Example sentences of "who [vb past] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The mixture of reactionary conservatism and political anti-semitism in the main represented a response of those who asked for a stable hierarchical society based on paternalistic deference .
2 On the one hand , there were those who argued for a simple causal relationship between education and security in the labour-market .
3 The French objective was spelled out more clearly in November by Couve de Murville who argued for a complete overhaul of the Community institutions , in effect implying a revision of the heart of Rome .
4 This quest for control of resources caused a row in the London Borough of Newham last week when a council recommendation to fund a refugee centre was — unsuccessfully in the end — opposed by Muslim councillors , who argued for a Muslim centre instead .
5 Many look to those classical theorists , such as J. S. Mill and Jean-Jacques Rousseau , who argued for a participatory system of democracy where citizens are sovereign .
6 The question of who is an " occupant " is discussed in Paterson v. City of Glasgow District Licensing Board , 1982 S.L.T. ( Sh.Ct. ) 37 , where a new manager who applied for a permanent transfer of an off sale licence was held not to be an " occupant " where he had no interest in the premises other than as an employee .
7 Variation and discharge The following may apply for variation or discharge of a s8 order : ( i ) anyone entitled to apply for an order under a s8 order without seeking leave ( see above ) ; ( ii ) the person who applied for the original order ; or ( iii ) in the case of a contact order , the person named in the order .
8 The Soviet announcement in September 1989 that it was to dismantle the Krasnoyarsk radar station in Siberia ( see p. 36909 ) was followed by a statement on Oct. 23 , 1989 , by the Soviet Foreign Minister , Eduard Shevardnadze , who admitted for the first time that the location and orientation of the radar station constituted " a violation of the ABM treaty " .
9 An Agence France-Presse ( AFP ) news agency report of Dec. 8 said that ICO Foreign Ministers who met for a preparatory session in Dakar on Dec. 5-9 , had adopted a draft resolution expressing " full solidarity " with Libya in its confrontation with Western states over the Lockerbie affair [ see p. 38599 ] and underlined their " concern over … the possible use of force " .
10 It was faith in a God Who cared for an individual , and spoke to him , lovingly and regularly .
11 That should go to the rescue workers who took great risks to bring out survivors , the skill of the medical teams and the love expressed by those who cared for the injured and bereaved .
12 The rest had left finance , bar a few who retrained for the burgeoning futures markets in right-to-pollute certificates and manual-job options .
13 Among those taking up the challenge was Haslemere architect Alan Coombes , who entered for the 15th time with his 1914 three-and-a-half horsepower three-speed , 4,500cc Douglas .
14 Conversely , where there is an oversupply of manpower of a particular kind , one may find downwards substitution , e.g. graduates working in ‘ non-graduate ’ jobs , leading sometimes to a ‘ cascade ’ effect whereby people who trained for a particular level of work are systematically displaced by those more highly trained .
15 Christina flicked back her long hair and concentrated on Pauline , who seemed for the first time to want to confide in her .
16 Viv Richards , who came for a quiet life , is left privately shaking his head and wondering whether there will ever be a perfect world — and a county side blissfully , permanently free from controversy .
17 Of the students in my time , one has since become an archbishop , John Aung Hla ; another , John Maung Pe became the first bishop of Akyab , and another who came for a short term of study and an even shorter curacy was John Richardson , the saintly schoolteacher , catechist , priest and bishop in turn of Car Nicobar , where under his influence the whole of the island population , including witch doctors , became Christian .
18 Most of the 1,500 crowd who came for the best objects on the last two days of the sale meanwhile , were just tourists , which made taking bids extremely difficult and fatiguing , Tajan said .
19 Like the Dutch family who came for the half-term holiday in late February one year .
20 Did n't we have a black guy who played for a few season in the second division with Revie before the real glory years .
21 Ballymena will have the services of former London Irish flanker Gareth White , who played for the Irish Exiles last season , but is now home working in Coleraine .
22 The gift was signed by 92-year-old Mr Harry Moon of Earlston House , Coniscliffe Road , Darlington , who played for the 1923 Minor Counties side which took on the might of the West Indies .
23 And a friend and neighbour of hers , who played for the local cricket team , was wantonly murdered by the poor , dreadful Ruth Ellis , the last woman to be hanged in England .
24 However , Mark Hughes , who scored for the second game running , and Brian McClair intend to make Ferguson 's decision as hard as possible .
25 Of this large number of people I have known of only a small handful of people who opted for a non-Christian funeral .
26 Yes , they 've got a week or two to get it together and send it in , but we know from what people have pledged that that 's what we can expect at least , and that 's from over a thousand cyclists ranging from , I saw one child in a seat behind their parents on a bike , up to an eighty nine year old lady from Brill who cycled for the first time in years and really enjoyed it .
27 The businessmen who last year jostled to fill Mr Collor 's campaign chest now sound like the turkeys who cackled for an early Christmas .
28 ‘ And who paid for the extra deliveries ?
29 It disgraced itself on the Cambrian Coast Express some weeks ago and was hauled back ignominiously to the works where a tremendous flap occurred as to who paid for the necessary .
30 The only real criticism Shamir received came from hardline " hawks " , such as Ariel Sharon , who pressed for a military attack on Iraq .
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