Example sentences of "by [art] [adj] [noun pl] who " in BNC.
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| 1 | The polemic in the newspapers had begun not over the kidnapping but over a fight that had broken out a few days previously in a bar much frequented by the young Sardinians who hung around the city and by the city gangs who sold them drugs . |
| 2 | Furthermore , the power of the owner is backed by the political authorities who pass legislation favouring private property and management 's rights . |
| 3 | The most common drill — and this is even practised by the better players who may be struggling with their groundstrokes — is to put targets within 60–90cm ( 2–3ft ) of the baseline and inside tramline and think in terms of rallying while aiming at the targeted areas . |
| 4 | This was a messianic fervour that must have been similar to that possessed by the ancient zealots who died defending Masada against the Romans 2,000 years ago . |
| 5 | A blend of grass seed , fertiliser and cellulose glue , it was being spread over the paths as a last ditch attempt to save an area the size of four football pitches from irreversible soil erosion caused by the 250,000 walkers who tramp around the area every year . |
| 6 | There were only half a dozen sergeants in the mess , but the numbers were made up by the civilian engineers who worked on the project . |
| 7 | The fear and revulsion felt by such parents has been well documented by the many parents who have initially wanted their child to die , and then gone on to bring up and care for their mentally handicapped child . |
| 8 | At Question Time the Prime Minister is backed by the civil servants who brief her and try to anticipate supplementary questions . |
| 9 | Novelties such as comprehensive schools for all would certainly have been distrusted by the civil servants who had drafted the Green Book . |
| 10 | Most scholars believe that the more advanced civilizations of this era used rugs mainly for decorative purposes — as wall hangings , bedspreads and covers for seats — and that the use of rugs as floor coverings was evolved by the nomadic tribesmen who ranged the colder , windswept lands of the steppe , tundra and mountain regions of Central Asia . |
| 11 | Urgently reappraising the crucial role played by the radical Protestants who defied privilege , hierarchy and imperialism , this is an incisive and timely reminder of a hidden but powerful undercurrent in Irish history . |
| 12 | It was especially welcomed by the poor Islanders who were cleared from their crofts during the infamous Highland Clearances , and at the time of the potato blight many were said to have subsisted on it . |
| 13 | But I do remember being impressed by the various fathers who came home on leave and the colourful uniforms they wore , more especially those who wore the " maternity jacket " of the Royal Flying corps . |
| 14 | True , the Armenians of Beirut have collected some macabre , terrible old photographs that might — had they been studied with more care by the shell-shocked peoples who had just emerged from the First World War — have served as a warning , the shape of things to come . |
| 15 | This empire was also destroyed by the Spanish colonists who eventually captured the capital , Cuzco , in 1533 . |
| 16 | As the '91 World Cup unfolded Canada 's strength in depth , at least as represented by the 26 players who travelled to France , emerged as a major asset . |
| 17 | At first , Topaz thought they must have quarrelled but , as the stillness was never broken , she concluded it was yet another odd custom practised by the strange women who surrounded her . |
| 18 | This is the view that is echoed by the communitarian critics who argue that the agency of reflection of liberal theories is that of the ‘ unencumbered self ’ and that this model fails to appreciate the constitutive character of the self . |
| 19 | I shall be interested to discover whether that view is shared by the Labour spokesmen who trail round the country assuring training and enterprise councils of their support . |
| 20 | There is a considerable contribution to retail employment in Tyne and Wear by the Scandinavian shoppers who use the ferries . |
| 21 | And on the physical health side , enormous numbers of children are badly fed , physically neglected , by the loving parents who bore them ! |
| 22 | Although Eva was a bystander on more than one occasion when dramatic and scary incidents occurred such matters were generally dealt with by the African officers who understood the cultural background and could use language and symbolism the people would understand in order to " exorcise " the spirit . |
| 23 | These were family treats particularly enjoyed by the star-struck sisters who would sit silently for hours lost in the fantasy of the silver screen . |
| 24 | On the contrary , the economic crisis in the rich countries has led , not surprisingly , to a still greater preoccupation with national economic issues and national development , one aspect of this situation being that aid to the developing countries by the Western nations who are members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ( OECD ) has declined as a percentage of their gross national product , while the various protectionist measures which they have taken in recent years have had an adverse effect upon the trade of the developing countries . |
| 25 | ‘ You will know of our history and you will know that we were sent into that slumber many hundreds of years ago , by the Dark Lords who held sway in the reign of the High King Cormac . ’ |
| 26 | The rejoicing was not shared by the weary infantrymen who had just fought their way on to it . |
| 27 | He then added ominously : ‘ In fact , it was a good score judging by the other teams who passed through here recently . |
| 28 | Erm I mean kids can do , of a similar age , can do enormously abusive things to each-other in which case it 's often thought of as things like bulling or erm or or something like that y'know I mean for example I know somebody who attende was educated at Rugby and you know he was he was buggered silly by the other boys who also wired him up to the mains and stuck billiard cues up his bum and all sort of things . |
| 29 | As the plaster dust settled , dazed guards emerged from the interior of the palace , only to be cut down by the machete-wielding cacos who had brought their knowledge of the palace to the rebels . |
| 30 | The significance of these beliefs in creating a commonsense culture of taken-for-granted racism in Britain is difficult to underestimate , although widespread illiteracy may well have protected the subordinate classes from the level of immersion in racism experienced by the upper classes who were fed a growing diet of racist mythology in fiction , newspapers and missionary tracts ( Lorimer , 1978 ; Miles , 1982 , pp. 118–19 ) . |