Example sentences of "[prep] an [noun] [noun] who " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arising out of the struggles of individuals , pressure-group politics encourages the development of an elite leadership who then negotiate with those who hold power . |
| 2 | Room 89 is haunted , according to the security guard , by the ghost of an RAF batman who still brushes his master 's phantom uniform . |
| 3 | There was the case of an Essex player who smeared Vaseline from his eyebrows on to the ball and thus altered its flight . |
| 4 | Nearer to their hotel , Fred did an improvisation about the home life of an air hostess who was taken over in bed by her working phrases and asked her husband if he would care to recline and have a beverage . |
| 5 | A series of strange events have happened in the building which can be traced to the ghost of an old railwayman , and more recently the spirit of an art student who unfortunately got hooked on hard drugs , which combined with drink killed him after he had attended the celebration party to launch the Horizon Recording Studio . |
| 6 | The parents of an art student who disappeared in the middle of his exams , have made an emotional plea for him to come home . |
| 7 | Mandy was peering through the binoculars with the intensity of an army scout who had just discovered the enemy , and with a defeated sigh Charity let her own gaze drift in the same direction . |
| 8 | THE condition of an RIR soldier who lost both legs in a booby trap bomb blast in Lurgan is described as ‘ stable ’ . |
| 9 | If a bill of lading was issued either by a carrier or by its employee or agent whose authority included receiving goods and issuing bills of lading , the carrier was liable for damages : a ) to the owner of the goods covered by a straight bill of lading ; or b ) to the holder of an order bill who gave value in good faith , and who relied upon the description of the goods or upon their shipment on the date shown . |
| 10 | The entire school 's Christian input restricted to two Bible verses on a Friday morning and the opinions of an RE teacher who does n't even believe in God ? |
| 11 | Tonight the man who commands British Forces in the Gulf is named , while the wife of an Oxford man who 's stranded in Kuwait says her family now face homelessness . |
| 12 | The wife of an Oxford man who 's stranded in occupied Kuwait , is facing an uncertain future with no sign of her husband getting out . |
| 13 | The parents of an Oxford haemophiliac who recently died after contracting the H I V virus from contaminated blood , have written to the Prime Minister calling for a quick , out of court compensation deal . |
| 14 | Sir Cyril Norwood was the head of an Oxford college who had been the head of a Public School and written about leadership . |
| 15 | The administration consists of an executive President who is directly elected by universal adult suffrage for a five-year term , and who appoints and presides over a Council of Ministers . |
| 16 | Barbra Gilmor — Barbara Gilmour of Gilmore in its modem spelling — was the daughter of an Ayrshire farmer who , like many of his calling , was committed to the Solemn League and Covenant ( See chapter 21 ) . |
| 17 | H. W. Florey ( later Lord Florey , P.R.S. ) ( 1898–1968 ) was the Australian born son of an Oxfordshire shoemaker who had emigrated to Adelaide in 1885 . |
| 18 | He looked like an airline passenger who has just been told that all four engines on his 747 have just failed . |
| 19 | Even if you are drawn against an élite performer who has a great deal of experience , the fact that you may be younger , hungrier , fitter could be to your advantage . |
| 20 | He had come on as sub just as Tottenham began to turn the tide against an Everton side who had torn them apart in the first half . |
| 21 | Living alone with an Aunt Louise who was acting someone with a grievance might , I thought , be rather difficult . ) |
| 22 | One Home has had great success with an art therapist who came over to take classes , combining residents from a number of Homes close to each other . |
| 23 | There he discussed the details with an R.A.F. officer who , although none of the party had jumped before , was most helpful . |
| 24 | The Republic of Cameroon is a one-party state with an executive President who is head of state , head of government and C.-in-C. of the Armed Forces . |
| 25 | A police lieutenant was also sentenced to seven years , but 76 others , including an Army general who had led the operation , were acquitted for lack of proof . |
| 26 | THE CRYING GAME : Atmospheric drama about an IRA volunteer who guards a kidnapped British squaddie . |
| 27 | 13 ( — ) THE CRYING GAME : Drama about an IRA volunteer who guards a kidnapped British squaddie . |
| 28 | 9 ( 13 ) THE CRYING GAME : Atmospheric drama about an IRA volunteer who guards a kidnapped British squaddie . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's about an advertising man who gets disillusioned with the business , and who with the co-operation of his incredibly efficient and wonderful butler escapes to Provence . |
| 30 | HOPES were fading last night for an Anglesey man who has been missing in an Alaskan wilderness for five days . |