Example sentences of "person who [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Officials attributed these increases to persons who killed cattle for beef . |
| 2 | As we understand it , the Chancellor does not tax spirits more heavily because of their intrinsic properties nor because of the categories of persons who consume spirits , but because he considers that spirits face market circumstances which allow them to bear heavier taxes . |
| 3 | The foreigners resident in Paris were represented not only by their Ambassadors but frequently by non-official persons who had access to the Court , such as the American socialite Lillie Moulton . |
| 4 | There it was held that those persons who had access to inside information were required to observe the ‘ abstain or disclose ’ principle ie they had either to disclose the inside information which they held or abstain from trading . |
| 5 | Moreover , a large proportion of traders and persons who followed service professions also owned land and sometimes cultivated it themselves . |
| 6 | So , too , the Factors Act 1889 protects persons who receive goods in good Kith and for value from a mercantile agent to whom goods have been entrusted by the owner for the purpose of being sold or pledged . |
| 7 | This indicates that if the court 's desire is to protect the public from persons who take vehicles without the owner 's consent , that is by a sense of general deterrence , then this particular criterion of the Criminal Justice Act will not be applicable The question posed for the courts must be whether taking a vehicle without consent can ever , as an individual offence , be so serious that a non-custodial sentence can not be considered . |
| 8 | It requires a broader approach than task analysis in that it often involves tracing the acquisition of the skill starting from the kind of persons who undertake training ( the selection criteria ) through the training procedures to the end product ( the training success criteria ) . |
| 9 | The Minister will be aware of my concern about the period of imprisonment served by persons who murder members of the security forces . |
| 10 | There then followed the passage which I have already cited in which Lord Wilberforce stressed the responsibility lying on persons who sign documents . |
| 11 | Mr. Secretary Baker , supported by Mr. Secretary Heseltine , Mr. Secretary Newton , Mr. Secretary Brooke , Mr. Secretary Hunt , Mr. Secretary Lang and Mr. Peter Lloyd , presented a Bill to make provision about persons who claim asylum in the United Kingdom and to extend the provisions of the Immigration ( Carriers ' Liability ) Act 1987 to transit passengers : And the same was read the First time ; and ordered to be read a Second time and to be printed [ Bill 1 . ] |
| 12 | A study of persons who suffered accidents resulting in paraplegia and tetraplegia showed that 75 per cent of the professional group found similar employment two to three years after the onset of disability and the remaining 25 per cent were unemployed . |
| 13 | Applications from persons who hold qualifications not included in this list will be considered on their merit . |
| 14 | ( e ) … there shall be paid from amounts imposed as a penalty under this section and recovered by the Commission or the Attorney General , such sums , not to exceed 10 per cent of such amounts , as the Commission deems appropriate , to the person or persons who provide information leading to the imposition of such penalty . |
| 15 | ( c ) The law is , therefore , that persons who obtain goods by presenting a cheque which they know will be dishonoured are not guilty of theft . |
| 16 | American persons who wear training shoes with suits and fur coats can not be taken seriously . |
| 17 | At worst , it was regarded as consisting of sanctimonious , middle-class persons who mouthed government cliches about ‘ power-sharing ’ and said that they would be equally satisfied to live under London or Dublin . |
| 18 | This " supplying the means " infringement is useful as it applies to persons who supply products in kit form . |
| 19 | Lord Wilberforce considered ( at pp986 and 987 ) that there were two possible interpretations to the section : The first is to regard it as having a limited effect ; to be directed against persons who transfer assets abroad ; who by means of such transfers avoid tax , and who yet manage when resident in the United Kingdom to obtain or to be in a position to obtain benefits from those assets . |
| 20 | Persons who transfer assets abroad may do so for their benefit . |
| 21 | The abuse is repeated , as is the violation by a person or persons who have power over the life of a dependent . ’ |
| 22 | Clearly it is not easy to be precise about the numbers of mentally disordered persons who need help , but some figures of those actually receiving care or treatment are a rough guide to the size of the problem . |
| 23 | This exception is directed at rationalizing the British Leyland case and it allows for the fact that persons who buy items of equipment may need replacement parts in time and should be able to obtain spare parts in a free market at reasonable cost . |
| 24 | Now that such liability is firmly established , the question becomes whether persons who give advice or perform services should be liable to all persons who may foreseeably rely upon their work being properly performed with all due care . |
| 25 | The incidence of gastric cancer was investigated in the cohort of persons who used cimetidine in 1977–81 . |
| 26 | The right of the transferee to sue , in his own name , persons who used information obtained from the transferor in breach of confidence before the date of the transfer is not clearly established . |
| 27 | The conduct of persons who daub walls with racist graffiti is also nominally caught , although for practical reasons it may be simpler for the police to arrest and a prosecution brought for criminal damage , which carries a higher penalty if the damage done is sufficiently great , always supposing that the culprit can be apprehended . |
| 28 | Controlling persons may also be liable for controlled persons who tip others . |
| 29 | A sleeping partner is a person who contributes capital ( money ) to a business , and receives a share of the profits , but takes no active part in running the business . |
| 30 | The person who recruited Nowak , or who had been recruited by him , would be trembling with anticipation . |