Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb base] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Many women are in employment but women also make up 60 per cent of Britain 's six million carers , many of whom look after elderly relatives .
2 I believe Boycott has not been asked because his approach to coaching Test players conflicts with the contract with sponsors Whittingdale , who insist on paid coaches wearing sponsored equipment and sticking to rigid schedules .
3 So , whilst in the foregoing passage repressed homosexuality is construed as a cause of a violent and neurotic racism , elsewhere Fanon regards manifest homosexuality as an effect of the same neurotic racism , though now in a masochistic rather than a sadistic form , and especially the masochistic relation of the white man to the black man : ‘ There are , for instance , men who go to ‘ houses ' ’ in order to be beaten by negroes ; passive homosexuals who insist on black partners ' ( pp. 158 , 156 , 177 ) .
4 I intend to concentrate on provision for the 18 per cent unstatemented pupils who remain in mainstream schools but who , as Warnock reminded us , have special needs .
5 The terms ‘ physically disabled ’ and ‘ physically handicapped ’ cover people with a wide range of disabilities : the blind and partially sighted , the deaf and hard of hearing , people with congenital deformities , those who have suffered serious injury , those who suffer from crippling diseases such as arthritis , tuberculosis , ‘ organic nervous disorders ’ , and so on .
6 For her show at the Jayne M. Baum gallery she has photographed portraits of children at Montifiore Hospital who suffer from cranio-facial deformities .
7 Only they will probably both know that these must not include anything too worrying or controversial , which could create the type of tension and anxiety that can so easily build up in the elderly , particularly in the many who suffer from circulatory troubles , or who have a naturally anxious personality which has become even more vulnerable with age .
8 That is a matter of saving the lives of thousands of people who suffer from rare diseases .
9 This means that it is not only effective for those who suffer from spinal disorders but in the treatment of many other conditions too .
10 Women who suffer from painful periods should consider giving up coffee altogether , because it constricts the blood vessels in the body and makes their cramps worse .
11 Many who suffer from these diseases experience years of ill-health and subsequent loss of productivity .
12 While working on people who suffer from these conditions I have always found that the neck muscles are extremely tight .
13 The most important outcome of the increased use of monitoring equipment is that people who suffer from respiratory diseases can be alerted to the possibility of a problem arising within the following 24 hours .
14 The Department advises people who suffer from respiratory diseases to take minimum exercise and , preferably , to stay indoors .
15 We have learnt that when there is protracted sunlight during the summer months the low-level ozone problem is activated and aggravated , causing massive difficulty for those who suffer from respiratory diseases .
16 That means doctors who qualify from Czech Univeristies will only be allowed by the General Medical Council to work in this country under the supervision of a fully registered colleague .
17 Shallow people ( who eat in nasty restaurants ) do not know that these are the things that matter .
18 The SCSE 's " Message to the Soviet people " [ see below ] echoed a letter in the ultra-conservative newspaper Soviyetskaya Rossiya ( the organ of the CPSU central committee ) on July 23 , entitled " A word to the people " , signed by 12 prominent figures including Tizyakov and Starodubtsev , and criticizing leaders " who grovel to foreign patrons and seek advice and blessing abroad " .
19 But there are companies who advertise in Yellow Pages that they will do investigations on behalf of employers of future employees .
20 For all those who sit on European committees , the CAP is the main criticism that we have of the Community 's work .
21 The federal government of the United States of America embodies a separation of powers between the executive , headed by a President elected for four years , the legislative branch , Congress , which comprises the Senate ( with 100 members who sit for six years , one-third being elected every two years ) and the House of Representatives ( with 435 members elected every two years ) , and the judicial branch , headed by the Supreme Court .
22 That approach consists of a code of good practice ( The Highway Code ) , a requirement that drivers pass a qualifying test , and a network of offences to penalize those who deviate from proper standards .
23 I feel that on behalf of all my colleagues who umpire at all levels of the fame I have to reply to Tim Byran 's letter ( WCM May ) .
24 The North View Engineering Works , in Harris Street , has been branded an eyesore which has become home to rats who scavenge in nearby houses making life misery for neighbours .
25 Older managers who report to younger ones , in particular , may resist the coaching session .
26 Her weekly budget is almost £1 million and she is responsible for feeding the 17,000 passengers who fly with British Airways each week .
27 But he has brought with him the Furies who appear at key moments of the action — the spectral creatures whose gaze he can not endure but whose presence he understands , since he believes he has murdered his wife .
28 Mr Solarz 's knack for generating publicity , his network of contacts in Asia , his influence with the administration and his reputation for knowing what he is talking about — rare enough among congressmen who spout on foreign affairs — give him clout .
29 While the Secretary of State is looking at that , however , will he also take a look at the idiots who race through these roadworks ?
30 It can be rescued only if we do not take judicial opinions at face value at all ; we must treat all the judges who worry about problematical statutes and precedents as practising some unmotivated form of deception .
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