Example sentences of "person who [vb -s] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The person who owns the entire building , converted house or purpose-built block , sells the flats on long leases and charges the owners of the flats a ground rent . |
| 2 | She has from day one showed her disdain for me as one opposed to hypocrisy and her type of esoteric or pseudo intellectuality — being satisfied as I am with intelligence , integrity and interest ( ! ) — and has manifestly made it clear she overtly dislikes me because I wo n't be moulded or do what she wants or tells me — she suffers the matriarch/ bossy syndrome ( childhood nickname I am told was ) and does not like the fact I am utterly my own forthright person who spoils the incestuous sibling smythe-watson quartet which she ‘ ran ’ so self-interestedly for so long … |
| 3 | Has charm , but worries too much — the sort of person who locks the back door and then goes back three times to check . |
| 4 | Does n't matter whether it 's the er whether it 's the person who does the short list or whether it 's the Home Secretary himself or whether it 's the other members of the authorities such as the Noble Lord , Lord MacIntosh would prefer in his amendment . |
| 5 | ‘ Bare trustee ’ means , in short , a person who holds the deposit on trust for another person who has the exclusive right to direct how it shall be dealt with : section 106 . |
| 6 | ‘ … one who deals with goods at the request of the person who has the actual custody of them , in the bona fide belief that the custodian is the true owner , should be excused for what he does if the act is of such a nature as would be excused if done by the authority of the person in possession , if he was a finder of the goods or entrusted with their custody … . |
| 7 | ‘ The successful scholar is normally the person who has the least difficulty in identifying the route from A to B … yet are these always the best people to put in charge of those with the greatest difficulty ? ’ . |
| 8 | He still works very closely with them and is the only person who knows the exact location of every borehole ; the size of every drain , and more . |
| 9 | There are many different people who contribute to the efficient running of a clinic , including nurses , technicians , social workers , contact-tracers , doctors , and , the person who makes the first contact with a patient , the receptionist , whose contribution to the well-running of the department is of particular importance . |
| 10 | Examples of this are nowadays quoted in most of the newspapers — the 25–30 year-old trader who is earning £200 000–£400 000 whilst the person who runs the whole department may be on a salary of only half this . |
| 11 | Hazel Lynes is offering her services as a chauffeuse with a luxurious limousine for a full day to the person who places the highest bid in the auction . |
| 12 | Whether in any particular case the person who exerts the undue influence is the agent ( in this sense ) of the principal creditor must be a question of fact . |
| 13 | But he gets the best : the person who provides the real thing ( a contribution to profitability ) , the person who 's been at the sharp end and actually cut a profit from the edge . |