Example sentences of "who [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hope that he can accept comment from a colleague who through professional conscience has already lost many thousands of pounds since the imposition of the new general practice contract . |
| 2 | ’ These stones were laid by 100 of those who through great persecution , boldly and conscientiously served their God . ’ |
| 3 | He now formed a highly effective partnership with the Duke of Newcastle , a superb party manager who as First Lord of the Treasury was nominally head of the government . |
| 4 | This delighted Mr Winston Churchill , who as First Lord of the Admiralty was anxious to secure the Royal Navy 's fuel supplies for the war which seemed imminent . |
| 5 | Unlike other MPs of the last Parliament , who as mere candidates now draw no salary , he remains in office until a successor is elected on April 27 . |
| 6 | The voters unseated John Maples , who as Economic Secretary became the acceptable televised face of the Treasury — no great compliment to his colleagues . |
| 7 | At his side was Lady Isabella who for that day had cast aside her mourning weeds and wore a pure gold dress with matching veil . |
| 8 | Those who want to be paid-up , signed-up members and those who for one reason or another do not actually want to become a member but are keen to be kept informed , involved and used as the occasion demands . |
| 9 | This may be the case for some manual workers , though by no means all , but there are large numbers of people on low incomes who for one reason or another could be hurt by Labour 's plans . |
| 10 | It is reasonable to assume , therefore , that there would be a residue of canine stock , who for one reason or another would be deemed unsuitable to die for the perverted pleasure of the gloating Roman nobility . |
| 11 | As the days pass in this unfamiliar environment , some patients ( particularly those with deficient vision and hearing , and those who for one reason or another do not read a daily newspaper ) can lose track of the time of day , the day of the week and the day of the month . |
| 12 | There are some people who for one reason or another would n't experiment with things at a young age , and find that they like it , ’ said a married 39-year-old building surveyor . |
| 13 | This marginality is well described in Peter Wildblood 's chapter on ‘ Perry and Bella ’ in A Way of Life : ‘ the strange world of people who for one reason or another are out of step with the times ’ , or by Colin MacInnes : |
| 14 | People who for one reason or another can not fight for themselves . ’ |
| 15 | We focused on enquirers to courses in science , mathematics and engineering and on those who had completed an application for a course but who for one reason or another had not enrolled for it . |
| 16 | Aside from Boyce and Lee , these include Edward Howard , a CIA employee who finally defected to Moscow taking with him a hoard of secret information about his work ; the Walker trio who for 17 years handed over details of US Navy cryptograhic equipment to the Russians in exchange for $750,000 ; Bruce Ott , a USAF airman who tried to sell the Russians a copy of the SR-71 spy plane operating manual ; Robert Miller , an FBI agent who passed on secret documents to the Russians ; Ronald Pelton , a communications expert with the NSA who for five years gave the Russians details of his work ; Clyde Conrad , a retired US Army sergeant who for five years is alleged to have handed over top army contingency plans to the East ; and Jonathan Pollard , a US Navy counter-intelligence analyst who was paid $50,000 by Israeli intelligence for top naval information , a particularly embarrassing incident . |
| 17 | Aside from Boyce and Lee , these include Edward Howard , a CIA employee who finally defected to Moscow taking with him a hoard of secret information about his work ; the Walker trio who for 17 years handed over details of US Navy cryptograhic equipment to the Russians in exchange for $750,000 ; Bruce Ott , a USAF airman who tried to sell the Russians a copy of the SR-71 spy plane operating manual ; Robert Miller , an FBI agent who passed on secret documents to the Russians ; Ronald Pelton , a communications expert with the NSA who for five years gave the Russians details of his work ; Clyde Conrad , a retired US Army sergeant who for five years is alleged to have handed over top army contingency plans to the East ; and Jonathan Pollard , a US Navy counter-intelligence analyst who was paid $50,000 by Israeli intelligence for top naval information , a particularly embarrassing incident . |
| 18 | Thailand 's Professor Pilai Poonswad , who for 10 years has been studying four species of forest hornbills , pointed out that the birds nest in large Dipterocarps and that their taste in trees was something they shared with loggers . |
| 19 | Those Catholic students who are undertaking their initial teacher education , and who for professional reasons can not attend St Andrew 's College ( eg in Physical Education and Home Economics ) . |
| 20 | In Newham the picture was more complex , though not dissimilar , with the project tending at one year to be supporting people living on their own whose dementia was advanced or who for other reasons could not manage their own care , or needed some safeguarding care . |
| 21 | Similarly , those who are in work and on low income , or who for other reasons are ineligible for income support , may be eligible for the equivalent of a rate rebate under the existing system . |
| 22 | It has often and justly been observed that real indoctrination goes undetected except by those who for other reasons have cause to question the content of the beliefs and values into which they are being pushed . |
| 23 | The confusion of private and personal property as the subject of criticism has led most people , who for good reason wish to defend property with which they are intimately associated also to defend institutions which may result in their alienation from such property . |
| 24 | The most recent are the football hooligans , who for many people , and not least the feature writers of our Sunday newspapers , have come to represent all that is most senseless and destructive in our society . |
| 25 | My scepticism has been reinforced by the recent work of Frederick Crews , who for many years was a leading psychoanalytic critic in America . |
| 26 | However , my predecessor , Bishop John Bickersteth , who for many years had been an advocate for issues of conservation , quite rightly protested that the Archbishop was saying no more than the biblical tradition states ! |
| 27 | The artists themselves sometimes had a Jekyll-and-Hyde career , the prime example being the Australian bass-baritone Peter Dawson , who for many years dressed up as a Scotsman and hijacked Sir Harry Lauder 's songs , touring Scottish music-halls under the name Hector Grant . |
| 28 | Alan Roberts , who for many years has clothed the likes of Boy George and Bomb The Bass , is producing innovative and special leather styles with an emphasis on tone and texture . |
| 29 | Aubrey Clark , who for many years had worked his shifts in Claxby box , was on the night turn . |
| 30 | Not only have I learned that soon I will not only be responsible for myself but a small vulnerable child who for many years to come will be under my protection , but I have also gained an inner strength that I never knew I was capable of having . |