Example sentences of "[noun] who take a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , as Omari has pointed out , the paper also printed letters from readers who took a nationalist point of view , and tried to provide answers to them . |
| 2 | Yes in the F A Cup fourth round third replay between Leeds United and Arsenal at Elland Road , it was the visitors who took a two goal lead in the first half . |
| 3 | This book is geared more to those parents who take a major part of the responsibility for the games and are just using the entertainer to bring an additional dimension to the party . |
| 4 | There was an old lady of Cork who took a young priest for a walk . |
| 5 | In Mandalay , Kington drove round with an Australian who took a detached interest while overtaking a pair of cyclists in line abreast , pedalling hand-in-hand all over the road . |
| 6 | Nevertheless she loved it just the same but had to sadly wave it goodbye , much to the relief of her cat who took a dim view of the competition ! |
| 7 | DUCHESS ‘ A LOVELY LADY WHO TAKES A GREAT DEAL OF INTEREST IN PEOPLE ’ |
| 8 | ‘ She is a lovely lady who takes a great interest in people , ’ said Miss George . |
| 9 | Debbie said : ‘ She is a lovely lady who takes a great interest in people . |
| 10 | Eventually he was referred to a consultant who took a careful case-history and wondered if there might be some connection between the heavy doses of antibiotics he had received as a young man and the continuing diarrhoea . |
| 11 | They were summoned to see Miss Rudge who took a dim view of the episode . |
| 12 | David Lodge was another established British academic and writer who took an early interest in formalist and structuralist methods and principles . |
| 13 | Out goes the Chingford Skinhead — who has a tiresome tendency to bang on about politics — and in comes a writer who takes a broader swipe , Tom Utley . |
| 14 | There are groups who take a different view . |
| 15 | One of the few surviving descriptions of the old house is by Dr. John Wallis who took a scientific interest in the extraordinary chimneys . |
| 16 | By a process of extrapolation and arithmetic , it can be estimated that there are about 3,500 professionals and 13,000 amateurs who take a leading role in church music in the parishes . |
| 17 | THE West Country has seen some notable eccentric squires , such as the squire of Selworthy who took a fly-fishing rod to church so he could wake anyone nodding off during the sermon with a smart crack on the head with a lead sinker . |
| 18 | Lowther was a confirmed Londoner and absentee landlord who took a keen interest in the detailed affairs of his estate . |
| 19 | To establish good communication with the guests is part of this job ; they are paying for service and how much nicer that service is if it is given with a smile by a person who takes a personal interest ! |
| 20 | ‘ He was a very caring person who took a great interest in the people in the business , he was very thoughtful . |
| 21 | Unhappily there is a new breed of librarian who takes a different view , epitomised in the motto I have quoted ‘ If in Doubt , Chuck it Out ’ . |
| 22 | Most people who take a personal pension in place of SERPS will qualify for an extra 2 per cent payment by the DSS on top of the minimum contributions . |
| 23 | " For people who take a sober view of life , " he said , " a person is liberal who is prepared not to take thought for his personal interests but to expend all his energy on standing up for the juridical independence of every citizen and the freedom of every action which does not undermine the well-being and the tranquillity of society " . |
| 24 | They strike me as people who take a keen pleasure in the beauty of the natural world , and in the strength , swiftness and cleverness of animals ( even those of no use , or downright dangerous , to Man ) . |
| 25 | All 48 people who took an active part in last night 's exercise were given a New Brighton stick of rock . |
| 26 | The sort of man who takes an old woman for everything she has . |
| 27 | Adams was a kindly man who took a keen interest in his staff and his fellow men . |
| 28 | Because the number of members who took an active part in the fund-raising is comparatively small , the true amount contributed by everyone who was actually involved was more than £200 . |
| 29 | It has to be borne in mind also that during the interval between now and the main hearing the mother may find doctors who take a different view from Drs . |
| 30 | Dexter remembered that Blufton had a reputation as an executive who took a direct interest in the programmes his company made . |