Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb base] [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went on to attack scientists on both sides of the lead debate ‘ who ally themselves to political campaigns … |
| 2 | As many as half the New Yorkers who inject themselves with intravenous drugs may carry the AIDS virus ; in the Tacoma and Seattle area only about 10% of the addicts are infected . |
| 3 | But those who trap themselves inside nationalist thinking , which includes most political journalists and politicians in the UK , prefer not to reckon with the historical fact that most of recorded human history managed fairly well , indeed probably much better , without nationalism . |
| 4 | I said they would be noticed because you got a better response from people who put you in small groups feel there is less pressure on them . |
| 5 | It attracts those who seek it to large structured organizations and into programmed , structured jobs . |
| 6 | Like alcohol or money , it is capable of vast abuse by those who exploit it for financial purposes . |
| 7 | I hope that my right hon. Friend will join me , the rest of the House and the country in issuing a warning , in the hope and expectation that those who describe themselves as loyalist paramilitaries will not , under any circumstances , physically react to this ghastly occurrence . |
| 8 | We are represented by men hungry for high political office who will therefore not rock the party boat ; men whose loyalty is to their political careers , not necessarily their constituents ; men who know nothing of rural life , for why should they , nurtured as they were in towns or suburbs ? |
| 9 | It 's no good having people who know nothing about qualitative research applying their yardsticks of experimental science to all types of research . |
| 10 | This is a familiar point to those who know anything of Freudian theory . |
| 11 | The importance of these spiritual disciplines is also recognized in Islam , where from earliest times there has been a certain class of men known as ‘ The Weepers ’ , who devote themselves to ascetic practices . |
| 12 | The police have praised Parveen for her courage , but they 're not recommending that women who find themselves in similar situations react in the same way . |
| 13 | An interest-free loan fund is also available to students who find themselves in unforeseen financial difficulty . |
| 14 | An interest-free loan fund is also available to students who find themselves in unforeseen financial difficulty . |
| 15 | In his spare time , Geoff is an active life member of the Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust , who dedicate themselves to preserving museum pieces of the rich output of Rolls-Royce and associated companies over the years . |
| 16 | He 's had a lifelong fight with feminists who accuse him of extreme male chauvinism and damaging their dignity . |
| 17 | Most voters have neither the time nor the inclination to scrutinize position papers or to weigh judiciously the qualities of those who offer themselves in primary elections . |
| 18 | His meditations are interrupted by two figures from his past , who remind him of separate acts of cowardice and inhumanity . |
| 19 | You can see that in the faces of those who do it for positive reasons unconnected with ego . |
| 20 | They respond with their age-old weapons — by trying to order their daughters-in-law about , taking away their jewellery , making their lives impossible with hundreds of petty rules , forcing sons and daughters who oppose them into arranged marriages , and , more than anything else , trying to get hold of every pay packet which is brought home . |
| 21 | They explain different things , or different parts of the same thing , and can thus coexist without creating deep conflicts in those who employ them with admirable discrimination and precision . |
| 22 | Today , I was told , villagers living around the great wool churches of Lavenham and Long Melford have to bar their doors and ignore the knocking of tourists , who take them for antique shops and offer to buy their furniture . |
| 23 | They are thought to be the victims of fishermen , who blame them for meagre fish stocks . |
| 24 | This year , Hester is spending Christmas with friends who have lots of young children : ‘ That will help to fill the void , ’ she says . |
| 25 | The word ‘ theory ’ has always aroused suspicion amongst the English , who see themselves as practical people and sound empiricists . |
| 26 | Because we all try to twist circumstances in such a way that they conform with our subconscious picture of ourselves , those who see themselves as permanent victims will automatically seek out people who are going to treat them as such . |