . |