Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb -s] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Game theory , in general , postulates a set of ‘ players ’ ( the ‘ interested parties ’ , be they individuals or groups ) , each of whom has a set of strategies ; strategies meaning courses of action that can be taken , which may be conditional on moves made by the others . |
| 2 | Geldof , who offers a mix of interviews , showbiz and fashion , hailed it ‘ a success ’ — even though his name was spelt ‘ Geldorf ’ on a trailer . |
| 3 | This principle has been extended so that a person who books a holiday on behalf of others , e.g. a husband booking on behalf of himself his wife and children , may obtain damages not only for his own disappointment etc. but also for the disappointment sustained by his wife and children . |
| 4 | Following Harris ( 1975 ) 62 Cr App R 28 ( CA ) , a person who books a room at an hotel implies that he has money to pay . |
| 5 | Donald Stewart owns three guns ’ — Menzies spoke in a pressing whisper — ‘ there were spears there , and pikes — ‘ Who wins a battle — professionals or enthusiasts ? ’ |
| 6 | Shoreditch eventually found it in a dictionary of American slang : ‘ A horse who wins a race by prearrangement ; a person , team , candidate , etc , who will or did win easily . ’ |
| 7 | The comedy drama , called Henri , is about the adventures of a brilliant young accordion player from a small rural town who wins a place at a Belfast music school . |
| 8 | The winner of the Black Swan 10th Anniversary Quiz is Sue Kimber of Books Etc , Victoria , who wins a stay in Stratford-upon-Avon for two , plus tickets to a Shakespeare play and a meal afterwards . |
| 9 | Wayans is Johnny Stewart , a Chicago wide boy from the wrong side of the tracks who ekes a living by executing scams on unsuspecting white folks with his hyper-active bro Seymour , one Marlon Wayans . |
| 10 | The deadlock may be broken by Alberto Vicari , a German despite his Italian name , who represents a group of shareholders who control 5% of Continental 's stock . |
| 11 | The technique is often to introduce a speaker who represents a product in this way : the local radio announcer says live , " Many housewives today use bleach to disinfect kitchen surfaces and to protect the health of their families . |
| 12 | When a thinker unravels previously unnoticed implications of a familiar idea , one seems stupid to have missed them oneself ; but anyone who discerns a similarity which runs athwart the current categories , a poet by metaphor or a scientist by a new model or paradigm , can strike us with astonishment and awe , as a genius whose spontaneous flash illuminates what no logical operation within the frame of accepted concepts could have disclosed . |
| 13 | One who inherits a title whilst a Member of the House of Commons or a candidate for a seat in it can remain or become a Member for only one month before disclaiming . |
| 14 | The peasant , who receives a plot of land through redistribution becomes a member of the petty bourgeoisie , identifying his interests with those of the farmer . |
| 15 | By a somewhat artificial rule , a servant who receives a thing from his master for the master 's use is deemed not to be in possession of it , though the contrary is true where he receives it from a stranger for the master 's use . |
| 16 | The winning entry came from K. A. Normanton of Winchester , who receives a copy of In Search of Neptune : A Celebration of the National Trust 's Coastline for identifying the item as a nineteenth-century scarificator or automatic ‘ leech ’ for blood-letting . |
| 17 | WHAT a difference between my experience and that of a Swindon woman who receives a letter 90 minutes after it was posted . |
| 18 | But anyone who launches a bid for Ferranti will want to be sure there are no more black holes lurking in the company 's books . |
| 19 | The vast majority of what are generally called well-educated persons in this country have , in the very process of their education , been impressed with the belief that metre is an arrangement of language which can be judged by the application of a mechanical test , and that the poet who produces a line which does not answer to the test is a fit subject for correction by any critic who can point out the discrepancy . |
| 20 | Last week it announced a ’ Made in Britain ’ campaign ; yet its deputy leader is a Birmingham Member of Parliament who drives a top of the range French Citroen motor car . |
| 21 | He recorded verdicts of accidental death and urged anyone who dumps a fridge or freezer to make sure the door hinges were smashed so the tragedy could n't be repeated . |
| 22 | Mel will send up the ex-Mirror publisher in his TV show with Griff Rhys Jones , who plays a reporter . |
| 23 | Eve , 23 , who plays a striker in a men 's team in a BBC drama , said the Chelsea and QPR fans were ‘ disgusting ’ . |
| 24 | Was there anybody in here who plays a recorder and has some knowledge already of music and would be interested trying for the violin ? |
| 25 | Madonna , who plays a murder suspect who seduces her married lawyer , has no complaints . |
| 26 | ‘ An actor is someone who plays a role , tells a story , ’ he explains , ‘ and a star is someone who 's always acting in front of everybody . |
| 27 | In other agencies , this role is filled by the account executive , but then there may well be a research specialist who fulfils a service function , advising on market research and its interpretation , and perhaps doing some small-scale research personally . |
| 28 | ‘ The Andy Warhol of Spain … who thinks a Camel cigarette packet has as much value as a Picasso ’ , an artist who reckons to ‘ make cultural sandwiches for the brain ’ . |
| 29 | This is the story of Okonkwo , the strong son of a feckless father who builds a position of respect and authority for himself in the tribe — only to see things fall apart as he is undermined by the arrival of whites . |
| 30 | 9 ( 8 ) HOUSESITTER : Romantic comedy about an architect , Steve Martin , who builds a dream home for a girlfriend who drops him and is replaced by Goldie Hawn . |