Example sentences of "who [vb -s] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Competitive tendering is a system whereby contracts are awarded to the supplier who offers the best deal . |
| 2 | Dave Whelan , 53 , who played for Blackburn Rovers and broke a leg in the 1960 FA Cup final , has offered £100,000 to any youngster born within 10 miles of Wigan parish church who wins the junior Wimbledon title in the next 10 years . |
| 3 | Dave Whelan , 53 , who played for Blackburn Rovers and broke a leg in the 1960 FA Cup final , has offred £100,000 to any youngster born within 10 miles of Wigan parish church who wins the junior Wimbledon title in the next 10 years . |
| 4 | The bill is just over £300 and is the last poll tax bill which will have to be paid , no matter who wins the General Election . |
| 5 | But I want to be a history maker , to be the first coach who wins the European Cup for an English club and the coach who makes England an international force . |
| 6 | A SUBSTANTIAL silent minority still holds the key to who wins the marginal seat of Darlington , according to a new poll . |
| 7 | Well it 's one who spoils the bloody party is n't he ? |
| 8 | She has from day one showed her disdain for me as one opposed to hypocrisy and her type of esoteric or pseudo intellectuality — being satisfied as I am with intelligence , integrity and interest ( ! ) — and has manifestly made it clear she overtly dislikes me because I wo n't be moulded or do what she wants or tells me — she suffers the matriarch/ bossy syndrome ( childhood nickname I am told was ) and does not like the fact I am utterly my own forthright person who spoils the incestuous sibling smythe-watson quartet which she ‘ ran ’ so self-interestedly for so long … |
| 9 | Father Caden , who represents the Catholic diocese on Durham County Council 's education committee , said he , too , wanted a clear declaration that extra places were a basic need in the north end of Darlington . |
| 10 | THE MISSING link reappears at Goodwood this afternoon in the shape of Ile De Nisky ( 2.45 ) , the horse who represents the prime piece of evidence in the argument over the comparative merits of Nashwan and Old Vic , writes John Karter . |
| 11 | It found that a number of them were ‘ what could be described as pits ’ , according to the Nigerian ambassador , BA Clark , who headed the team and who represents the United Nations Transition Assistance Group ( Untag ) in Angola . |
| 12 | Wife Sandra adds : ‘ He 's a man of few words who hates the slightest bit of noise . |
| 13 | When the change has been scheduled , a copy of the Change Control Form will be sent to the Change Coordinator who records the following information in the Changes Log : |
| 14 | The tellers look first at who receives the first preference on each ballot paper and put into each candidate 's box every ballot paper on which he is number one . |
| 15 | A choreographer who neglects the old rules and any item pertinent to the unfolding of the plot , theme or music is demanding a great deal from an audience . |
| 16 | And Tara ( 6 ) , owned by Leslie Patton of Bangor , will be Sandy , the faithful dog who befriends the little orphan girl . |
| 17 | He was backed by the grand dame of the series , Ann Charleston , who plays the matriarchal Madge . |
| 18 | Actor Bill Waddington , who plays the grumpy pensioner , discovered his new-found status when a letter written in Thai arrived at Granada 's studios in Manchester . |
| 19 | We always try to help each other , ’ said one of Kylie 's closest cast friends , Ian Smith , who plays the bumbling Harold Bishop in the series . |
| 20 | Byrne is a central midfield played who plays the Batty role ie. an agressive tackler/ball winner . |
| 21 | Actor Jimmy Nail , who plays the hard-nosed Geordie ‘ tec , was back in his home town of Newcastle upon Tyne for only 12 hours when they pounced . |
| 22 | Britain 's Gary Oldman , who plays the evil Count , flashed a jugular-red ribbon and the witty quip : ‘ What a bleedin' night . ’ |
| 23 | The show 's makers NBC decided to scrap Cheers when Ted Danson , who plays the leading character barman Sam Malone , announced he was quitting to make movies . |
| 24 | The show 's makers NBC decided to scrap Cheers when Ted Danson , who plays the leading character barman Sam Malone , announced he was quitting to make more movies . |
| 25 | Alan Byrne is a central midfield player who plays the same style of game of our recently lost friend DB . |
| 26 | Most of these are not of great quality , but they include one master , the Pan Painter , who plays the old conventions against the new spirit with exquisite skill . |
| 27 | Other examples in the Renaissance include the malcontent who haunts the very power structure which has alienated him , seeking reinscription within it but at the same time demystifying it , operating within and subverting it at the same time ; the revengers whose actions constitute an even more violent bid for reinscription within the very society which has alienated and dispossessed them ; the assertive women , the ‘ women on top ’ described by Natalie Zemon Davis who simultaneously appropriate , exploit , and undermine masculine discourse . |
| 28 | Indeed , in an essay which may be read as a gloss on aspects of S/Z ( with which it is roughly contemporary ) , ‘ The Death of the author ’ , Barthes writes that it is the reader , and not the author , who constitutes the only focus for the multiple writings and codes of which the text is made up : ‘ The reader is the space on which all the quotations that make up a writing are inscribed without any of them being lost ’ ( 1977b : 148 ) . |
| 29 | Our notions of who constitutes the academic community , the freedoms at stake , and the ways in which they might be protected , all develop over time . |
| 30 | One BCS initiative has started to produce a ‘ hybrid ’ — a computer-person who understands the outside world , or conversely an outsider who understands computers . |