Example sentences of "who is [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The School teaches an MSc in ‘ Scottish Fiction 1814–1940 ’ , and several of its staff members are actively researching Scottish literature of the field , including Professor R.D.S. Jack who is conducting a major revaluation of J.M.Barrie . |
| 2 | But Mr Ashdown , who is demanding a full-scale coalition , has so far rejected anything that Labour has offered , threatening to vote against a Queen 's Speech that does not include a commitment to electoral reform ; and Mr Kinnock has said that he has made no overtures — not even played the ‘ opening chords ’ — which would lead to a post-election pact . |
| 3 | Meanwhile 60 years ago , Richard Hollins Murray left this warning for anyone who is considering a similar project . |
| 4 | If he can actually make an effort to write in and persecute gays and ‘ ethnics ’ , then it is he who is spreading a terrible disease and ‘ twisting young kids ’ minds ’ . |
| 5 | In reality , full scripts are seldom ready in finished form by this date , especially on serials where the pressures on the Script Editor , who is handling a whole team of writers , are extreme . |
| 6 | You can always tell someone who is using a digital watch . |
| 7 | The exhibition is directed by Yves Bottineau , professor at Paris X-Nanterre , former curator of Versailles and author of L'art de cour dans l'Espagne de Philippe V , 1700–1746 , who is organising a three-day conference on the same subject 7–9 June . |
| 8 | Mobile minister the Rev Bill Harper , who is to conduct a special service for Maude , is to take her a letter from the Queen Mother and a signed photograph from Dr George Carey . |
| 9 | Sitting pretty : Eddie George , who is to take a five-year pay freeze as new governor of the Bank of England |
| 10 | 3 Each member who is given a Compulsory Sale Notice shall sell all of his shares referred to in the Compulsory Sale Notice at the highest price for the same class per Selling Share to be sold to the Proposed Purchaser on Completion by the Seller . |
| 11 | ‘ All I want is an even spread , after all we are disrupting community life for these people , ’ said Coun Smailes , who is writing a formal letter of complaint to the BBC . |
| 12 | to his brother who is hoisting a double baby-buggy |
| 13 | WE welcomed another French student to last month , who is studying a two-year course on International Trade at the Hugues Capet College in Senlis , France . |
| 14 | Kate , who is studying A Level music , and is a member of the Hampshire County Youth Orchestra , will be accompanied by the composer 's wife , Marianne . |
| 15 | He is a very shrewd businessman who has taken full advantage of having a market very largely to himself and who is suffering a temporary setback as a result of the economy . |
| 16 | It envisages those visits being as varied as the need — from the person wanting a four-month placement to work with elderly people in Poland or an adoption agency in Jamaica , to someone who is planning a two-week holiday in California who wants to take off a couple of days to spend them visiting the local branch of the US National Association of Social Workers . |
| 17 | There is nobody in a stronger position than someone who is doing a good job of work for nothing , especially when his employer is stingy and congenitally idle . |
| 18 | A pupil who is making a constant effort to use vision as fully as possible in school tasks may sometimes find this effort to be somewhat of an overload when his or her general level of well-being is low , for instance , when suffering from a cold or feeling particularly tired . |
| 19 | When you are directly opposed by another person who is launching a strong attack , it can be useful to : |
| 20 | Got to be a cobbler round who is having a lean time of it . ’ |
| 21 | The unlikely stud causing all this hormonal activity is Palm Beach cop Jack Dobson — the distinctly unsexy James Belushi struggling in vain to be Michael Douglas — who is having a secret affair with rich , frustrated socialite Ellen Schofield , Lorraine Bracco dripping in diamonds . |
| 22 | Dr Higenbottam , who is attending a two-day symposium of the British Thoracic Society in London , said : ‘ There is only a finite number of human organs available because we have to wait for someone to die . |
| 23 | An example of this is where the transaction relates to shares in a company and the firm is a financial adviser to the company , or the firm is advising someone who is contemplating a substantial acquisition of shares in the company . |
| 24 | ‘ Antoinette , my dear , you have n't met this young lady , who is paying a short visit from England . ’ |
| 25 | I rasp with the confidence of someone who is offering a constructive alternative , but with the sharp edge of a man who is losing patience . |