Example sentences of "who [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | The reshuffle came under almost immediate fire from former president Francesco Cossiga , who branded the new administration as a government of national hypocrisy . |
| 3 | These listen to appeals against official decisions by people who dispute the official interpretation of their rights . |
| 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 | He handed a small scroll across to Corbett , who checked the purple wax seal of the King before breaking it and unrolling the vellum . |
| 12 | If I had to nominate those politicians whose views I most trusted , who have most clearly articulated my own fluid , contingent thoughts on the crisis as it developed , I would opt for two pensionable septuagenarians , both of whom I despised in their political heyday : Denis Healey , who sold the Labour government to the IMF , and Ted Heath , who became the Tories ' lamest duck of all . |
| 13 | Tigrett , who sold the Hard Rock chain and set up the charitable Rama Foundation , falls readily into the cranky crackpot mould : he is even married to Maureen , former wife of Ringo Starr who has been supporting his friend George Harrison 's Natural Law Party . |
| 14 | I have something here that might help you find the man who attacked the poor girl . |
| 15 | Anyway , what about Sam , who takes the Ring but hands it back with only momentary delay , Pippin and Merry , who show no desire for it at all , Aragorn , Legolas and Gimli , who display the same indifference without the excuse of ignorance , and Boromir 's brother Faramir , who realises the Ring is in his power but refuses to take it , with no more sign of mental turmoil than a ‘ strange smile ’ and a glint in the eye ? |
| 16 | For it was those two , with a little help from Nick Brown , Frew McMillan and John Black , who entertained the boisterous crowd with an exhibition set officially won by Brown and Keegan , 7–5 ! |
| 17 | Just before he was due to pack his case , tidy the papers on his desk for the last time , and go home , Spittals was surprised to receive a call from the commander of the Squad , who asked the chief superintendent to call in before he went home . |
| 18 | The Co Down reader who asked the simple question is a mature driver with a modest car . |
| 19 | Selborne repeated this view to Churchill [ KP 3 ] , who asked the Foreign Secretary for his comments [ KP 5 ] . |
| 20 | His article sparked the interest of two Newsnight journalists , Gavin Esler and Martin Gregory , who asked the Foreign Office to give them a briefing . |
| 21 | It was Hilary Robarts who asked the obvious question , sounding as accusatory as a peevish wife . |
| 22 | Wife Sandra adds : ‘ He 's a man of few words who hates the slightest bit of noise . |
| 23 | After all , it may be in the interests of some people , especially those who introduce the new technology , not to admit to the existence of the real forces that shape the direction of technical change . |
| 24 | AN OBJECT lesson for all those who bemoan the artistic indifference of government , last night 's Omnibus ( BBC 1 ) looked at a political leader who took the closest interest in art , a mediocre and embittered water-colourist who eventually turned to another medium — mass emotion and warfare . |
| 25 | THE NatWest bank last night offered a £25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of two men who kidnapped the elderly mother of one of its managers . |
| 26 | 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 : |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | According to Skoglund and others who fear the environmental impact of the project , the Pa Mong dam , the first of several proposed , will disrupt the annual flood cycle downstream and thereby threaten one of the world 's largest inland fishing grounds and one of Asia 's most productive agricultural regions . |
| 29 | Perhaps even more vociferous concerns have been expressed by nurses and para-medic groups who fear the medical domination of the current structuring of clinical directorates . |
| 30 | It was not , however , Sir Tony Jacklin who produced the halved match , and the retained Ryder Cup , at The Belfry this year , although two of his players were Sandy Lyle MBE and Nick Faldo MBE . |