Example sentences of "who [vb base] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These falls have been due in part to straightforward changes in age structure : fewer children — who tend to increase average household size — and more elderly people — who tend to live in smaller households — will both lower the overall average household size . |
| 2 | New entrants to the venture capital industry are now low in number , probably reflecting the size and strength of incumbents in attracting the available funds , and it is likely that concentration will occur , creating larger institutions , possibly to the detriment of independent venture capitalists who tend to specialise in particular markets . |
| 3 | This qualification was designed for candidates with special needs who intend to progress into occupational NVQs . |
| 4 | All candidates who intend to study for any full-time first degree must apply through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service ( UCAS ) which for 1994 entry replaces UCCA/PCAS . |
| 5 | Guildford Kings star Gordon , who top scored with 17 points , put his country back on course to qualify for next year 's tournament finals in Germany , when all hope had seemed lost with less than five minutes remaining . |
| 6 | In the ‘ good pupil ’ list , teachers placed a high priority on ‘ being interested in the opposite sex ’ , and the pupils who appear to deviate from this ( ‘ cissy ’ boys or ‘ tomboy ’ girls ) call up spectres of homosexuality uncomfortable for many teachers . |
| 7 | Third , the particular reputational approach used by Hunter presupposed that which remained to be proven — that there is a group of forty people in whose hands power in Atlanta is concentrated — by devoting all his efforts to finding out the names of people who appear to belong to this elite . |
| 8 | It is not the intention of the Institute to penalise those who do not pay by direct debit , but rather to reward those who elect to pay by this means . |
| 9 | It is no accident that in all the great religions , people who want to engage in this kind of contemplative activity have organised a monastic life to cater to their needs . |
| 10 | Briefly , for those who want to search for one of these rarities : beautiful , very fast , start saving at £14,000 and go for the carburetted rather than the injected version . |
| 11 | So this letter which refers to our processes in this county council , it 's talking about people who want to go into residential care and to use public money . |
| 12 | At a conference in San Francisco not so long ago , I encountered some people who want to deal with all these problems by contraception . |
| 13 | The company will do its best to find jobs for those who want to stay with Scottish Nuclear , either in the B Station , the Dry Store , or possibly at Torness . |
| 14 | With regard to proclamation and persuasion one of the major difficulties in urban society is , how do you bring together those who want to tell with those who want to find out ? |
| 15 | A lot of new fixed-rate mortgages are now as low as 6–7% and Britain 's top lenders are charging those who want to convert to these lower rates enormous opting out fees . |
| 16 | It is certain that even those entrepreneurs and managers who seek to act as professional industrialists have to operate in an environment which is hostile to them , and in which the pursuit of marginal returns is an uphill struggle . |
| 17 | In the UK , for example , there is evidence that the local authority council house system has reduced mobility over long distances for those who seek housing in this sector ( Hughes and McCormick 1981 ) . |
| 18 | An annual briefing on cable break procedures and other emergencies would be very valuable for everyone who flies gliders , and particularly those who stop flying for long periods over the winter months and so get badly out of practice . |
| 19 | It is made by individual firms who hope to benefit through foreign trade . |
| 20 | Oh she said it 's silly making him do that I said er very quickly I said , I said do n't get me wrong I said for kids who enjoy going to that sort of thing it 's great and fine if it 's alright |
| 21 | As this type of personality is trapped in the fear of appearing weak , facing the ridicule of those who persecute goes against all the grain of personality . |
| 22 | Those who advise students say the pressures on those who seem destined for great things is enormous . |
| 23 | In our work , we often come across abused children , and adults , who seem to exist in some kind of nether world , unable to express fear , anger or love and who forever , unable to have satisfying relationships , feel alone — disconnected from themselves and others around them . |
| 24 | They are very costly and they are likely to be resisted by various sections of the community , including some of those who stand to benefit from such policies . |
| 25 | It will also become the focus of political lobbying by health authorities who stand to gain by this or that factor being included . |
| 26 | He said : ‘ We need to balance conflicting interests of those most closely concerned : the childless couple desperate for children , those who stand to gain from new scientific research , the human embryo with its potential for development . |
| 27 | Who hear swear with good nature ? |
| 28 | Nevertheless , there are always some cowboys who like to argue with all and sundry , including their horse . |
| 29 | But it is unreasonable from this to extrapolate ‘ the school ’ as one of the cornerstones of society — for what are schools but institutions in which , in the name of knowledge , we ghettoize the young , and keep them from adult company , coop up the violent with the meek , those who like learning with those who do n't , and in general fit them for the modern world , which one quick glimpse of the television will show them to be a violent , murderous , greedy , vulgar and horrid place , in which people in a good mood throw custard pies at one another and in a bad mood chop each other to pieces ? |
| 30 | The lawns are filled with the usual odd-ball cast of characters who like to congregate in Indian parks : little boys playing cricket in the dry water channels ; a lost-looking village goatherd with his flock ; picnicking Punjabi families with their tiffin-tins ; loving couples reclining against trees ; a saffron-robed Hindu ascetic sitting cross-legged on the grass ; a pair of elderly bent-backed colonels with identical walking sticks . |