Example sentences of "someone who [is] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must be remembered that you do not just want someone whose opinion is going to carry weight but someone who is also going to provide persuasive evidence both in their report and at trial . |
| 2 | You may be one of those people who is easily swayed by a superficially attractive candidate with a strong personality , or you may be someone who is most influenced by the person you last spoke to . |
| 3 | Their handicap is like any other permanent disability , such as someone who is physically handicapped through the loss of a limb . |
| 4 | It takes little thought to see that someone who is physically crippled and confined to a wheelchair may still lead a very full life if his mental and higher faculties are in good order whereas a physically fit but totally demented person has little left to give and little capacity to receive except for physical care and a little love . |
| 5 | Indeed , Jones took time out in October 1988 to visit Europe , speaking at a meeting on muon catalysed fusion and having a brief vacation with his wife , hardly the behaviour expected of someone who is frenziedly responding to the sudden emergence on the scene of competition . |
| 6 | Dhansak , Masala , Kashmiri and Korma are all too rich for someone who is seriously trying to keep the weight down . |
| 7 | You are looking for someone who is ideally suited to the vacancy and who will be happy to stay . |
| 8 | This kind of work can be achieved with someone who is mentally impaired by using skills that build trust , and trying to understand the meaning of the experience in the light of the person 's past history . |
| 9 | The person who is feeling stable , confident and optimistic is far less likely to mind being alone than someone who is still reeling from a major bereavement or break-up . |
| 10 | Someone who is poorly integrated — say because she is living and working away from friends and kin — will have lower scores , because her ‘ vernacular ’ is not being reinforced . |
| 11 | And that , to me , is such a logical , straightforward position to take when you 're dealing with someone who is basically pissing all over you — on a whole range of issues from world trade , to agricultural policy , to monetary union , to the social charter . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ The work-force can pick out a fraud very easily or someone who 's just glossing things over . |
| 13 | And I 've wanted to say that to someone who 's just staring at me , just go up to them and say , all of me , the whole fucking thing , take it . |
| 14 | " I wonder what he would have said , Chuck , if I 'd told him he 'd just served a drink to someone who 's probably going to be much more important one day than a run-of-the-mill Democratic senator from Virginia ? " |
| 15 | Life , as someone who 's barely escaped drowning ( no thanks to me , I blush ) , will tell you , is too short to give up hunting unicorns . |
| 16 | It 's practically impossible to say no to someone who 's actually loaded their rucksack into your boot and clipped on their seatbelt . |
| 17 | His hands felt smooth , like those of a woman or someone who 's never done a hard day 's work in their life . |
| 18 | ‘ A star is someone who 's always acting in front of everybody . |
| 19 | ‘ An actor is someone who plays a role , tells a story , ’ he explains , ‘ and a star is someone who 's always acting in front of everybody . |
| 20 | Someone who 's forever pushing her hair out of her eyes , or stuffing it up in a clip on top of her head simply looks harassed . |
| 21 | It was described to someone who 's recently set up a a small restaurant on Road , as being a high risk insurance area . |