Example sentences of "who [adj] [vb past] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever the modern relationships between scientific ecology and environmentalism , we must beware of assuming that similar relationships governed the attitudes of the biologists who first began the systematic study of ecology in the 1890s . |
| 2 | Cadbury World is a permanent exhibition devoted entirely to Chocolate — where it came from , who first drank the mysterious potion , when it became eating chocolate and the part Cadbury played in this fascinating story . |
| 3 | Former Widnes boss Laughton , who first tempted the ex-Llanelli half-back to switch codes four years ago , said : ‘ I have not been in touch with Widnes about Jonathan Davies and it has never been discussed by our board . ’ |
| 4 | Laughton , the former Widnes boss who first tempted the ex-Llanelli half-back star to switch codes for a record £250,000 fee four years ago , said : ‘ I have not been in touch with Widnes about Jonathan Davies and it has never been discussed by our board . |
| 5 | Precisely who first devised the conical form of the sail on the special stunters that followed out of California and Hawaii is not recorded.The camber of the sail was natural anyway , the Radcliffe bridle had established the bridle points , but the new designers ( Tony Cyphert and Don Tabor are often credited ) added the rear cross-spar and this permitted the trihedron bridle which also absorbed the strain on glass fibre spars . |
| 6 | … it was Bukharin who first formulated the general relation of equilibrium for extended reproduction . |
| 7 | Mr Wolski was among the group of keepers who first saw the escaped golden eagle . |
| 8 | It was Eugene Hansen , Chair of the University 's Board of Regents , who first articulated the hidden threat : ‘ ’ waiting and seeing ’ could mean that the discovery of the century will be developed by Mitsubishi . ’ |
| 9 | I now thank that friend who first put the direct question to me and made me make the decision . |
| 10 | — Hunter , who first conceived the happy thought , |
| 11 | Leslie , who first hit the big time on kiddies ' show Crackerjack , was about to host a new TV series of Stars In Their Eyes — nominated for an award as Britain 's best light entertainment show . |
| 12 | It was one of the medical records clerks who first mentioned the sponsored walk to me when I had visited the hospital to give a lecture to some of the nursing staff shortly after I had started my maternity leave . |
| 13 | His fellows include those who brought bananas from the Indian Ocean coast to the highlands of east Africa , those who brought cassava from the Atlantic coast of Angola to the forests of Zaire , and those who first trekked the hump-backed Zebu cattle down the valley of the Nile . |
| 14 | This collection of traditional rhymes is edited by Iona and Peter Opie , who first published the little book in 1946 . |
| 15 | Moving right up to date , Andres Gomez scored a popular point for Ecuador in 1990 , while the two most recent Grand Slam debutants were Monica Seles , who first won the French title in the same year and who retained it last year , and the current men 's title holder , the American Jim Courier . |
| 16 | CARDIFF , who last won the Welsh Cup in 1987 , had a lucky double in the newly named SWALEC Cup yesterday when they were drawn at home in rounds four and five . |