Example sentences of "those [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her utterly unquestioning faith in the Bible led her to believe that none could possibly be luckier or greater than those whom the love of God chooses , and if the love of God had chosen to choose the Jews , then their superiority over the rest of mankind could not possibly be doubted . |
| 2 | Life will get even tougher for those whom everyone loves to hate — estate agents . |
| 3 | It had to be , because Tories destroy those whom they deem disloyal . |
| 4 | It is still not clear whether the approximately 250 people still listed as missing include those whom ex-detainees say were still alive in May , or if they include the names of those last seen in 1984 or 1986 . |
| 5 | St Clement Danes is a place of pilgrimage for many who come to see the incribed names in the Memorial Books of those whom they have lost . |
| 6 | He has respect for the almost tribal traditional wisdom of those whom he later called the ‘ quiet-voiced elders ’ and their ‘ dead secrets , , but in the end these are to be renounced or incorporated in a higher Christian scheme and vision . |
| 7 | Conversely , those whom he is supposed to desire , and always in specified ways , namely women , he is discouraged from identifying with : that would equal effeminacy ; so in relation to them desire for precludes identification with . |
| 8 | I am not ashamed to be regarded as sympathetic to the anxieties of those whom life appears to be treating harshly . |
| 9 | According to Engels the State only develops with the full elaboration of classes , and it is the tool of the ruling class enforcing its will on those whom it oppresses . |
| 10 | In an almost throw-away sentence the book gives one of the highest figures for the number of those whom Stalin killed or imprisoned during collectivisation and the purges : ‘ According to preliminary estimates , the total number of victims of the repressions was around 40 million . ’ |
| 11 | Those whom it has encouraged are the likes of Saddam Hussein , who are fundamentally correct in claiming a link between the two occupations — hardly a flattering analogy but one for which many people may be about to pay for America 's 30 years of pusillanimity in the Middle East . |
| 12 | Despite his fame amongst his contemporaries , Gassendi has been overshadowed by those whom he influenced — perhaps because of the modesty and undogmatic nature of his arguments , which lie buried in lengthy , copiously annotated Latin works . |
| 13 | In particular we find the cases of what are called ‘ uses ’ or trusts — transactions whereby a man legally transfers land to another , but with an understanding that the transferee will hold it for the benefit of the former , or for the benefit of those whom he will name in his will . |
| 14 | For those whom thou think ‘ st thou dost overthrow |
| 15 | Those whom they encountered were for the most part leading precarious lives ; they lacked the leisure , the mental energy , even the vocabulary , for speculation about the great issues of heaven and hell , death and judgement . |
| 16 | Those who got selected either for constituencies , or for the Central Office list when it was established in the 1950s , tended to be those whom old buffers in the party already had a pretty good idea about , because they knew their fathers , their regiments or their schools . |
| 17 | Our kings and emperors , who take the place of the almighty ruler in this world , are set above all other pastors ; and it is entirely incongruous that those whom Christ , mindful of his flock , has constituted princes of this earth [ i.e. bishops ] , should be under the dominion of any but those who excel all mortals by the blessing of God and the glory of their crown . |
| 18 | For instance , when Petrarch met the Emperor Charles IV at Mantua in 1354 he gave him some Roman coins with the words , ‘ Look , Caesar , on those whom you have succeeded ; look on those you should strive to emulate . ’ |
| 19 | The question is one of degree and not of kind , for , were Christianity not to some extent shaped by those cultures in which it existed , it would not speak a language understood by the majority of those whom it addressed . |
| 20 | The ground of my being , the cornerstone of my art , is here on Møn , pre-dating the destruction of what I loved and those whom I loved . |
| 21 | If for much of the last 50 years the Russians were almost invisible , and those whom we did see were either the brilliant defectors or carefully hand-picked stars , it is hardly surprising that the British public swallowed the myth . |
| 22 | By the time I arrived at B.P. there was need for many more of those whom Peter Calvocoressi calls the Indians , and the net had been cast wider to trawl the less élite from universities other than Oxford and Cambridge . |
| 23 | Robert Halsband writes : ‘ Mrs. Yearsley was not the first of those whom Robert Southey called ‘ Our Uneducated Poets ’ but she was the first notable woman among them . ’ |
| 24 | Some researchers have observed that teachers are prone to ignore truancy , being less than sympathetic to those whom they regard as ‘ non-conformers ’ and whose absence means a smaller and easier class to manage . |
| 25 | ‘ The question of peace for the Jews is not less important to civilization for their being a scattered tribe , and ever-rancorous Catholicism may yet have to be bloodily taught not to provoke the persecution and murder of those whom life abides even with partiality ’ . |
| 26 | Those whom Balfour had described as ‘ the existing non-Jewish communities of Palestine ’ were about to undergo their first catastrophe . |
| 27 | These disturbing images — convoys of refugees , unsanitary tent encampments — were initially refracted because Lebanon had itself vainly assisted the ridiculous ‘ Arab Liberation Army ’ in its war against the new Israeli state ; for the Lebanese , their own military failure was of greater moment than the fate of those whom they were supposed to be saving . |
| 28 | It is a problem which has occupied the minds of those whom Canon Roger Lloyd has dubbed ‘ station saunterers ’ ( ‘ the railway lover counts no time wasted which he spends sauntering on a good station ’ ) . |
| 29 | A. H. Halsey , David Donnison , John Vaizey , Noel Annan , and Michael Young were among those whom he invited to his home to argue about the strategies and , but only after they had worked , to enjoy his hospitality : ‘ People become much too talkative if you give them something to drink . ’ |
| 30 | Another passage says , ‘ My son , do not despise the Lord 's discipline and do not resent his rebuke , because the Lord disciplines those whom he loves , as a father the son he delights in . ’ |