Example sentences of "[noun pl] who [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wife Sandra adds : ‘ He 's a man of few words who hates the slightest bit of noise . |
| 2 | He thought that if people such as the Iroquois of North America practised a particular type of agriculture it could be assumed that their institutions were the same as those of long dead prehistoric peoples who had a similar level of technology . |
| 3 | The Slavs were one of a score of peoples who ravaged the Roman world , but they are one of the few whose cultural identity has remained intact . |
| 4 | Israel is thrilled at the pace of absorption , and accuses the Arab world of manufacturing false conflict and fear ; a conflict that is whipping up greater hostility among two peoples who claim the same land . |
| 5 | That fate is connected with the primal parricide , and involves at least those nations influenced by Christianity and Islam , that is , those peoples who share the Old Testament sacred writings with the Jews and claim the same God , the same Father in heaven . |
| 6 | The historical sketch included in Macdonald 's 1904 survey of women in the printing trades states that it was indeed the pupils of Merchant Company Schools who formed the first recruits , and that these were " a better class of girl " , sometimes described as " stickit " ( would-be ) teachers . |
| 7 | Those readers who remember the 1951 Festival of Britain in London will no doubt recall the shot tower which attracted much attention at the time . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Edwardians who had no such inhibitions |
| 10 | As is his wont , the novelist delivers an appropriate come-uppance to not-so-eminent Edwardians who adopt the pompous manners of the Empire and refuse to acknowledge that the rest of the world is due to move on . |
| 11 | The British sweet tooth was cultivated by sugar traders who formed the third side of the triangular slave trade : British cotton goods were exported to Africa , African slaves to the West Indies and West Indian sugar to Britain . |
| 12 | Yet the Conservative dominance of the new government , and their move towards protectionism , alienated Sir Herbert Samuel and the free traders who left the National government in September 1932 . |
| 13 | Here Greeks and Muslims and Jews , representatives of the ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean world , had mingled for centuries ; and it was a natural entrepot for the spices of the east and a port of call for the Jewish and Muslim traders who linked the western world with India and China . |
| 14 | For traders who want a low-risk futures position , an intracommodity spread may be attractive . |
| 15 | In the 1990s the report of these professional organizations who constituted a separate industry , was based on what they could discover about the applicant 's known record to date as regards prompt and full payment , on the applicant 's own assertions and , controversially ( because of possible contravention of the Data Protection Act ) information volunteered upon questioning by third parties . |
| 16 | He had cause to be ; a number of the clergy who compiled the 1801 Returns saw the improving larger farmer as a mixed blessing , likely to be more interested in maximising his profits than in keeping prices reasonable , ‘ the cause of the dearness of Butcher 's meat , cheese , etc. etc … . it destroys the comforts of the lower class of society ’ . |
| 17 | For example , although most retail grocery advertising in the UK used to consist of lists of prices , and consumers tended to expect it to do so , it is unrealistic to expect advertising to do the major job of communicating large numbers of prices , especially promotional prices , when this can be done far better by window bills and in-store display : there are few shoppers who analyse every available grocery ad before deciding where to shop . |
| 18 | Shoppers who get a raw deal can write to an ombudsman |
| 19 | British shoppers who want the best prices may be better of shopping cross-channel . |
| 20 | By the time of Jesus , those Jews who lived a good distance from Jerusalem were required only to make the pilgrimage at Passover . |
| 21 | He recommended such celebration both by summarizing the history of Jason of Cyrene — who gave an account of the events — and by introducing the two letters of the Palestinian Jews who invited the Egyptian Jews to join in the celebration . |
| 22 | Resident in the area , I provide a personal service to discerning clients who seek the best apartments , villas and country properties in and around Cannes . |
| 23 | Top London hairdresser Charles Worthington ( tel : 071–831 5303 ) is suggesting setting to more and more clients who want a different look for special occasions . |
| 24 | Williams and Moorey ( 1989 ) have provided a convincing rebuttal of this notion with their description of its use with clients who have a mental handicap . |
| 25 | Work with clients who have a known record of violence or aggressive behaviour |
| 26 | From videofilms shown to reporters in Saudi Arabia , and the reports of the few journalists who spent the first days of the war in Baghdad , other successful hits can be independently verified . |
| 27 | He to me was an example of one of the few untrained journalists who make a real success of TV news . |
| 28 | Journalists who telephoned the divisional police were told bluntly that the men had not even been interviewed at the time the army spokesman had made his statement . |
| 29 | So , while it is always worth seeking out the names of journalists who have a special interest in your subject , and if appropriate sending the releases to them at home as well as to their office , always be sure to send your releases to the newsdesk and perhaps to one or two others on the paper too if it is appropriate . |
| 30 | I can only volunteer that this is done by designers who have an imperfect understanding of the nature and properties of wood , or who are literally prepared to risk it . |