Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb -s] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There seems nothing in the present arrangements to prevent two similarly disabled old people being in adjacent rooms in a nursing home , one of whom has her lifetime earnings bled down by ‘ community care ’ while the family of the other looks forward to an undiminished inheritance courtesy of the NHS . |
| 2 | According to this image , somewhere between ten and thirty men came to arrest Jesus — a Jewish functionary or two , some representatives of the High Priest ( one of whom has his ear injured by Simon Peter 's sword ) , presumably a contingent of the Temple guard , perhaps one or more Roman officials and even perhaps a small unit of Pilate 's soldiery . |
| 3 | Thus when there is an observable conflict between different groups then whosoever gets their way has power . |
| 4 | The verse in the Bible which has been most misquoted and misunderstood is Leviticus 15.19 , which says : ‘ And if a woman have an issue , and her issue in her flesh be blood , she shall be in her impurity seven days ; and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even . ’ |
| 5 | In its final moments a sophisticated urbane man in a nightclub is led discreetly through a back door into a room which is a mortuary run by nuns , one of whom shows him a dead body drawn out of a wall on a slab . |
| 6 | A woman who offers her body commonly for any lewd act for reward is a common prostitute . |
| 7 | Vic Brown in John Schlesinger 's A Kind of Loving ( 1962 ) settles for telly-watching inanity within marriage , while Billy Liar in the same director 's 1963 film turns away from the girl who offers him the chance to fulfil his ambitions in London . |
| 8 | Another American film of that year , A Workingman 's Dream , has a very weary hero who fails to find a job at a factory ; he falls asleep and dreams of a Professor Wonderful who offers him instant wealth and a new set of clothes , but he is told that these new gains will disappear if he breaks certain simple instructions ; on three occasions he accidentally carries out simple actions which break the instructions and his wealth disappears ; he wakes up to see an ambulance taking a worker from the factory — there is a vacancy and this time his application is successful . |
| 9 | This is another reason why a well-advised employer who offers you an ex gratia payment when your job comes to an end is likely to insist that you are effectively prevented in law from making any further claim against him ( see Chapter 19 ) . |
| 10 | The kitchen salesman who offers you a ridiculously large discount is probably not doing you any favours . |
| 11 | There is the simple , early but in some areas persistent situation of the independent producer who offers his own work for direct sale . |
| 12 | ‘ Only a man who offers his word as a guarantee could be so naïve . |
| 13 | This view of the incorporation of natural science into the school curriculum is taken by David Layton , who offers us a valuable account of this process of ‘ accommodation ’ in the late nineteenth century , complementary to his earlier study of the demise of ‘ the science of common things ’ . |
| 14 | Shirley , who books his races , keeps his times , files his cuttings , went to Melbourne for six weeks to her sister 's , and he was lost without her . |
| 15 | The third woman of world class is Marie Laure de Lorenzi , who wins everything in Europe but has yet to be persuaded that America is worth a detour . |
| 16 | Second successive corner then for Forest and again it 's aimed at Rozario who wins it this time that 's dangerous . |
| 17 | Charles Randall on the Cambridge rugby union captain who wins his soccer Blue today |
| 18 | Richard Last names the interviewer who wins his vote |
| 19 | Botha , who wins his 28th and possibly last cap for South Africa , said : ‘ We have received a wonderful welcome in England which has relaxed my players and this is something you can see reflected in our three wins here so far . |
| 20 | During the film the ‘ workers ’ demands for increased wages are refused and then follow riots , battles with militia , and eventually industrial peace is restored through the efforts of a young engineer who wins his employer 's confidence and the love of the employer 's daughter' . |
| 21 | He is a head-on tackler who lines you up in his sights , closes down your space and — whack — you suddenly find yourself enveloped , smothered and smashed all the way back to square one . |
| 22 | Trout-fishing on the Kennet is now more or less back to normal , but anglers say that other rivers are still affected and anyone else who spoils their fun in future can expect to pay for it . |
| 23 | We have also introduced a reform which will give people more choice as to who represents them legally in court . |
| 24 | Furthermore , Mary is scarcely a woman whom women today might be expected to find to be a symbol who represents them . |
| 25 | It 's clear to me and I think it 's clear to the vast majority in Congress that it 's a matter for branches to decide who represents them in the various forums of the union . |
| 26 | So I 've got ta say , that in terms of credibility it 's , and the Regional Sec er , the General Secretary made the point about credibility within those sections , and within that , those elections , it 's for the branches to , to actually decide who represents them credibly or not and for this , for any attempt to change rule in this particular way . |
| 27 | What right has anybody , other than the members in that section deciding for themselves who represents them ? |
| 28 | Martin Shaw , the Derby director who represents his club on the League management board , said : ‘ The existing rules allow for flexibility in dealing with a case where the player clearly has done nothing wrong himself . ’ |
| 29 | The unwritten and unwritten laws and conventions about who represents us as women in our social , governmental and legal structures , and who has a hand in shaping those structures , amount to a set of understandings about where women 's bodies can actually be , how and where we become visible , and what the attitudes towards that visibility will be . |
| 30 | Who represents us ? |