Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The final stages of the negotiations coincided with the presence of Michael Clapham as Chairman of the Council , and Edwin Kerr as Chief Officer , both of whom played influential parts in the process . |
| 2 | Our branch has just short of 100 members all of whom received 2 books of lottery tickets to sell by the end of July . |
| 3 | Coalbrookdale acted like a magnet on artists , most of whom painted romantic images of the iron bridge in its wooded valley setting , and the bridge itself was soon being promoted as a tourist attraction . |
| 4 | Its opponents included 105 Republicans led by the House Minority Whip , Newt Gingrich , most of whom opposed any increases in taxation , while the Democrats opposed cuts in benefits and services . |
| 5 | One young representative , Colin Mason , a computer systems manager from Streatham , who branded environmental controls as ‘ socialism by the back door ’ , was gently advised by the Secretary of State to read the Tory philospher Edmund Burke . |
| 6 | Collins says of Wilkinson : ‘ Any man who wins two championships in three years must be good — he certainly ca n't be bad ! ’ |
| 7 | A favourite character was the Rock King , who sold all kinds of rock and nougat . |
| 8 | Blandine de Bayser , who sold nine drawings on the first night , had a delicate portrait of a woman attributed to the 17th century painter Franois Quesnel at £10,000 , and a fine Tiepolo of the Holy family from the Orloff collection at £90,000 . |
| 9 | A TRANMERE man who attacked two sisters at a party told police he remembered little or nothing about it because of the quantity of drink he had consumed . |
| 10 | A MAN who attacked two sisters at a party told police he remembered little about it because of the amount of drink he had consumed . |
| 11 | The visit followed accusations by Egyptian officials over several weeks that gunmen who attacked foreign tourists in Egypt , damaging the lucrative tourism industry [ see pp. 39168 ; 39214-15 ] , had been trained in Iranian-run camps in Sudan . |
| 12 | Launching the scheme Princess Diana said : ‘ The awards will go to those who display exemplary qualities in adversity while helping others . ’ |
| 13 | Paul Beniston , who obtained his BA in Music in 1987 , was one of the members of Royal Fort Brass , a brass quintet formed in 1985 , who entertained many audiences with their wide-ranging repertoire , both serious and humorous . |
| 14 | They had originally offered £100,000 for Fox , who asked relegated Rovers for a move just before he left on the Lions tour Down Under in May . |
| 15 | Who hates big mouths like Stock , Aitken and Waterbucket ? |
| 16 | A person who receives current coins for value and in good faith , and a purchaser of goods in open market ( ‘ market overt' ) in good faith , acquires a good right even from a thief . |
| 17 | If , at Z Press , the editors at Layer 111 find and develop manuscripts into books with market potential , it is their general editor at Layer IV who fits those books into the press 's overall list , who thinks ahead to their position on next year 's list and later allocates resources to their production and marketing , and who makes projections about the publishing and book-buying trends of the next two to five years . |
| 18 | PAYING off the mortgage ahead of time is certainly the safest investment and could also be best for taxpayers who fear reduced returns on deposits if Labour wins . |
| 19 | The present book is the fruit of twenty years ' research and is an exhaustive catalogue of the families of silver makers who produced commemorative spoons for generations of prosperous West Country yeomen and their families , above all for births and christenings . |
| 20 | Of these the most important was Theodore Robinson , who did become a close friend of the painter , and who produced some paintings of the haystacks on which Monet was working at the time , which are almost indistinguishable from those of the master . |
| 21 | There are those like Bernard Taylor , professor of business policy at Henley Management College , who raise serious doubts about it : ‘ When I hear the word empowerment , I reach for my gun , because it 's one of those cosy words . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Just as the closing of the pleasure houses of the 1870s had thrown prostitutes onto the streets , so the suppression of brothels after 1885 probably increased street prostitution , at the same time pushing prostitutes into massage parlours and flats , and into the arms of ‘ bullies ’ , who became mythical figures of popular fears in the new moral panic over the white slave trade before 1912 . |
| 24 | This suggests that there was a subordinate caste of priests who were transvestite , who became nominal priestesses in the service of the deity : they were probably eunuchs . |
| 25 | They are usually the ghosts of people who lived evil lives during their time on earth , and are undeserving of entry to Heaven . |
| 26 | None of the old historians of this County take notice of this Chantry , not even Mr Lambarde , who lived some years in the Bishops ' Palace here . |
| 27 | So short a time , Charlotte realised with a shock , that he could not possibly have returned home in the meantime , since he was a close neighbour of the Bodens , who lived ten miles from Aurae Phiala . |
| 28 | In particular , they differ from those who sell other kinds of copyrighted products , book publishers for example , in their inflexibility over price . |
| 29 | I object er er yes I would like to , I would like to er second the resolutions , this , there is er , there is er a certainly a great deal of concern within the community both those er who live within reach of , of , of , of car boot sale erm er sites in particular the ones that are regular and also the people who attend them and get ripped off , that we need to do something about er bringing er the er , er at to add , add to law into range of , of the people who of , of people who er er of of people who er sell er of people who sell those goods at these at these functions . |
| 30 | Matthew Brady , senior butcher from Walthamstow , was another of the brave who endured 26 miles of sweat and pain to complete the London Marathon . |