Example sentences of "[Wh pn] is [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shadow aid Minister Michael Meacher , who is flying to Somalia next week , said : ‘ This famine , which is worse than the Ethiopia one of 1985 , has been brewing for two or three years . |
| 2 | Let us suppose a less hurried traveller who is flying to Bali with the intention of staying who wants the life he expects in Bali not for some business or educational purpose but for its own sake , as his vision of the Good Life . |
| 3 | Firstly , a defendant who is remanded in custody is likely to find it much more difficult to prepare an adequate defence than one who is free on bail . |
| 4 | It is to be observed that a proceeding under section 7(5) in no way precludes a defendant who is remanded in custody from making an application for bail either to the justices , or to the Crown Court , or to a judge in chambers , whichever tribunal is appropriate . |
| 5 | It is the person , not the business , who is registered for VAT . |
| 6 | ‘ registered foreign lawyer ’ means a foreign lawyer who is registered under section 89 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 ; |
| 7 | ‘ Any Englishman , ’ said Thiercelin between sips , ‘ who is drifting about Vienna at present , supposedly as a tourist , has at least an even chance of being one of Pitt 's spies . |
| 8 | ‘ The doctors can not explain it , neither can anyone else , ’ said Andrew who is staying with friends in Nunthorpe . |
| 9 | Police yesterday re-interviewed Leanne , who is staying with relatives . |
| 10 | ‘ Who is staying with Mrs Foster ? |
| 11 | Patsy Poppleton , who is engaged in research at the Pain Relief Clinic at Abingdon Hospital , resents the fact that research nurses are often looked on as ‘ slaves and handmaidens to doctors ’ . |
| 12 | There we have a student who is in receipt of a higher education ( almost by definition ) and , at the same time , an individual who is engaged in research . |
| 13 | State officials have the greatest agenda-setting capacity in corporatist policy-making , since they decide who is to participate in consultations , and invariably they chair the relevant committees . |
| 14 | The child who is cast in role as abbot of the cathedral is not identifying with some fictitious character called ‘ Abbot ’ , he is merely taking on an abbot 's function vis-à-vis the situation of being in charge of other people in the community , just as the football captain in a game is not playing a ‘ character ’ of a football captain , he is functioning in the required role of being in charge of his team . |
| 15 | So we have gathered here this evening to spend a last evening telling jokes with our friend , who is unfettered by responsibilities . |
| 16 | This means that a sailor who is lost at sea can tell which lighthouse he is looking at by simply counting the . |
| 17 | This desire , Hilton says , is the " love of Iesu " which is the ground of salvation whether or not man experiences the joy and love in the kind of illuminated understanding which is the special gift of the contemplative : Hilton spends some time at this stage of the book finding imaginative ways of pointing to the goal of contemplative discipline — the finding of Jesus who is lost in man 's soul as a treasure buried in a field ( c.49 ) but who also is a joy beyond all that desiring can encompass ( c.46 ) . |
| 18 | Wo n't Be Gone Long , who is trained at Lambourn by Nicky Henderson won the John Hughes Memorial Trophy over the Grand National fences with Dunwoody riding in 1990 and was also third in the Whitbread Gold Cup at Sandown Park . |
| 19 | Even more intriguing was a strong rumour that Steve Cauthen is to replace Greville Starkey on Cacoethes , who is trained like Assatis by Guy Harwood . |
| 20 | William Hill yesterday quoted Travelling Light as their 7-2 market leader ( from 4-1 ) but added a ‘ with a run ’ proviso as they had heard that all was not well with the three-year-old , who is trained by Lynda Ramsden at Sandhutton near Thirsk . |
| 21 | Cahervillahow , who is trained by Mouse Morris , missed all of last year because of a foot injury and has failed to show his old sparkle this term . |
| 22 | Kinane , aged 30 , rode the Irish filly The Caretaker to win Europe 's most valuable prize for two-year-olds , the Cartier Million , in Dublin on Saturday , but almost as soon as he had passed the post to complete his lucrative double on Carroll House , who is trained by Michael Jarvis at Newmarket , the klaxon sounded ominously to indicate a stewards ' inquiry . |
| 23 | The race has cut up badly with virtually no other opposition from England although the Irish team is a strong one , but Opera House , who is trained by Michael Stoute looks to have the credentials to take this one in style and give a rejuvenated Michael Roberts another big race success . |
| 24 | A nurse who is trained in research methods is ideally placed , she believes , to act as a go-between between doctor and patient . |
| 25 | JACK Johnson , general secretary of the Club and Institute Union who is to retire in October . |
| 26 | SIMON WILLIS is the new director of Motability , succeeding KEN KEEN who is to retire in June . |
| 27 | Brian Everthorpe , who is hanging over Shirley 's desk , straightens up guiltily . |
| 28 | Coronation Street ( ITV , 7.30pm ) : Who is plotting behind Mike Baldwin 's back ? |
| 29 | HEAD TO HEAD : A furious Princess Anne and defiant editor Eve Pollard who is refusing to back down |
| 30 | No one who is born of God will continue to sin . |