Example sentences of "who [vb base] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So those who espouse equal opportunity need to elaborate its purpose . |
| 2 | For those of you who judge this too visionary , let me remind you of the line from the Psalmist : ‘ Where there is no vision , the people perish . ’ |
| 3 | The public counts on those who disseminate factual information … to be certain that what they tell us is as accurate as research and the conscientious use of language can make it . |
| 4 | For fear that those who disseminate racist propaganda would turn to newer mediums of communication , it was decided to deal explicitly and comprehensively with all forms of communication such as films , tapes , records and video recordings , f not all of which would unambiguously have fallen within the proposed law . |
| 5 | One of the features which noticeably emerged in the 1980s was a struggle for control of the past , a confrontation primarily between those who perceive contemporary western civilisation as a triumph and those who question such a perspective . |
| 6 | The unwritten rule of this knowledge/power game is that one set of rather benign standards are applied to texts produced by ‘ ethnic ’ writers ( black , Jewish , Irish etc. ) and other far more critical ones to work produced by those who lack such ‘ authorizations ’ . |
| 7 | If this is the case , the ones most likely to buckle under the heat of the pressure will be those Christians who lack personal conviction . |
| 8 | In comparing the procedures for electing party leaders in Britain and the United States , Anthony King concluded that , ‘ recent developments in the American presidential nominating system have greatly increased the probability that men will be nominated who lack relevant experience and have no evident aptitude for one of the most demanding and powerful jobs on earth ’ . |
| 9 | These samples of human oddity certainly exemplify cultural diversity but the choice of pictures immediately makes it obvious that the people who are to be discussed are " primitives " who lack all the gadgetry of modern technology and modern sanitation . |
| 10 | As described earlier , they include those who lack other supportive relationships , or whose previous relationship with the deceased has left them with an overwhelming sense of guilt , leading to self-punitive grief . |
| 11 | In that year the Cohen Committee succinctly explained how this state of affairs had come about : ‘ [ t ] he illusory nature of the control theoretically exercised by the shareholders over directors has been accentuated by the dispersion of capital among an increasing number of small shareholders who pay little attention to their investments so long as satisfactory dividends are forthcoming , who lack sufficient time , money and experience to make full use of their rights as occasion arises and who are , in many cases , too numerous and too widely dispersed to be able to organise themselves ’ . |
| 12 | Introduced to provide finance for promising entrepreneurs who lack sufficient track record or collateral , the loan guarantee scheme is being improved with the maximum loan available up from £100,000 to £250,000 . |
| 13 | ‘ Meaning ’ theists do not claim that on the basis of some special gift from God , ‘ faith ’ or ‘ grace ’ or ‘ revelation ’ , they are able to be assured that God exists whilst being quite unable to communicate the grounds of their assurance to others who lack this divine gift . |
| 14 | The long-term trend towards greater equality of income and wealth has been reversed under the Conservative governments of 1979 onwards and it is argued that this ‘ strategy of inequality ’ ( Child Poverty Action Group ) , which is seen as a direct consequence of the drive towards popular capitalism , has led to a major increase in poverty in the UK and to the possible emergence of an underclass , who lack any stake in popular capitalism and who are caught in the dependency culture . |
| 15 | However , there are some women who display total commitment to their men without appearing to need the safety net of marriage . |
| 16 | Launching the scheme Princess Diana said : ‘ The awards will go to those who display exemplary qualities in adversity while helping others . ’ |
| 17 | Wayans insists the joke is meant to lampoon those who display unwarranted fear of Aids and is no way in poor taste . |
| 18 | THOUSANDS of couples who hate each other are trapped together in a living hell because of the slump . |
| 19 | This is the polar opposite of those who have been brainwashed by an ideology , and who lose all sense of being individuals . |
| 20 | He was on his way to becoming a statistic , one of the sixty per cent of fathers who lose all contact with their children within five years of divorce . |
| 21 | It will also face the fact that those who lose least may have to compensate those who lose most , if free riding is to be checked . |
| 22 | Students who lose one or two days tuition because of the Easter holiday weekend will receive a pro-rata reduction in tuition fees . |
| 23 | It will also face the fact that those who lose least may have to compensate those who lose most , if free riding is to be checked . |
| 24 | And all serious people who regret all the people who 've died and been maimed should be interested in that . |
| 25 | Local residents , for example , who fear increased traffic can apply for their own traffic calming , since the authorities are now able to introduce it . |
| 26 | Protestors , who fear increased noise and disturbance from the development , were shocked by the decision . |
| 27 | The German mining company Uranerz operates the Key Lake uranium mine in Saskatchewan , believed to be the world 's largest , which has provoked expressions of concern from local Dene and Cree people , who fear possible radioactive contamination of their land . |
| 28 | PAYING off the mortgage ahead of time is certainly the safest investment and could also be best for taxpayers who fear reduced returns on deposits if Labour wins . |
| 29 | There are those like Bernard Taylor , professor of business policy at Henley Management College , who raise serious doubts about it : ‘ When I hear the word empowerment , I reach for my gun , because it 's one of those cosy words . |
| 30 | I know who number two is . |