Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb -s] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Game theory , in general , postulates a set of ‘ players ’ ( the ‘ interested parties ’ , be they individuals or groups ) , each of whom has a set of strategies ; strategies meaning courses of action that can be taken , which may be conditional on moves made by the others . |
| 2 | Geldof , who offers a mix of interviews , showbiz and fashion , hailed it ‘ a success ’ — even though his name was spelt ‘ Geldorf ’ on a trailer . |
| 3 | This principle has been extended so that a person who books a holiday on behalf of others , e.g. a husband booking on behalf of himself his wife and children , may obtain damages not only for his own disappointment etc. but also for the disappointment sustained by his wife and children . |
| 4 | Following Harris ( 1975 ) 62 Cr App R 28 ( CA ) , a person who books a room at an hotel implies that he has money to pay . |
| 5 | Shoreditch eventually found it in a dictionary of American slang : ‘ A horse who wins a race by prearrangement ; a person , team , candidate , etc , who will or did win easily . ’ |
| 6 | The comedy drama , called Henri , is about the adventures of a brilliant young accordion player from a small rural town who wins a place at a Belfast music school . |
| 7 | The winner of the Black Swan 10th Anniversary Quiz is Sue Kimber of Books Etc , Victoria , who wins a stay in Stratford-upon-Avon for two , plus tickets to a Shakespeare play and a meal afterwards . |
| 8 | Wayans is Johnny Stewart , a Chicago wide boy from the wrong side of the tracks who ekes a living by executing scams on unsuspecting white folks with his hyper-active bro Seymour , one Marlon Wayans . |
| 9 | The deadlock may be broken by Alberto Vicari , a German despite his Italian name , who represents a group of shareholders who control 5% of Continental 's stock . |
| 10 | The technique is often to introduce a speaker who represents a product in this way : the local radio announcer says live , " Many housewives today use bleach to disinfect kitchen surfaces and to protect the health of their families . |
| 11 | The peasant , who receives a plot of land through redistribution becomes a member of the petty bourgeoisie , identifying his interests with those of the farmer . |
| 12 | By a somewhat artificial rule , a servant who receives a thing from his master for the master 's use is deemed not to be in possession of it , though the contrary is true where he receives it from a stranger for the master 's use . |
| 13 | The winning entry came from K. A. Normanton of Winchester , who receives a copy of In Search of Neptune : A Celebration of the National Trust 's Coastline for identifying the item as a nineteenth-century scarificator or automatic ‘ leech ’ for blood-letting . |
| 14 | Normally anyone who receives an award in an Honours List attends on a particular day at the Palace when Her Majesty confers them wholesale . |
| 15 | But anyone who launches a bid for Ferranti will want to be sure there are no more black holes lurking in the company 's books . |
| 16 | Last week it announced a ’ Made in Britain ’ campaign ; yet its deputy leader is a Birmingham Member of Parliament who drives a top of the range French Citroen motor car . |
| 17 | Eve , 23 , who plays a striker in a men 's team in a BBC drama , said the Chelsea and QPR fans were ‘ disgusting ’ . |
| 18 | Bayle was chased throughout by Kawasaki 's Jeff Matiasevich and American Billy Liles , who rides a Honda for the English-based Action Workshop team . |
| 19 | This is the story of Okonkwo , the strong son of a feckless father who builds a position of respect and authority for himself in the tribe — only to see things fall apart as he is undermined by the arrival of whites . |
| 20 | A person who signs a document at the request of another puts into circulation a document on which , depending on its contents , others may rely . |
| 21 | However , it may still be possible for a person who signs a document after a misrepresentation of its effect by an agent of the other party to argue that , regardless of authority , the other party is vicariously responsible for the agent 's misrepresentation , and that the misrepresentation prevents reliance on the signed document . |
| 22 | For example , a writer who signs an agreement with a 60:40 split may be able to negotiate a rise of 5 per cent in every year of the contract . |
| 23 | The dominant supporting character is Lady Davers , who supplies an analysis of society 's reaction to such a misalliance . |
| 24 | To the New York Times Pebbles was ‘ the English filly who drinks a pint of stout every morning and went to post in the company of a British gelding she has a crush on ’ ; in the 1985 Breeders ' Cup Turf at Aqueduct she ‘ overcame a poor start and traffic problems to beat the boys by a neck ’ and provide Britain 's first win in a Breeders ' Cup event . |
| 25 | The academic scientist who seeks and identifies a new chemical messenger is providing his industrial colleagues with the basis for a whole new range of drugs , and the industrial pharmacologist who screens a range of new chemical entities and finds one which alters the behaviour of the brain is offering a new tool for his academic brethren . |
| 26 | Like any man who turns a grudge into a crusade , Joyce 's alienation from reality grew more pitiful . |
| 27 | Therefore a person who writes a program in COBOL infringes no copyright in the process of writing the program . |
| 28 | The response of those engaged in the arduous labours which led to the conclusion of the Convention is no doubt not dissimilar to that of the scholar who writes a book on the doctrine of unconscionability in contract law and is then taken to task by a reviewer for his failure to cover breach and termination — in other words , for not writing a different book . |
| 29 | Always paid for everything and that sort of thing , ’ says Jean Shrimpton , who lives an hour down the road from Bailey in Cornwall . |
| 30 | Instead of having to come home from work and worry about wrapping up the Christmas presents , or writing letters to friends , or having a long conversation with someone in the family who needs a bit of support , and fitting all that in after the children have gone to bed and the supper 's been washed up and you really ought to be reading papers for tomorrow 's meeting , I know I have a chunk of time when I can get on with doing all that . |