Example sentences of "who [vb mod] [adv] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is obvious that there is some danger that the principle may be swallowed by these exceptions , particularly the second , since the determination of a patient 's lucidity is made by the doctor who may well disagree with the patient 's expressed wish and want to override it . |
| 2 | It is often spoken by a presenter who may never appear on the screen but is heard partly or entirely as " voice over " . |
| 3 | The reception office will then contact the housekeeping department , informing them of the complaint , who should then deal with the matter immediately . |
| 4 | He could never forget that the broken body on a mortuary slab was linked , somehow and somewhere , to living human beings — wives or husbands , parents , children , friends who might really care about the dead . |
| 5 | There were several other Navy Type 0s , who could well aspire to the shortened form ‘ Zero ’ , but the A6M is the overwhelming holder of that title . |
| 6 | ‘ Because he stayed in the bath too long and got shrunk , ’ said his grandad , who could never get into the bathroom when he wanted to because William or his mum were usually there , her in the bath or him on the lavatory reading a comic , which was one of his little pleasures in life . |
| 7 | The Decrucqs were one family who could never get over the loving care he lavished on their small son when he fell desperately ill with typhoid fever . |
| 8 | He hoped thus both to strengthen his hand in the cabinet , several of whose members were by no means convinced supporters of his policies , and to counteract the influence at court of the hostile Austrian and Russian ambassadors , who could usually count on the sympathy of George IV . |
| 9 | If you 're one of those people who 'd rather err on the safe side , the best advice is to avoid meat products which use scraps from cattle bones , such as pate and some cheap sausages . |
| 10 | ‘ Occasionally it was a bit hairy dealing with new Directors who 'd just come off the course , so I liked to balance things by including a few established stalwarts , like Christopher Barry , whom I could rely on to be very efficient and get shows together on time . |
| 11 | Cregar might lounge in silk pajamas and stuff himself with Parisian chocolates , but he was still a supporting heavy , a cringing underling who 'd never last at the top of the criminal tree . |
| 12 | Secondly , the provision of subways and footbridges should be avoided where possible , for they are often ignored by pedestrians who would rather dodge through the cars than climb to bridge level or expose themselves to the unpleasant and sometimes dangerous environment of a subway . |
| 13 | Or those voracious fish-eaters , otters , have been seen to play in the same pool as the salmon , fish who would normally flee from the presence of such a competent and fearsome predator . |
| 14 | and who would thus fall within the statutory definition of membership of that organisation . |
| 15 | McAllister or Strach would feed it out to Sharp ( who was absolutely brill — see below ) who would either wait for the overlap from Dorigo or take on Breacker ( skinning him most of the time ) . |
| 16 | We emphasised one particular question : is pneumonia a terminal event for elderly patients who would otherwise die over the succeeding months from underlying , chronic illnesses ? |
| 17 | There are more than a few Hungarians who would happily revert to the good old days of Kadarism , when the Hungarian president , Janos Kadar ( 1956–1986 ) , offered the ‘ cheeriest barracks ’ in eastern Europe a relatively high standard of living in return for political passivity . |
| 18 | The sort of girls who would quickly come to the fore are the sort of Malory-Towers-Swallows-and-Amazons type ; practical down to earth and capable , but there would probably be many unlike that who would be perfectly handless when it came to organisation and practicalities . |
| 19 | Its undemanding vocabulary and flat rhythms seem suited to the very young , for whom it is unnecessarily long , yet a five year old , who would still delight in the pictures , would be disappointed by its lack of wit and thin story . |
| 20 | ‘ Hrun the Barbarian , who would boldly walk into the jaws of Death Himself ? ’ |
| 21 | Again , this second set of reasons would be subscribed to by Free Presbyterians , who would only differ from the bulk of the Protestant population in being more consciously committed to such arguments . |
| 22 | To a less immediately visible extent the institution of policing is also set up to control those who would publicly demonstrate against the state and its executive powers . |
| 23 | His major territorial acquisition , the duchy of Lancaster estates in the north west , was already staffed by royal servants who would now look to the duke while retaining their links with the crown . |
| 24 | His major territorial acquisition , the duchy of Lancaster estates in the north west , was already staffed by royal servants who would now look to the duke while retaining their links with the crown . |
| 25 | Who would now quibble with the implications of that ? |
| 26 | He did not believe in the new property tax ; he believed that it would constitute theft from the old ladies living down the road , who would consequently vote against the Tories . |
| 27 | Who would ever guess from the benign expression on his face that just a moment ago he had been exploding with anger ? |
| 28 | There will be firms who are practising today who will probably figure in the er top one hundred in the city who in my opinion will not be practising in that shape or form three years from now . |
| 29 | William Waldegrave has now been appointed his lieutenant in the grinding battle within Whitehall , against warriors who will doubtless counterattack with the saddest words of public administration : ‘ We 've always done it this way . ’ |
| 30 | If universal education is a genuine ideal ; if , unlike the Greeks , we may claim to believe in such a thing as a democratic intellect , then we must stop thinking of a kind of people , a ‘ work-force ’ who will obediently slot into the place society has for them , trained as a kind of technological army . |