Example sentences of "person who [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | On 11th March 1979 , Dr. Robert Irwin , a police surgeon , stated in an Independent Television programme shown throughout the United Kingdom that he had examined some one hundred and fifty persons who had received physical injuries during interrogation , including bruises , damaged joints and several ruptured ear drums . |
2 | In 1989 , the federal government unveiled a three-year ‘ humanitarian aid ’ package , which provided $30,000 annually to blood-transfused HIV-infected persons who agreed to waive federal liability in the tainted-blood scandal . |
3 | We understand that there is a dog working party of Council officers already established and we would formally request that the responsible dog ownership group be allowed a representative on that working party to ensure that the views of the two thousand plus petitioners and over two hundred and fifty persons who have written individual letters on the subject to Mister of the recreation division are considered . |
4 | It will be well beyond 30 years before the majority of married women and widowed retirement pensioners come to consist of persons who have paid full contributions throughout their periods of employment . |
5 | Immediately , Vesna Jurkic Girardi , Director of the Archaeological Museum in Pula ( today Croatian Minister of Culture ) got the case moving by bringing charges against an unknown person who had excavated archaeological treasure in the region of Barbariga in Istria and smuggled it out of the country . |
6 | In Mustard v Morris , a decision of the Court of Appeal on 21 July 1981 it was argued that the award of damages for loss of amenities to a man who was already quite seriously disabled should be less than that to a previously fit person who had suffered equivalent injuries . |
7 | And , at p. 1016B : ‘ there must be a heavy burden of proof on the person who seeks to invoke this remedy . ’ |
8 | He holds a rather higher view of individual intelligence than Taylor , arguing that the person who has to do that job every day is the one most likely to know how to do it . |
9 | Some of the older cases suggest that there should be no recovery by a person who has suffered prenatal injuries because of the difficulties of proof and of the opening it gives for perjury and speculation . |
10 | So far , the only person who has made that suggestion is the Leader of the Opposition . |
11 | And if you get an interview you are more likely to succeed if you can prove that you are a positive person who has made demonstrable efforts to counteract the ill-effects of being unemployed and have managed to put your time to constructive use . |
12 | You might answer that pressures on existing JS Journal staff prevent the crossword being a regular monthly item — but there must be many JS staff [ like myself ] who have experience of compiling crosswords , and I am sure that we could provide a steady supply of crosswords ready for publication — with the proviso , of course , that the person who has compiled that month 's crossword is not eligible to send in an entry to the competition . |
13 | The LTA is operating in what is today a very professional tennis world , yet on all the LTA 's innumerable committees , there is hardly a single person who has had personal experience of playing top class international tennis at the highest level since the game went ‘ Open ’ in 1968 . |
14 | It can be a real privilege to meet an older person who has experienced considerable loss in their life and has come to terms with it . |
15 | A person born severely disabled will need a great deal of help in overcoming the effects of the disability , but they will possibly be able to adjust to it better than the person who has enjoyed perfect health and led a full , normal life and is suddenly injured or crippled by disease . |