Example sentences of "[adj] [Wh pn] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Chapters 3–4 Who said these words in the story ? |
2 | Before the Second World War , virtually the only people able to practise archaeology on a full-time basis were those employed in museums , or the few who had sufficient wealth to be self-financing . |
3 | She knew him when he came ; though he trod quietly his step was unmistakably light and long and confident , and he was one of the few who came that way by night alone , yet not furtively . |
4 | The loyal few who paid full price at the turnstiles deserved better , but the real losers were Sheffield Eagles , who wanted a tour game and would have used the opportunity much more imaginatively . |
5 | The fifth , René Lévesque , likewise recognized for his visionary leadership , was the premier of Quebec between 1976 and 1985 who brought that province to the brink of separation from the rest of Canada . |
6 | All adult women won the vote in 1928 , after partially winning it for women over 30 who possessed some property in 1918 . |
7 | Some who had subsequent pregnancies had refused any kind of test , despite in some cases being aggressively pressurised by the hospital . |
8 | For example , among those carers living with a dementia sufferer , there were some who gave little care because the sufferer did not need much , because they went out to work , or because they themselves were frail ; and at the other extreme were people who ‘ did everything ’ for a sufferer , and rarely left the house without him or her . |
9 | You swore to destroy my father and take his castle when he refused your offer for Alice — ‘ t was evil , but no worse than many another who coveted another man 's property . |
10 | Has not my right hon. and learned Friend conclusively convinced the House that only a Conservative Government have the courage to reduce taxation on the one hand and to get rid of taxes on the other , in contradistinction to nearly all other Governments before them , and especially the one between 1974 and 1979 who found endless ways of leaching money out of other people 's pockets ? |
11 | Between 1986 and 1991 , 18 ( 18% ) patients out of a total of 100 who underwent restorative proctocolectomy were aged 50 years or over ( median 55 years , range 50 to 66 years ) . |
12 | This was put right in 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII who left ten days out of the year . |
13 | In 13 cases liver function tests improved or remained static from the time of diagnosis , and have remained normal in two of those still alive who had normal values at diagnosis . |
14 | The child was right when she said it was people like that who did terrible things . |
15 | I was the only one of the three who had any confidence in Burmese , and so was able to be bilingual in teaching and in giving notes . |
16 | In fact , Kitty was the only one of the three who had enough time off during the day to help out on the barrow , but as she never got up until the sun rose and slipped away long before it had set , she still was n't what Granpa would have called an asset . |
17 | Oncogenic human papillomavirus was found in the cervix of 26 ( 41% ) of the 63 women who did not smoke , 22 ( 58% ) of the 38 who smoked 1–10 cigarettes a day , 28 ( 61% ) of the 46 who smoked 11–20 cigarettes a day , and 26 ( 76% ) of the 34 who smoked >=21; cigarettes a day . |
18 | Unconditional freedom for those of the Cape Town Sixteen who received suspended sentences and the lifting of the severe restrictions placed upon them . |
19 | The opening thrust of ‘ The Headmaster Ritual ’ brought immediate impact and soon became a favourite with all who had bad experiences at school ( which is everyone ) . |
20 | To all who attended this day we thank you for your good humour and co-operation under difficult circumstances . |
21 | Before deciding on whom to invite to succeed Sir Richard the BDDA created other opportunities of honouring all who rendered outstanding service to the BDDA by the introduction of " medals of honour " . |
22 | Vidalin was among many who transmitted coded messages to the Resistance . |
23 | A similar test of the CAPM was conducted in 1973 by Fama and MacBeth 4 who constructed 20 portfolios from NYSE listed stocks over the period January 1926 to June 1968 . |
24 | It meant , when it was given , that whoever had this house , could want nothing else . |
25 | Those who saw rural values being challenged by modern urban ideas found another cause to support in 1925 . |
26 | Or were those who studied these sub-cultures romanticising their role ? |
27 | And so those who devised all age worship in the in the sort of early eighties or late seventies , when it was the thing , devised it either to be just worship , or to be both education and worship . |
28 | Vote-guidance seekers , and those who lacked strong preferences , found personal conversations useful in helping them decide how to vote . |
29 | Thanks are due also to all those who took part in the experiments , especially those who asked common sense questions which I frequently found extremely difficult to answer as a cognitive psychologist . |
30 | Nor is it good news for the majority of people who already own-especially those who became first-time buyers over the past four years and whose complete capital has been wiped out : more than a million such people are probably technically bankrupt but need not admit it so long as they keep paying their mortgage . |