Example sentences of "who is [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It is aimed primarily at the generalist reader concerned with information resources and their use , who is looking for a non-technical assessment of what multimedia is , what it does and how it may be used in a range of applications .
2 The paper offers a model derived from ‘ job search theory ’ which is concerned with the optimal behaviour of an unemployed individual who is searching for a suitable job in the labour market .
3 Executive power is vested in the President , who is elected for a five-year term by direct suffrage , and who appoints the Council of Ministers , as well as members of the judiciary and the holders of certain public offices .
4 Executive power is vested in the President , who is elected for a five-year term .
5 Executive power is held by a President who is elected for a six-year term and who appoints a Cabinet including the Governor of the Federal District .
6 Executive power is in the hands of a President who is elected for a six-year term by the National Assembly .
7 Each state has its own constitution , is administered by a governor , who is elected for a six-year term , and has a Chamber of Deputies elected for a three-year term .
8 Executive power is in the hands of a President who is elected for a six-year term by the National Assembly ( Kuo-Min Ta-Hui ) .
9 Executive power is vested in the President , who is elected for a seven-year term .
10 PENNSYLVANIA governor Robert Casey , 61 , who is waiting for a heart-and-liver transplant , is continuing his duties from his hospital room .
11 Among the journalists is Nigel Short 's father , who is covering for a local newspaper in Manchester , the challenger 's home territory .
12 These expressions , and those like them ( Uriah Heep , Job 's Comforter , Don Quixote come immediately to mind ) involve a character who is used for a particular , and rather limited , purpose , namely the personalisation of a distinct quality .
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