Example sentences of "[noun] who [vb -s] [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A warrant may be issued for the arrest of any witness who fails to answer a witness summons provided the court is satisfied on oath that : ( i ) he is a material witness ; ( ii ) he has been served with the summons ; ( iii ) conduct money has been paid or tendered ; and ( iv ) there is no just cause for failure to attend ( MCA 1980 , s97(3) ) . |
| 2 | Not for myself , ’ he added hastily , ‘ but for the widow with hungry mouths to feed , the boy who wants to become a scholar . |
| 3 | If you have a child who appears to show a talent at one thing , then of course it 's natural to let the child do what it enjoys doing , but that might be the very moment for saying well what is this child not talented at and ensuring that this child gets some experience of the kind of world that it not part of its own talents , so I would feel , from my own point of view and as a psychologist , that if you have a child who is very talented in mathematics , then fine , it 's going to be quite good at mathematics one would assume , now 's the time to say well is it as equally talented in music ? |
| 4 | If you have a child who appears to show a talent at one thing , then of course it 's natural to let the child do what it enjoys doing , but that might be the very moment for saying well what is this child not talented at and ensuring that this child gets some experience of the kind of world that it not part of its own talents , so I would feel , from my own point of view and as a psychologist , that if you have a child who is very talented in mathematics , then fine , it 's going to be quite good at mathematics one would assume , now 's the time to say well is it as equally talented in music ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ If we do not send legislation down to the dioceses , it is almost analogous to a judge who fails to include a point of law in a summing up to the jury . ’ |
| 7 | Does he agree with the BMA that that should now be extended to every GP who wants to hold a fund ? |
| 8 | A vet who wishes to examine a cat may approach it in this way before , for instance , holding it down to give it an injection . |
| 9 | Certainly , any academic who wants to write a book on a canonical author , topic , or period , is likely to get a contract without very much formality ( particularly if it has to do with ‘ women ’ or ‘ theory ’ , or ideally both ) . |
| 10 | Any teacher who tries to devise a syllabus for a music class that will appeal to the members of the class for its relevance , or who attempts to attract the English class by giving them things to read or act that will speak to them in their own language is in danger of falling into the trap of ‘ thinking down ’ to his pupils , of condescending to them . |
| 11 | Laertes , who spends most of the play away from the court studying in France , is also a character who appears to have a sub-plot of his own . |
| 12 | Theresa , who does n't mind being called a whore but starts screaming if anyone calls her retarded , is the kind of character who seems to promise a fate worse than rape , but the greatest violence reside in Al , who tries to calm himself with images of lambs , only to have them open their mouths to show him teeth and worms . |
| 13 | ( e ) ‘ member ’ means a person who agrees to become a member of a body corporate and whose name is entered in its register of members ; |
| 14 | In addition , the person who sent me wants the young man to be removed from his home and educated as a gentleman who expects to inherit a fortune . ’ |
| 15 | The average time away from work for a woman who leaves to raise a family is eight years , and 30 per cent of women attending the Dow-Stoker Returners courses have been away from the workplace for over fifteen years . |
| 16 | An owner who wishes to bring a claim to recover possession of his goods from someone who has refused to return them can bring a claim for conversion ( Torts ( Interference with Goods ) Act 1977 ) . |
| 17 | Treaty , is entitled to require of a national of another member state who wishes to operate a fishing vessel flying its flag and , in particular , can it stipulate , as the Act of 1988 does , that all the owners and operators of such a vessel and 75 per cent . |
| 18 | Think of the man who has to hang a kitchen cabinet in a frame house . |
| 19 | Nowadays the holding of dances , raffles , and pub talks along with the fixture has pushed up the sums enormously , although if inflation and house prices are taken into account even £50,000 or over is hardly a fortune for a man who has to find a job and keep a family . |
| 20 | So a married man who wishes to become a satyāgrahi requires the consent of his wife since her rights have to be taken into consideration in this matter . |
| 21 | In The Favour , The Watch And The Very Big Fish Bob Hoskins plays a Paris photographer of religious themes who has to find a model for Christ on the cross and comes up with Jeff Goldblum , an ex-convict and former lover of an actress ( Natasha Richardson ) , who he meets at a pornographic dubbing studio . |
| 22 | I want to be a part of the sport , one sport which encompasses everyone from a small kid who wants to have a go at throwing the javelin because he has seen Steve Backley on television , through to the 60-year-old recreational runner . ’ |
| 23 | But the fiery ex-Labour leader is n't the only MP who likes to bury a biryani or murder a madras . |
| 24 | If we discount the unscrupulous operator who is prepared to ‘ mine ’ his land for a quick profit , we are considering a responsible husbandman who aims to make a cash living whilst conserving and improving his capital , the soil . |
| 25 | However , the only individual who appears to have a plan that will appeal to the developing world is Dr. Mustapha Tolba , head of the United Nations Enviroment Plan who proposed a users ' tax paid by the consumers of ozone depleting chemicals , to be collected by governments and used by developing countries both to modernise their production systems and to compensate the multi-nationals for the transfer of their most advanced energy effective technology . |
| 26 | For most companies , starting an E-mail system is like developing a television service : until there are enough people out there turning on their sets , there 's no impetus or money available to make good shows and without good shows who wants to buy a telly ? |
| 27 | Also the Head discusses the problem with the School Nurse who agrees to do a home visit to the child in question . |
| 28 | So , the customer who wants to buy a vacuum cleaner will be familiar with the name Hoover and will therefore look for models produced by this company . |
| 29 | Films like Basil Dearden 's Sapphire ( 1959 ) , dealing with racial prejudice and mixed Marriages , and Victim ( 1961 ) , which cast Dirk Bogarde as a homosexual barrister who decides to take a stand against social hypocrisy , would not have been possible if television had not already put such issues on the agenda . |
| 30 | The site has been bought for use by a local builder who plans to make a feature of its earlier history . |