Example sentences of "who [was/were] [adv] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it was one that was admired far outside the sort of people who were generally believed to be ‘ Carry On ’ fans . |
| 2 | Moreover , some studies suggested that the crucial floating voters were not characterised by a high degree of interest , involvement , and knowledge , but by ignorance and indifference , and they were less involved in following the election campaign than were those who were keenly attached to a party . |
| 3 | Some of the missioners were deaf themselves , but most of them were hearing people who were either related to someone deaf or with some other chance connection with deafness . |
| 4 | the proletarian party must first of all advocate the proclamation and immediate realization of the complete freedom of secession from Russia of all the nations and peoples who were oppressed by Tsarism , or who were forcibly joined to or forcibly kept within the boundaries of the State . |
| 5 | Over a six-year period the board membership moved from a minority of three people who supported the change to a ‘ critical mass ’ of individuals who were firmly committed to the change and concerned only about how to implement it . |
| 6 | ‘ You were one of several people who were probably going to be let go on my recommendation as part of a rationalisation programme , but the manner in which I caused it to happen … |
| 7 | What was the surname of the Tory mother and son who were both elected to Parliament in 1983 ? |
| 8 | Abdelbaset Ali Mohammed al-Megrahi , 39 , and Al-Amin Khalifa Fhimah , 35 , who were both presumed to be in Libya , were reportedly members of the Libyan intelligence services and former employees of Libyan Arab Airlines . |
| 9 | Apart from the Germans and White Russians ( the Schutzkorps ) who were later transferred to other camps , the main contingents at Viktring comprised units of the Slovene Home Guard ( Domobranci ) , under Gen Krenner ( approx 13,000 including camp followers ) , three regiments of Serbian Volunteers ( approx 4,000 ) plus a smaller number of Montenegrin Royalist ( Chetnik ) troops , Croats and several thousand Slovene and other civilian refugees from various parts of Yugoslavia . |
| 10 | In a further letter , dated 28 June 1323 , the pope reminded the bishop of Aire , who was acting as an intermediary between Lestrange and Jeanne of Artois , that Gaston II was very young , and was surrounded by young men who were easily swayed to unbridled and ill-considered actions . |
| 11 | Those employers who were already geared to providing some form of re-entry course for returning nurses then had the benefit of these guidelines to work from , and began adapting their course objectives and outcomes to the recommended UKCC criteria . |
| 12 | The conditions for the crossing were not much worse than for the criminals who were just beginning to be shipped across from England in the 1670s , and the death rates were not much higher . |
| 13 | Innocent did not associate Philip with the murder , but relentlessly sought the true murderers who were finally brought to justice in Rome in April 1203 and sent to the Holy Land . |
| 14 | I remember two lady missionaries , who were also returning to Burma , saying , ‘ Well , of course we shall arrive safely because we are going out to do the Lord 's work . ’ |
| 15 | As Middlemass ( 1979 , p. 445 ) puts it : ‘ As in 1944–45 , employers and managers in a sense detached themselves from the dangerous appeal to the nation , over the heads of the nine million voters who were also affiliated to the TUC ’ . |
| 16 | It was precisely the power of Jacobitism as a negative ideal which explains the strength of the Jacobite challenge at the time of the Hanoverian succession , but also its ultimate failure , since there were few people who were really committed to the positive alternative which the Stuarts represented . |
| 17 | The majority of the incomers who settled in these localities were young couples who were still committed to a strategy of occupational and residential mobility in order to further their career interests ; they were ‘ spiralists ’ , and with only a few exceptions , their residence does not seem to be permanent . |
| 18 | Providing a nostalgic look back to the days of World War One were the Great War Combat Team , who were ideally suited to this venue , flying three SE.5a replicas , Fokker D.VII G-BBFPL , Fokker Triplane N152JS along with Robin Bowes ‘ guesting ’ in Fokker Triplane G-ATJM , the latter failing to sell at the Onslow 's Auction that was held at Rendcomb on the same day ( see page 30 ) . |
| 19 | Opposite the hotel was a refugee camp with children who were constantly trying to part unwary tourists from their money . |
| 20 | Baby Sousan had been a gift from Allah , a blessing , a reward for the affection of two people for each other who were never meant to be together . |
| 21 | When the two halves , separated by that terrifying law which parts the two who were never meant to be divided , defy that law and meet , there can be no gainsaying them . |
| 22 | In both countries the Fomors were defeated by warriors of a brave new race armed with golden spears and helmets , who were variously referred to as the Partholan or the TUATHA DE DANAAN . |
| 23 | Perhaps of greater importance than those who were attracted to fascism for irrational or emotive reasons were those who were ideologically committed to the form of radicalism which BUF doctrine and propaganda promulgated . |
| 24 | Ingraham , a former protegé of Pindling , had been dismissed from the PLP and the Cabinet in 1984 because he had recommended the dismissal of officials who were publicly linked to drugs trafficking [ see pp. 33401-02 ] . |
| 25 | AJAY JADEJA ( 254 ) and Sanjay Manjrekar ( 186 ) put on 415 as India scored a massive 556–3 declared — a lead of 230 — against Combined Bowl XI , who were then reduced to 51–6 , in Johannesburg . |
| 26 | Both groups contained a number of fans who were scathingly referred to as ‘ part-time ’ supporters by those in the Rowdies and the Town Boys groups . |
| 27 | There was indeed , much hardship on the London docks , especially among the older employees formerly in permanent employment who lost their jobs and pensions by striking and who were now reduced to the status of casual labourers . |
| 28 | The Corridor through which Poland had access to the sea ran almost exactly through Pomerelia and the area occupied by the Kaszubes — who were now considered to be Polish . |
| 29 | Among the successful opposition candidates was Hitoshi Motoshima , who was narrowly elected to a fourth term as mayor of Nagasaki . |
| 30 | However , the type of cynicism greeting the arrival of Haines , who was officially introduced to the media yesterday on his second day in office , smacks very much of a ‘ Pavlov 's dogs ’ response which assumes every move the Club makes is anachronistic and autocratic and therefore automatically to be shot down in flames . |