Example sentences of "of those who [vb base] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 The effect which pines and other trees have on the emotions of those who visit them is formalized in the work of Dr Edward Bach , who developed a series of remedies , based on plant extracts , which work directly on the mental or emotional state of the person .
2 Some press and television people — even some of those who support him — talk of his apparent decency in this election campaign as if it were a vice .
3 If the unholy alliance in favour of the National Curriculum is likely to come apart at the seams over the issue of resource , so also , given the very different aspirations of those who support its introduction , there is likely to be a parting of the ways over principles .
4 Religious art provides ‘ poster-like ’ illustration of religious stories , but does not ‘ deepen the faith ’ of those who contemplate it .
5 Tea and marijuana have three things in common : they alter the moods of those who take them , they are regarded as tolerably safe , and they are addictive .
6 A Disaffection is a problematical book — because of this closeness : we learn very little about how Doyle is seen by companions , very little about the standpoint of those who surround him , those with whom he has his tender and abrasive dealings , with whom he airs his invectives and bitter ironies , with whom he conducts his antagonisms and ingratiations .
7 The steward was not left to mourn that his bottles found no custom : there was treating and return treating , and one humble Highlander who could sing Gaelic songs was made the sink into which was poured the spirits bought by sundry odd pence ; and , to the satisfaction of those who deem it a noble accomplishment the filling a man drunk , this Celt was brought into that pitiable condition , and manifested the power of the spirits over his brain in rather a curious way , — he was for kissing all round .
8 Signposts are available , what is now needed are the stories of those who follow their direction , and accounts of their perception of the terrain covered and problems encountered .
9 Er he he he had been , in verse twenty five , now great multitudes were going along with him , and he turned to them and said to them , and you got there what he tell , what he says , he 's talking about discipleship , and of the importance of following him , and the cost that will be involved in following him , and the responsibility of those who follow him , that they are to be salt within their generation , within their environment .
10 Football has been transformed for most of those who follow it from a Saturday afternoon activity in all weathers to a Saturday night home entertainment .
11 On the one hand , a school curriculum must fulfil its primary function of serving to open to new ideas the minds of those who follow it .
12 We see its inspectors at work , and share the joys and the frustrations of those who dedicate their lives to saving animals .
13 Let us instead sing the praises of those who get us to smile — the Hundred Funniest ( say we ) People in Britain : those indomitable men and women who help us to cackle through our tears , and who , while they do n't make the bad times any better , certainly make them hurt less .
14 Statutory authority is given to the various public transport authorities to regulate the conduct of those who use their services .
15 Examinations should enable candidates to demonstrate what they can do , and should not undermine the confidence of those who attempt them .
16 While he recognised that the essence of this quietness is an inner condition , saying of those who know it : many of their number , although they live physically among people , are mentally remote from them ; they never falter in their heavenly longing , because in spirit they are far removed from a sinful way of life ,
17 How can people have faith in us if we hold our job to redress the grievances of those who set us here as unimportant ?
18 Tom McCool , SCOTVEC 's Chief Executive commented ‘ This agreement will help to ensure that employers and others get the message that SVQs and NVQs are based on the same industry determined standards and say the same things about the competence of those who hold them .
19 Many of those who hold it live in poor areas and some are Coloured , that is , of mixed European and African descent .
20 The proper reply to this is not that the truth of a view , strictly speaking , is independent of the motivations of those who hold it , although that is so .
21 Experience shows that the majority of those who compose our society are constitutionally unfit for abstinence .
22 God 's happiness is contagious , producing delight in the lives of those who worship him .
23 He will plead before the Father the cause of those who confess him ( Matt.
24 In each case we may trace from them important effects on learning in schools today on the curriculum plans , on policy and programmes for teacher training and , most significant , on the attitudes of teachers themselves and of those who train them .
25 It therefore becomes the responsibility of those who control its application to prevent any developments which could have undesirable effects , either on society in general or on limited sectors such as agriculture .
26 There may be a matter of principle here for some of those who wish their authors to be concealed : such authors should not sound like the characters they invent , any more than they should express opinions .
27 ‘ Sentient animals ’ is a favourite phrase of those who wish us to extend our obligations beyond our fellow men to include animals .
28 Her decision to reject an offer of a senior ministerial post in the Home Office will confirm the prejudices of those who regard her unpredictability and wilfulness as more than a match for her flair for promoting ideas .
29 The small current campaign in California to prevent the use of Spanish is probably less about jobs , more about enforcing a single uniformity to the advantage of those who regard themselves as of English descent .
30 The first , and by far the largest group , is made up of those who cut their wrists and arms .
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