Example sentences of "[noun] whose [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Southern Railway kept a mule at Spencer Shops whose sole purpose was to get on board a train on Sunday so that a run could be made from Spencer to Goldsboro . |
| 2 | We passed a new supermarket , a miniature imitation of the American drive-in , and then some large furniture shops whose massive suites of heavy , over-stuffed couches and chairs filled the windows like obese pashas waiting for ladies to settle in their laps . |
| 3 | The prizes as stated will be awarded to those readers whose correct entries are the first drawn out of the bag after the competition 's closing date . |
| 4 | The old standards have decayed , the aristocracy no longer take the intellectual lead ; men of letters and booksellers are left face to face with a multitude of readers whose intellectual appetites and tastes are emancipated from all direct influence and control . |
| 5 | We found them in the stables , tending to the horses ; country lads whose constant talk was of saddles , bridles , reins and spurs ; what was good horseflesh and what was n't ; what horses should be fed and when they could drink . |
| 6 | The Kingman Committee included traditionalists of an older generation such as Peter Levi , Professor of Poetry at Oxford , and Patrick Kavanagh , a poet whose conservative views were well known from his regular column in the Spectator . |
| 7 | The only truly representative delegation was that of the United States whose five delegates had been chosen earlier that year at a convention in Cincinnati . |
| 8 | The thrust of the above arguments is the suggestion that there is , or is widely believed to be , a trade-off between efficiency and equity whose precise form is unknown . |
| 9 | In Sweden a combination of government concern and consumer pressure have already put a ban on the use of chlorine whose only purpose is to give soft paper products that pseudo-sterile ’ whiter-than-white ’ look . |
| 10 | But power presided over by a benevolent father figure whose only motive was to do his best for humanity . |
| 11 | He was not just ahead of his times , but a timeless figure whose prophetic words were cast as perceptive wit . |
| 12 | The smooth-phrased B.B.C. announcer , the amusing don , the self-confident politician , the jargon-perfect critic , the editor of the literary magazine — all are reducible within a few months to a bewildered defensive creature with hollow cheeks and desperate eyes whose only cares will be to see that he gets his fair share of the potato ration , that nobody steals his bed boards , and that he exchanges his cigarette ends for food or vice versa at the best possible price . |
| 13 | A supporter of home rule , trade unions , and free trade he was an influential back-bencher and a prominent Liberal advocate whose wide business experience informed his sometimes humorous but always cogent participations in debate . |
| 14 | This political framework filled a continent whose physical characteristics were a long and indented coast , few very high mountains , moderate rainfall and temperature and much fertile land . |
| 15 | His hairstyle , baggy clothes and non-comformist attitude made him a rebel without a cause , a punk whose greatest claim to fame was his ability to drive a golf ball further than the average par four . |
| 16 | To think that he , a mere footie fan whose main worry used to be which trainers to don for the teen-mag centrespread , should bravely take on lyrical biggies like politics , passion , life , death , apathy , religion , hope , irony and despair . |
| 17 | Jessica Mathews of the World Resources Institute is pushing a ‘ sipper-guzzler ’ fuel-economy plan that would impose a levy on new cars whose fuel-consumption rate was below a set figure — say 27 miles to the gallon — and use the proceeds to offer rebates for cars above it . |
| 18 | Under the expansionist management of Don Ryder ( a former financial journalist whose later success took him , inevitably it might seem , to the House of Lords ) the company diversified — into wallpaper products for example , By 1971 , Reed had outgrown its parent company , which it proceeded to take over . |
| 19 | Blaming its current economic difficulties on the absence of multilateral aid ( frozen since the coup ) , the government announced on Aug. 26 that it was temporarily withdrawing from the Andean Pact , the five-country trade bloc whose other members were Bolivia , Colombia , Ecuador and Venezuela . |
| 20 | All we have are accounts , and in that part of the study our contrasting sources are those within the class and its social order , and those without , including , of course , the teacher unfortunate enough to have to tangle with the kids whose daily life-situation that classroom encompasses . |
| 21 | She saw feet sinking into the thick pile of the new rugs whose abstract patterns evoked the work of contemporary artists . |
| 22 | Centralized state control of the economy had proved grossly inefficient , fostered privilege and corruption , and given rise to a ‘ totalitarian ’ party dictatorship whose terrifying powers of coercion controlled even the innermost thoughts of its citizens . |
| 23 | He saw Mary , standing by the doorway , looking at him directly as he rode towards her , unflinching in her look at this stranger whose jingling tackle whinnied against the soft crush of the accustomed evening sounds of the valley , the sun behind him and he , as he drew near , as intent on her . |
| 24 | A precision instrument whose chief virtues were useless to anyone in this age . |
| 25 | The mandate , it seems , extends to discussing directly with Andrea Corcoran , the engaging lawyer whose unfortunate task it has been to negotiate on the CFTC 's behalf , a solution to the intricate questions of extra-territoriality and segregation of clients ' funds on the London Metal Exchange . |
| 26 | ‘ Si arrangia ’ says the lawyer whose double-doored apartment , three marble bathrooms , designer-dressed wife and powerful car bear no relation to his apparent income as an employee of the Comune . |
| 27 | The Voces Quartet , consisting of four professors from the conservatory in Iaşi ( Moldavia ) , is a most accomplished ensemble whose playing shows understanding as well as outstanding technical assurance : the rather edgy 1980 recording does not flatter it , but its quality is nevertheless evident . |
| 28 | Gentlemen whose sole ability to build up a good side depends on the payment of heavy and exhorbitant [ sic ] transfer fees need not apply . |
| 29 | The cabin itself was full of mile-savers and trip-of-a-lifetime artists , milky old Mormons whose vast progeny had spent years in the air to defray this last great stretching of the wings . |
| 30 | ( Such jargon does contribute , however , as archaeology deals with many sites , objects , and even tribes and nations whose actual names are unknown . ) |