Example sentences of "[adj] who [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also disappointed were some who hoped for an inauguration of a holy war against the Roman occupation of Judaea : he taught non-resistance , love to enemies . |
| 2 | Of the students in my time , one has since become an archbishop , John Aung Hla ; another , John Maung Pe became the first bishop of Akyab , and another who came for a short term of study and an even shorter curacy was John Richardson , the saintly schoolteacher , catechist , priest and bishop in turn of Car Nicobar , where under his influence the whole of the island population , including witch doctors , became Christian . |
| 3 | Nevertheless he insisted that , at least until they were over Esk , they must all stay together ; they owed that to the Border men and indeed all who looked for a share in the spoil . |
| 4 | Although a perfect antidote to those who yearn for a return of those days . |
| 5 | But those who wish for a basically Northern solution , even a dual national state with inputs both from the Republic and Britain , can interpret the policy as suiting their needs , and can thus find space on the ballot paper for the SDLP . |
| 6 | It is very understandable that those who wish for a federal Europe should have tried to undermine the credibility of the ‘ Fresh Start ’ Motion , since it attracted the names of over eighty Conservative Members of Parliament . |
| 7 | The mixture of reactionary conservatism and political anti-semitism in the main represented a response of those who asked for a stable hierarchical society based on paternalistic deference . |
| 8 | Almost 30 pages of art for only £4.25 and as with Eastern Promise , copyright free for all those who knit for a profit . |
| 9 | In the tradition of Western philosophy there have always been those who longed for a society in which injustice and poverty were abolished and people able to share their material possessions . |
| 10 | In Kufra district many of the foreigners were black , and Tibbu-speakers from Chad were the majority , a presence which alarmists saw as overwhelming because they counted as resident those who paused for a week or a month on their way north or south . |
| 11 | But it is just this sort of judgment which those who argue for a unfudgeable standard do not wish to see exercised . |
| 12 | Those who argue for a ‘ carer 's benefit ’ need to ponder this point and consider ways in which such allowances could be used to support the existing arrangements in a household in which carers are in employment and wish to continue . |
| 13 | ‘ There was too much emphasis on how fast we could grow , ’ he says , but adds that the company is still turning down about 70 per cent of those who apply for an Amex card . |
| 14 | Certainly those who came for a meal with Dorothy Mellings — while Alice was there , with Jasper — tended to come in ones or twos , mostly women , perhaps needing Dorothy 's advice , or even to borrow money ; divorced friends — so many of the couples that had been to the Mellings 's in the good days had split up . |
| 15 | On the one hand , there were those who argued for a simple causal relationship between education and security in the labour-market . |
| 16 | Even within the non-union camp , the British idea of a loose grouping of European states in close association with the United States faced opposition from those who argued for a ‘ third force , essentially a cooperative European security arrangement without American participation : General de Gaulle had already made it clear in 1946 that he favoured this path . |
| 17 | It would seem to be doubtful whether a fall of this magnitude was commensurate with the effort put in by those who called for a boycott , that is , Provisional Sinn Fein , I RSP , Unity and Fathers Faul and Murray . |
| 18 | Claiming that the allied forces had a " game plan " which was being followed , he said that he sympathized with the motives of those who called for an indefinite air campaign , but that any decision on the launching of a ground offensive would be based on military advice ; there would be no " delay for the sake of delay , hoping that it would save lives " . |
| 19 | Nabi Berri , leader of the Shia organization Amal and currently a Cabinet member , said on Aug. 18 that a postponement was undesirable and that " those who call for a postponement are also targeting the Taif accord " . |
| 20 | In addition rituals and procedures are laid down for those who have for a variety of reasons become ‘ unclean ’ , and so have become cut off from the rest of the community . |