Example sentences of "who [vb past] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mixture of reactionary conservatism and political anti-semitism in the main represented a response of those who asked for a stable hierarchical society based on paternalistic deference . |
| 2 | On the one hand , there were those who argued for a simple causal relationship between education and security in the labour-market . |
| 3 | The French objective was spelled out more clearly in November by Couve de Murville who argued for a complete overhaul of the Community institutions , in effect implying a revision of the heart of Rome . |
| 4 | This quest for control of resources caused a row in the London Borough of Newham last week when a council recommendation to fund a refugee centre was — unsuccessfully in the end — opposed by Muslim councillors , who argued for a Muslim centre instead . |
| 5 | Many look to those classical theorists , such as J. S. Mill and Jean-Jacques Rousseau , who argued for a participatory system of democracy where citizens are sovereign . |
| 6 | The question of who is an " occupant " is discussed in Paterson v. City of Glasgow District Licensing Board , 1982 S.L.T. ( Sh.Ct. ) 37 , where a new manager who applied for a permanent transfer of an off sale licence was held not to be an " occupant " where he had no interest in the premises other than as an employee . |
| 7 | Variation and discharge The following may apply for variation or discharge of a s8 order : ( i ) anyone entitled to apply for an order under a s8 order without seeking leave ( see above ) ; ( ii ) the person who applied for the original order ; or ( iii ) in the case of a contact order , the person named in the order . |
| 8 | An Agence France-Presse ( AFP ) news agency report of Dec. 8 said that ICO Foreign Ministers who met for a preparatory session in Dakar on Dec. 5-9 , had adopted a draft resolution expressing " full solidarity " with Libya in its confrontation with Western states over the Lockerbie affair [ see p. 38599 ] and underlined their " concern over … the possible use of force " . |
| 9 | It was faith in a God Who cared for an individual , and spoke to him , lovingly and regularly . |
| 10 | That should go to the rescue workers who took great risks to bring out survivors , the skill of the medical teams and the love expressed by those who cared for the injured and bereaved . |
| 11 | The rest had left finance , bar a few who retrained for the burgeoning futures markets in right-to-pollute certificates and manual-job options . |
| 12 | Conversely , where there is an oversupply of manpower of a particular kind , one may find downwards substitution , e.g. graduates working in ‘ non-graduate ’ jobs , leading sometimes to a ‘ cascade ’ effect whereby people who trained for a particular level of work are systematically displaced by those more highly trained . |
| 13 | Viv Richards , who came for a quiet life , is left privately shaking his head and wondering whether there will ever be a perfect world — and a county side blissfully , permanently free from controversy . |
| 14 | Of the students in my time , one has since become an archbishop , John Aung Hla ; another , John Maung Pe became the first bishop of Akyab , and another who came for a short term of study and an even shorter curacy was John Richardson , the saintly schoolteacher , catechist , priest and bishop in turn of Car Nicobar , where under his influence the whole of the island population , including witch doctors , became Christian . |
| 15 | Like the Dutch family who came for the half-term holiday in late February one year . |
| 16 | Ballymena will have the services of former London Irish flanker Gareth White , who played for the Irish Exiles last season , but is now home working in Coleraine . |
| 17 | And a friend and neighbour of hers , who played for the local cricket team , was wantonly murdered by the poor , dreadful Ruth Ellis , the last woman to be hanged in England . |
| 18 | Of this large number of people I have known of only a small handful of people who opted for a non-Christian funeral . |
| 19 | The businessmen who last year jostled to fill Mr Collor 's campaign chest now sound like the turkeys who cackled for an early Christmas . |
| 20 | ‘ And who paid for the extra deliveries ? |
| 21 | It disgraced itself on the Cambrian Coast Express some weeks ago and was hauled back ignominiously to the works where a tremendous flap occurred as to who paid for the necessary . |
| 22 | The only real criticism Shamir received came from hardline " hawks " , such as Ariel Sharon , who pressed for a military attack on Iraq . |
| 23 | The British radicals , including the Chartists , who campaigned for a democratic franchise in the early nineteenth century also campaigned for a free press , by which they meant one unhampered by government censorship and taxes . |
| 24 | Harry 's weight swung him round but did not tear him from his hold , and it was the boy and not the man who hung for a long , palpitating moment suspended on the edge of the drop . |
| 25 | The building was sanctioned by Oldrado da Tresseno in his capacity as the city governor , and the city 's chief magistrate sat in the huge room on the first floor flanked by two judges who adjudicated for the civil and criminal trials . |
| 26 | Under the old regional arrangements , the entrepreneurial independent tour organisers had been able to profit handsomely ; especially those who catered for the insatiable demand by railway enthusiasts to travel ‘ new ’ lines behind favourite or unusual diesel types . |
| 27 | It was Charles himself , reviving the practice of Christian Roman emperors , who arranged for the annual commemoration of his " nativity in this world on 13 June " at a number of ecclesiastical centres . |
| 28 | William Mason Fenn was rector from 1864 until 1866 , and it was he who arranged for the fair at nearby Hoyland Common to be brought up to Rectory Field where the parishioners could enjoy the swings and donkey rides free . |
| 29 | Mr Robin Cook , Labour 's health spokesman — who called for an early contest — and Mr Donald Dewar , Scottish spokesman , were among the first senior party figures publicly to throw their weight behind the Shadow Chancellor 's campaign . |
| 30 | Claiming that the allied forces had a " game plan " which was being followed , he said that he sympathized with the motives of those who called for an indefinite air campaign , but that any decision on the launching of a ground offensive would be based on military advice ; there would be no " delay for the sake of delay , hoping that it would save lives " . |