Example sentences of "who [verb] [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got in touch with my French and German colleagues who agreed to support a UK proposal to place the matter on the agenda when it was presented for approval at the first meeting . |
| 2 | Funding was received from one Norwich newspaper , the Eastern Daily Press , who agreed to support the project over a three year period . |
| 3 | ‘ Then I was contacted over the phone by a company in Rufford who agreed to sell the car for £50 . |
| 4 | Next came talks with Hedlunds who agreed to do a turnkey operation , using a three-man team to erect the structure and local builders , plumbers , plasterers and electricians to complete the work . |
| 5 | In desperation Mr Gresty turned to soldiers at nearby Catterick Garrison who agreed to recover the truck stuck in the River Skerne , on the outskirts of Darlington . |
| 6 | On this ground the proceedings of the licensing court were either reduced , or the pursuer 's averments were held relevant , in the following circumstances : when two of the members of the court had been employed by the applicant as part-time barmen for a number of years , without remuneration apart from money gifts at holiday periods : McDonald v. Fin lay ( supra ) ; when three of the members of the court were shareholders , and one was a director , of the company owning the property for which the certificate was sought , and when that company was closely allied with another company , the officials and directors of both being the same persons , on whose behalf the certificate was applied for : Blaik v. Anderson ( 1899 ) 7 S.L.T. 299 ; when a member of the court had recently been a shareholder of the company on whose behalf the certificate was applied for , and he had on previous occasions himself been the applicant on the company 's behalf , he being an avowed and pledged advocate of the company : Ower v. Crichton ( 1902 ) 10 S.L.T. 271 ; when members of a court had , in their capacity as members of a local authority , and with a view to street improvement , taken an active part in negotiating the purchase of licensed premises from brewers , who agreed to pay a sum of money to the local authority if a new licence were obtained for other premises , such as the subject of the application : R. v. Sunderland JJ. [ 1901 ] 2 K.B . |
| 7 | In this case , the defendant ordered a Rolls Royce chassis from the plaintiffs who agreed to build a body on it by 20 March . |
| 8 | But Roe , who qualified to join the line-up featuring 28 of the world 's best players courtesy of his victory in the Lancome Trophy , was delighted with his . |
| 9 | However , it is sadly the case that it is still true that there are er a number of landlords around who tend to control a lot of property , who er are charging er absurdly and unreasonably high rents in return for an appalling service . |
| 10 | In December 1990 Bob Haboldt gave his rationale behind choosing a large gallery as stemming from the different approach of Continental buyers , who like to stroll in and look , as opposed to clients who tend to make an appointment to visit his New York gallery in order to see a specific work . |
| 11 | I therefore decline to don the straitjacket of those scientists ( not all ) who can only accept such facts as they reach via their own limited , analytic logic ; who tend to study the parts in ever narrowing detail but too seldom consider the whole . |
| 12 | Five students , aged about 20 , were filming the public for a project when they were approached by a man who asked to borrow the Ferguson Videostar camcorder . |
| 13 | In that year Mrs Shaw and Mrs Whipp led a petition of sixty midwives of the City in opposition to Peter Chamberlen the elder [ q.v. ] , a man-midwife who planned to incorporate the midwives under his governorship . |
| 14 | There was the chemist who toyed with the possibilities of making synthetic gas for a balloon , the aerodynamic expert who planned to construct a glider out of bed boards , and the dog-lover who wanted to make himself a dog-skin out of an Irvin flying suit and crawl out as one of the guards ' Alsatians . |
| 15 | Every one of those men who went in the forces , who lived to tell the tale , was given their jobs back when they came back , because their jobs were replaced by women during the war , drivers and conductors , they were replaced by women and as the men came back , so the women were paid off , so everybody who came back from the war was given their job back . |
| 16 | 21-year-old Jason Hardman is one of 3,000 who applied to join the force — this year West Mercia will take on about a hundred . |
| 17 | 21-year-old Jason Hardman is one of 3,000 who applied to join the force — this year West Mercia will take on about a hundred . |
| 18 | But it seems all too likely that the 21 married women who applied to rejoin the trade and the union in 1919–20 were war widows , although we only know this for sure of three of them . |
| 19 | Who thinks to ride an angel down ! |
| 20 | It is a period in the history of cooking when the addition of truffles would make a poached mouse or a fricassee of donkey 's ears acceptable to those rich and great ones who flock to eat the creations of this famous chef . |
| 21 | He and other stars who fought to save the show are bitter their Pounds 600,000-a-year roles are finished . |
| 22 | Jade and Rose continue to show their appreciation for the medical staff at Stoke Mandeville who fought to keep the baby alive . |
| 23 | One of those who fought to prevent the building said ‘ We do n't know if it is worth preserving after all the upheaval on site ’ . |
| 24 | Anyone who failed to answer the summons was liable to be beaten . |
| 25 | Although many board members reported being fascinated by recent developments , it was not uncommon to find those who failed to appreciate the amount of change since their own schooldays . |
| 26 | Unfortunately for Germany , however , the commander on the spot was the timorous General Max von Prittwitz , who failed to exploit the opportunity through fear of his numerical inferiority . |
| 27 | But they were gifted the points by a Sunderland side who failed to take the chances on offer . |
| 28 | Padded to the eyebrows and looking like the Michelin Man , he would make his tentative way to the crease , usually at number 11 , and woe-betide the visiting fielder who held on to a catch put up by him or the bowler who failed to stifle an lbw appeal at birth . |
| 29 | True , Brian Robinson did get over from a maul on the All Black 's line before the worst happened — although the Australian referee , Sandy McNeill , was unfortunately the only individual within a hundred metres who failed to note the touchdown . |
| 30 | Among the more significant changes , prompted in part by criticism of the government 's handling of events leading up to the Iraqi invasion of August 1990 [ see pp. 37631-41 ] , was the replacement of the Foreign Affairs Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh Sabah al Ahmad al Jabir as Sabah , who failed to obtain a Cabinet post for the first time in almost three decades . |