Example sentences of "[prep] [Wh pn] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many readers will be familiar with both , but I have included the following for those for whom brief easy-to-find summaries will be useful . |
| 2 | As a medium through which to secure your fame and fortune , even those publications for whom discovering new talent is an important role are n't the force they were . |
| 3 | The trustee or personal representative may , inter alia , deal in the securities to which that information relates if his trades are based on the advice of someone who appeared to him to be an appropriate person for whom to seek such advice and who did not seem to him to be prohibited by ss.1 , 2 , 4 , or 5 from dealing . |
| 4 | Debtors have difficult choices about whom to pay first ; often they will pay the person at the door at the time . |
| 5 | Under the heading ‘ Money-Lenders ’ Baits ' he showed his readers how the cormorants attempted to lure them into their net — advertisements from loan merchants hiding behind grand names like The Clerical and Medical Bank , in all parts of Britain , none of whom saw fit to mention the rates of interest they would charge , and some specifying Without Sureties . |
| 6 | ‘ In the space of two years , we moved from a domestic merchant bank with 500 people , all of whom knew each other very well , to an organisation with nearly 3,000 people spread all over the world , ’ says Mr Reed . |
| 7 | In the aftermath of the Cuban revolution , the Communists , forced to contend with Castroite , Maoist and Trotskyist dissenters , all of whom advocated armed struggle , were at times uncertain how to respond to the rise of guerrilla activity in their own countries . |
| 8 | About 70 per cent of new entrants were over twenty-one , half of whom lacked two A levels , and fewer than a quarter were school-leavers with these qualifications or their equivalent . |
| 9 | For medical treatment they and their children depended upon the Poor Law or , mainly in the cities , medical charities , or upon the charity of doctors , some of whom treated poor families free of charge or ran medical clubs of their own to which poorer patients could make small contributions . |
| 10 | Coalbrookdale acted like a magnet on artists , most of whom painted romantic images of the iron bridge in its wooded valley setting , and the bridge itself was soon being promoted as a tourist attraction . |
| 11 | With a closely guarded guest list of just eight — four of whom remain unidentified despite intense investigations — the marriage was being staged under the attentive gaze of their jailers . |
| 12 | One explanation is that Uganda 's two most prominent leaders in the recent past were Idi Amin and Milton Obote , both of whom set worldwide standards for venality and corruption . |
| 13 | And mingled among these honoured guests , many of whom wore beautiful black hats with the hint of a veil , or faded velvet jackets , were some of the up-and-thrusting National Salvation Front Ministers the sons of the very men and women who had helped to destroy Romania 's culture . |
| 14 | In December I was interviewed on a dark evening at Trinity by a group of Fellows , one of whom wore enormous boots and all of them seemed amused by my belief that there were no good books on eighteenth-century English history . |
| 15 | In these respects Frith/Moll is represented in the tradition of the warrior woman and the folk figure of Long Meg of Westminster , both of whom distinguish true morality from false , the proper man from the braggart , and finally submit to the former ( Shepherd , Amazons , esp . |
| 16 | The Catalan left 's participation in the Pact of San Sebastian bound Spanish Republicans and Socialists , few of whom felt real sympathy towards the idea of regional autonomy , to a policy which was always certain to alienate the Spanish right . |
| 17 | They had six sons , one of whom died young and four of whom became Anglican clergymen , and seven daughters . |
| 18 | Inside the studio we were brought back sharply to reality by a studio audience , all of whom shared two characteristics . |
| 19 | The final stages of the negotiations coincided with the presence of Michael Clapham as Chairman of the Council , and Edwin Kerr as Chief Officer , both of whom played influential parts in the process . |
| 20 | Preparing the ‘ patchwork pieces ’ from remnants was an ideal occupation for her continuing band of outworkers ; Laura considered it an essential part of her duty to keep feeding these women , many of whom lived such isolated lives in the hills that they might go for days without talking to anyone . |
| 21 | When I regressed her , Eileen did in fact describe to me a happy , boisterous childhood with her sister and her six brothers — all of whom took great delight in spoiling their baby sister . |
| 22 | His restlessness permeated the entire house , and she felt guilty , certain that her presence was tying him to Gullholm , that if it were n't for her he would go home , or visit one or other of his sisters or his mother , all of whom made regular telephone calls . |
| 23 | The specimens he studied were collected mainly by J. Bennie and A. Macconochie , the official Fossil Collectors , both of whom made many significant discoveries during their careers . |
| 24 | He dodged between the startled shoppers , none of whom made any attempt to stop him . |
| 25 | However , such land is intended to be used by hikers and campers , many of whom show little respect for rare reptiles , in particular harmless water snakes , and even pangolins and pythons . |
| 26 | We already do that for widows , most of whom get enough in benefits — paid regardless of their incomes — to lift them well above supplementary benefit levels . |
| 27 | The other male riders , all of whom looked stunned , seemed jolted by Green 's gesture and there was a scramble to imitate it . |
| 28 | When they inspected the wicket , they found it being rolled by some prisoners from the local jail , one of whom looked familiar to Boycott . |
| 29 | The Padre was strung limply between the shoulders of a young ensign and of an ancient pensioner , both of whom looked ill , worn out , and exasperated . |
| 30 | 37 transgenic pigs , all of whom express human DAF , have been born . |