Example sentences of "who [verb] a similar " in BNC.
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| 1 | All you need is love — the requiem for John Lennon , prophet of peace who met a similar fate . |
| 2 | Maureen Ruchardson , who made a similar appearance in the B is for Book exhibition at the Shipley Art Gallery in Gateshead , continues to cook and beat the fibres of local plants to provide us with hand-made paper . |
| 3 | Residents who visited a similar Anchor development in Hamilton , Scotland , will also be in court . |
| 4 | The way he interprets it owes a lot to the work of the late Ivon Hitchens , who used a similar technique , with broad swirls and patches of paint , and little attention to details . |
| 5 | ‘ He 's a wheeler-dealer and he came across it in a house where he was doing some plastering , ’ said Walton , who used a similar one when he played in the 1981 Walker Cup match in America . |
| 6 | Linn is one of several manufacturers who provide a similar facility , and as usual the effect is the elimination of the digital near-equivalent of tape wow & flutter known as ‘ jitter ’ . |
| 7 | On one occasion , on a 300-metre climb from the spectacular bridge over the Härrakalou , a green , algae-filled river that drains a huge area of the Sarek National Park , we were accompanied by two fit Dutch lads , who maintained a similar pace . |
| 8 | Like Lord Byron [ q.v. ] , who suffered a similar deprivation and whom he would grow to resemble in other ways , Douglas hero-worshipped the absent captain , at twelve beginning an autobiographical essay : ‘ As a child he was a militarist , and like many of his warlike elders , built up heroic opinions upon little information — some scrappy war stories of his father . ’ |
| 9 | How indeed , writes P Kevan of Liverpool , who recalls a similar incident . |
| 10 | Appearing alongside him was Detective Constable Robert Turner who faced a similar charge . |
| 11 | That was the fate of the American official who ordered a similar search through Mr Clinton 's files . |
| 12 | Last year 's survey was carried out with a group of practitioners at an audit regulation meeting run by the Southern Society , and in view of the continuing concerns about regulation , we repeated this exercise with 160 practitioners who attended a similar meeting in October 1992. 64 responses were received , some of which represented one response from several representatives of the same firm . |
| 13 | When the Black Prince announced measures against him , Armagnac first appealed to Edward III ; on receiving an unfavourable response , he took the matter further and appealed to the king of France , Charles V. In this he was joined by his nephew , the lord of Albret , who lodged a similar grievance against the Black Prince . |
| 14 | The only political figures of importance to be even slightly influenced by ideas of this kind were the Marquis d'Argenson , who controlled French foreign policy , with small practical success , in the years 1744–47 , and perhaps the Comte de Vergennes , who occupied a similar position in 1774 – 87 . |
| 15 | A great-aunt who performed a similar caring role is remembered in much the same way , as the one who ‘ spoilt me … |
| 16 | He defines a class as a group of individuals who share a similar position in a market economy and by virtue of that fact receive similar economic rewards . |
| 17 | Those who share a similar class situation also share similar life chances . |
| 18 | This shows that the actualization of the infinitive 's event is not what such sentences express , an analysis supported by Coates ( 1983 : 100 ) , who gives a similar argument for the meaning of can in her discussion of She can swim , and Palmer ( 1977 : 5 ) , who has pointed out that a sentence such as ( 12 ) is impossible because can " is not used to imply actuality in the past " : ( 12 ) * I ran fast and could catch the bus , Example ( 13 ) however is quite acceptable because it implies that the event did not take place , being seen merely as a possibility in the past ( i.e. a potentiality ) . |
| 19 | Justifying his veto , Bush , who vetoed a similar bill in March 1992 [ see p. 38814 ] , said that placing " broad conditions to China 's MFN renewal would not lead to faster progress in advancing our goals " . |
| 20 | He was compared with Aristides the Just , and there were those who wished a similar fate for him . |
| 21 | In the view of Holman and others who take a similar approach , bad parenting is firmly linked with social deprivation and its concomitant pressures on families . |
| 22 | Drawn peg 110 , Pete tripped bottom with waggler and maggot to head off Southam hotelier Dave McKay who had a similar net totalling 10–5–0 two pegs away . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | He did not approach her sexually ; he did not pretend grand passion ; he wanted to share his interest in Møn with another who had a similar love of the island . |
| 25 | Beuno who had a similar quality , she knew , did not misuse it . |
| 26 | ‘ Was n't there a judge in the 1950s who had a similar problem ? |
| 27 | It incorporated a common interface component allowing the use of different operating systems and this part had been added by a former employee of the plaintiff who had a similar program and interface . |
| 28 | The Association therefore wholeheartedly supports the venture and hopes that teachers will use the network to contact other teachers in their geographical are or locate colleagues who have a similar research interest . |
| 29 | It is stories like these which help to protect Easton 's policemen and women from the loss of morale which Manning claims is an inevitable result of the contradiction between the image the police have of themselves and their work and the low-key nature of practical policing ( Manning 1977 : 349 ; also see Holdaway 1983 , 1988 , who makes a similar point ) . |
| 30 | Coventry manager Don Howe , who underwent a similar operation nearly four years ago , said there was no reason why Mr Souness , 38 , should not be back at his desk well before the start of next season . |