Example sentences of "[prep] whom [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However most of those for whom we had relevant information did feel strain , often considerable , and often very acute . |
| 2 | ( He is certainly the first pope for whom we have direct evidence that he had been at a centre of learning . ) |
| 3 | Indeed I think that the the the present secretary of state for whom I have great respect and regard , I think he would be very well advised to think again , because I think that the temporary derision that he would meet in the House of Commons would be nothing as compared with the the er the wounding that he will sustain later if and when things go wrong with these proposals . |
| 4 | I shall give way to the hon. Gentleman , for whom I have some affection , or to any other Labour Member who can tell me what part of that mandate I have reneged on . |
| 5 | The Secretary of State is one of the few Ministers for whom I have any respect . |
| 6 | It is important to do justice to the situation , which necessarily involves a description of a very remarkable woman for whom I have considerable respect . |
| 7 | He could emulate neither the austere aristocracy of Pius XII , whom he revered and always defended , nor the comfortable geniality of John XXIII for whom he felt great affection ( dating back to 1925 ) . |
| 8 | He also ignored the extent to which the concrete policies of Derry Labour , as distinct from its rhetoric , were the common currency of all opponents of the Unionist Party , including the Nationalists , for whom he had boundless contempt . |
| 9 | Naturally , Eliot was pleased about my enthusiasm for Collingwood , for whom he had considerable regard ; but although he told me he liked the Essay on Philosophical Method , which had appeared in 1933 and concerning which I had attended Collingwood 's lecture-course in my first year , I could see that he was more interested in such works as A. E. Taylor 's Faith of a Moralist , or more directly theological works , such as those of Jacques Maritain . |
| 10 | This in turn brought him into contact with Owen Jones , the Superintendent of the Exhibition , for whom he wrote two introductions to Jones ' Grammar of Ornament , first published in 1856 . |
| 11 | Wing-half John was forced to retire from professional soccer with a back injury after a distinguished career with Luton , for whom he played 218 games from 1953–1962 , scoring 16 goals , and then Bournemouth . |
| 12 | Having entered the Merchant Navy at the age of fifteen , he had jumped ship into the US Navy and ended in the Royal Navy for whom he played seventeen seasons of rugby . |
| 13 | His desk is rimmed with pictures of prominent people — a senator , a Saudi prince , an ambassador — patients for whom he has retarded death by cancer . |
| 14 | One of Roche 's most famous clients was the mighty CBS , for whom he undertook four CEO searches in the nine years between 1971 and 1980 . |
| 15 | His will ( 3 October 1425 ) is an attractive snapshot of an old man at peace in a little world of cathedral , household , and staff , for all of whom he made careful provision in a modest , surprisingly austere account . |
| 16 | How , with respect to what , and for and against whom they use that power are what we should be investigating . |
| 17 | A rough-hewn psychological explanation would hold that , because many second generation Caribbeans and Africans in the UK are raised in single-parent families , in almost every case the parent being the mother , the children pass into an emotional void at the ages of 13 or 14 and seek out father figures in the shape of sports coaches with whom they form compensatory attachments . |
| 18 | Wicca followers , like the Canaanites , visualise their gods as images of animals or horned gods , thus breaking the second commandment of the group with whom they seek closer ties ( Exodus 20:4 ) . |
| 19 | Like Maurice , with whom they had some affinities , Nevin and Schaff had a horror of party-spirit and sectarianism , and also of the individualism they found deeply entrenched in much American Protestantism , especially in the revivalist movements which came more and more to the fore through the nineteenth century . |
| 20 | The bulk of the remainder are held by companies who show a strong preference for holding the stock of companies with whom they have important trading connections . |
| 21 | On our way we called on the established church minister , who had been the means of our coming to the Island , and with whom we had special business , and were immensely tickled to find that he had actually fled ! |
| 22 | The presentation took place in the showroom where she also received a Caithness Crystal glass vase given by her friends in the factory and warehouse with whom she had close links for many years . |
| 23 | Then she married and divorced top conductor Andre Previn with whom she had three sons — and adopted Soon-Yi . |
| 24 | A ‘ social contact ’ here is any individual , not a residential member of the housewife 's family , with whom she experiences social interaction . |
| 25 | He took most of the responsibility for the selection and training of staff , with whom he enjoyed good relations , and was an excellent host , with a particular knowledge of French wines . |
| 26 | Business acquaintances , you would call them , the ones with whom he spent last week . ’ |
| 27 | He was a friend of such antiquaries as Sir Robert Cotton ( with whom he swapped medieval manuscripts and from whose collection he copied extracts ) , Sir Simonds D'Ewes , and Sir William Dugdale [ qq.v. ] ( who in his History of Warwickshire , 1730 edition , p. 913 , thanked him as ‘ a gentleman of great knowledge in Antiquities and a special furtherer of this worke ’ ) . |
| 28 | He spent some time in Holland in the company of an Indian guru with whom he had long walks and conversations through which came the realization that he should build a new career around his two key interests : his satisfaction in working with children and his love of Art . |
| 29 | At the age of twenty-one he joined his father 's lace business , and in the following year ( 1881 ) he married Annie Maria Winlaw , the daughter of a baker , with whom he had four daughters and three sons . |
| 30 | He could have failed to get a personal interview with the one man with whom he had some sort of contact . |