Example sentences of "who [verb] [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fourteen ( 15% ) of the control group failed to be seen again in a hospital diabetes clinic during the study period compared with only three ( 3.4% ) of the prompted patients who failed to attend for clinical diabetic review ( p=0.013 ; table IV ) . |
| 2 | ‘ Ideally , it would involve the six clubs in Scotland and 10 in England who failed to qualify for European competition . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ We will not examine all of them but we will take random samples and check to see if anyone who has registered for gross interest also has a file at one of our tax offices — which they should not normally have as only non-taxpayers should be registered for gross interest . |
| 4 | Glamorgan have also given a trial to Stewart Taylor , 20 , a left-arm spinner from Dublin who has played for Irish Schools . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Those who advise students say the pressures on those who seem destined for great things is enormous . |
| 7 | But there are significant handicaps facing the individual who wishes to apply for judicial review of the lawfulness of a public body 's decision . |
| 8 | No , I , I , I 've only got this company to compare with you see , so there are others who 've worked for other companies in , in the industry . |
| 9 | Mrs Charlton , who does work for British and US universities , added : ‘ There are many , many indications that it could be somebody who is very good at mimicry and improvisation . ’ |
| 10 | The crisis-ridden years of 1961–2 had dampened the optimism of those who had hoped for new initiatives to end the Cold War . |
| 11 | Some Romanians claim ( not unreasonably though without evidence ) that Nicolae and Elena Ceauşescu were diabolists who had arranged for certain black magical and other superstitious figures to be carved in the decorations of the Casa Republicii or hidden in the overall design and visible only to other satanic initiates of the occult . |
| 12 | The pumping was said to be done by Germans , faultlessly disguised as British officers , or even , it had been whispered , by genuine British officers who had fallen for German propaganda . |
| 13 | Again this provides a strong contrast with the first Whigs , who had pressed for frequent Parliamentary elections . |
| 14 | This last-minute addition went some way to satisfying the psychiatric lobby who had pressed for continuing health authority control . |
| 15 | Arafat 's stance of " positive neutrality " had been criticized by more militant leaders , who had pressed for military support for Iraq and the opening of a " second front " against Israel in Lebanon or the occupied territories . |
| 16 | UN Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar , who had appealed for international aid on May 3 , made a subsequent emergency appeal on May 17 for $168,000,000 . |
| 17 | They worked steadily , dealing first with patients who had come for audio testing , an important part of the health screening programmes that were regularly carried out on members of the workforce . |
| 18 | But when it arose in the 16th Century , it simply denoted a man who had opted for worldly pleasure by marrying , in contrast to a cleric who stayed celibate . |
| 19 | Many of the most committed Calvinists , who had wrestled for lengthy periods with the doctrine of predestination before finally convincing themselves of the assuredness of their salvation , reacted with fury and outrage to Arminius 's teachings , and in the United Provinces the resulting theological controversy provoked a major political crisis , culminating in the defeat of the Arminians at the Synod of Dort in 1618 . |
| 20 | On March 21 it was announced that members of the armed forces who had left for political reasons after June 1978 were to be reinstated . |
| 21 | We recognise the contribution to excellence which the best of these schools make , and the right of those who wish to pay for private education to do so , but this should not be subsidised from public resources . |
| 22 | The extent to which an elected local authority should be free to influence the behaviour of suppliers who wish to tender for local government contracts is a matter of democratic discourse . |
| 23 | In 1924 the Committee had more than its quota of ‘ touchy ’ problems , including prosecuting four boys for theft on the course , and precipitating the resignation of an unrepentant member who refused to apologise for ungentlemanly conduct ! |
| 24 | But unless she is lucky she will also meet others who have opted for different solutions to the problem of how to be a teacher . |
| 25 | Buyers who have paid high prices do not discover that they could have obtained the same goods at lower prices ; sellers who have sold for low prices do not discover that they could have obtained higher prices . |
| 26 | This is a discretionary trust fund which was set up to give financial help to people who need to pay for personal care or domestic assistance in order to remain living independently in their own homes . |