Example sentences of "[noun] who [verb] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A FORMER soldier who blew up a motorist with a home-made bomb because of a £140 debt was jailed for 12 years yesterday . |
| 2 | ‘ Most of them are 16-year-old Kiwis who have n't an idea how to pull a decent pint of Guinness . ’ |
| 3 | Not strange at all , of course , in economic terms , since the slacks and Pringle jumper brigade who make up the bulk of business in summer would n't take the Austin Maxi out of the car-port if there was even a remote chance of frost . |
| 4 | Cheshire Fire Brigade who set up an emergency operation centre on site said the cloud had been taken by the prevailing wind east of Northwich . |
| 5 | A blend of grass seed , fertiliser and cellulose glue , it was being spread over the paths as a last ditch attempt to save an area the size of four football pitches from irreversible soil erosion caused by the 250,000 walkers who tramp around the area every year . |
| 6 | Wu Po-hsiung was appointed Interior Minister , replacing Hsu Shui-teh who took on the role of Taiwan 's unofficial ambassador in Japan . |
| 7 | The purpose of this research project is to obtain presently lacking information on the way of life , social structure and ideology of a Bantu-speaking people called Lungu who live around the southern end of Lake Tanganyika in East-Central Africa . |
| 8 | Similarly other hard information is scant , for instance James Braid who laid out the ‘ links ’ as they were called for some time , is not mentioned until the sixth meeting on October 29th ; that is four months after the first nine holes were opened , and even then the reference is vague . |
| 9 | For the term ‘ reason ’ implies the giving of reason , and a recipient who understands both the reason that is offered , and that it is a reason ( inviting a response ) . |
| 10 | The ballroom had been thrown wide to accommodate the funeral guests , and Mrs Diggory was busy serving refreshments to the gentlemen who had just a short time since returned from the graveside of the deceased Lady Merchiston . |
| 11 | Thus , the study emphasises the role of social attitudes in second language learning , ie. attitudes towards learning the second language itself and towards the native speakers who make up the second language community . |
| 12 | The hunter who strikes down a wild peccary with a blowgun dart is participating in only one aspect of this process , and the critical role is played by the ruwang . |
| 13 | And what terrible damage they do , have done through the centuries , from the Inquisitor General to Stalin , to your young neighbour in the IRA who believes in the Catholic God and uses that to justify his murdering you in your bed , to the Mullah who whips up the faithful to civil strife in the name of Allah , to the Moonie who steals your children 's money and affections . |
| 14 | Pathologists who carried out a post-mortem examination on Mrs Henderson said she had developed a chest infection and died from complications due to her head injury . |
| 15 | Stunned police hunting the maniacs who rigged up the deadly device said the 13-year-old should have been killed instantly . |
| 16 | ‘ Enjoy our disco-bats in their jungle gym in the sky ! ’ was the enticing offer stripped across the GG 's Barnum Room doors , the disco-bats being male acrobats who performed over a net draped just above the heads of the dancers . |
| 17 | Another critic who took up the moral cudgels against the ‘ spicy ’ jokes and suggestive songs described how ‘ this kind of garbage is part and parcel of the repertoire of nearly every music hall in the kingdom … it puts decency and clean-living at a discount , and it glorifies immorality all round ’ . |
| 18 | It was Johnny who set up the first weekly pools and bingo competitions at the Palace and it is from those humble beginnings that the massively valuable present-day lottery has grown . |
| 19 | Like an archaeologist who digs up a tiny shard in the desert and from it extrapolates a whole civilisation , so Simon Charsley lifts an inconsequential marzipan confection and uses it to illuminate the shifting sands of Western civilisation . |
| 20 | For the appropriate timing for such an application , see Ginera Ltd. v. City of Glasgow District Licensing Board , 1982 S.L.T. 136 , in which the Second Division considered it would be " odd " if an applicant who had only a provisional grant of a licence , could have permission for Sunday opening before the licence for the premises was in force . |
| 21 | It may however , be questioned , whether this role should be performed by a mixture of hereditary and life peers who make up the Lords ' membership or , indeed , whether there is an important role here at all . |
| 22 | Because he 's articulate he 's often perceived as a serious intellectual who thinks out every step and nuance of Smashing Pumpkins , but he 's actually quite aware of the stupidity of rock star posturing and this come out in self-deprecation . |
| 23 | At a joint one-day Wedgwood and Sotheby 's identification and valuation event at the Westfries Museum , in Hoorn , Lynn encountered many Dutch visitors who brought in a variety of heirlooms or pieces they had collected . |
| 24 | This is n't such a monumental task but for the arrival of another 150,000 visitors who have exactly the same plans ! |
| 25 | Well there was , did you hear about the woman in Ireland who won about a hundred and fifty thousand ? |
| 26 | The assembly instructions were all written to US specification which provided an interesting conversion problem for the youngsters who took up the challenge . |
| 27 | Fifty-three years old when he came to the throne , and crippled by the kick of a horse in his youth , what could he do against all these turbulent and forceful lords , his brother Albany , his son Rothesay , and these Black Douglases who bore almost the prestige of a royal dynasty ? |
| 28 | Though 130,000 passports represent only about a quarter of Macao 's population , most recipients are the professionals and businessmen who make up the backbone of the enclave economy . |
| 29 | In the case of parents who have either no children or normal children , there is little scope at present for identifying the likelihood of having a mentally handicapped child . |
| 30 | Consultant pathologist Dr Stephen Dundas who carried out a post mortem said Mr Ryder had died as a result of overdosing on both tablets and alcohol . |