Example sentences of "who [vb base] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 31 | Further , it is noticeable that those who speak of a ‘ suffering God ’ tend to employ rather different language when they speak of ‘ God in action ’ , as the report of the Doctrine Commission illustrates . |
| 32 | Those who cling to an impression of Reger as an unrelievedly turgid and ponderous musician should certainly sample the 6 Burlesques of 1901 which open this recital . |
| 33 | Does the plight of battered wives who kill after a spate of ill-treatment warrant special treatment by the law ? |
| 34 | Small , belligerent , Robic was one of those cyclists who look like a boxer and his slight build gave him an advantage in the mountains . |
| 35 | ‘ I 'm slightly worried about people who adopt as a standard things that have n't been implemented . |
| 36 | For those who view in a broadly positive light the reforming thrust of the 1931–3 governments , the fate of the Republic is to be explained by the underlying polarization within Spanish society , the inevitable conflicts which democracy therefore released , the obduracy of the conservative and the privileged , and the unwillingness of the main party of the right , the CEDA , to accept the Republic and the readjustment of wealth necessary to make democracy work . |
| 37 | ‘ Children who have to steal to eat ; who have been abandoned by their parents , if they ever knew them ; children who huddle in a doorway at night , because they have nowhere to sleep . ’ |
| 38 | However , in the absence of clear evidence and when the fiscal debate is difficult to resolve , it is possible that those who begin with a public choice framework may be led to quite different reform proposals from those who approach the issue from a more traditional framework . |
| 39 | Subaru pick-up owners who jump into a Legacy will feel right at home , for the family 's noise signature is unmistakeable . |
| 40 | It allowed a maintained secondary school , or a primary school with over 300 pupils ( extended in 1990 to all primary schools ) , on the resolution of its governing body , with the consent of a majority of those parents who vote in a secret postal ballot , and with the approval of the Secretary of State , to opt out of LEA finance and control , and be given ‘ grant-maintained ’ status . |
| 41 | Assisted often by ‘ convict warders ’ , who add to an atmosphere of fear and connive in the corruption which is endemic in many institutions . |
| 42 | But contrast the reaction to football fans who run through a town creating damage as they go with the reaction to university students during rag week creating similar damage . |
| 43 | In Statement B this story line is applied to the police force to suggest that the young white working-class men who enter the force are to a large extent preselected , and irrespective of recruitment and training policies are likely to be authoritarian personality types who flourish in a para-military environment and ‘ have a hang-up about race ’ . |
| 44 | THOSE of our readers who drop into a branch of W. H. Smith 's to pick up their copy of New Scientist may not have realised what hotbeds of intellectual ferment these unassuming stores can be . |
| 45 | If one treats the sensation-mongers who stand outside a prison during an execution with the contempt they deserve , it is , I think , fair to say that the conviction and execution of Joyce have caused more disquiet than satisfaction in the minds of the public . |
| 46 | The children , who stand in a small cluster near the goat enclosure , now look at each other and laugh , too , but when the laibon swings his impressive , lidded gaze towards them , they freeze . |
| 47 | The novel has a contemporary setting and is about people who meet for an extraordinary dinner party . |
| 48 | Reason , one might think , for the wary traveller to duck behind the luggage lockers , but no , the assembly listens rapt as John Berger ( for it is he ) embarks upon a long yarn about two Italian peasants who meet at a Communist Party dance . |
| 49 | A dapper stranger ( John Berger ) hoves into view and launches into a long , rather tedious yarn about two Italian peasants who meet at a Communist Party dance . |
| 50 | Hence the two highly ‘ cultured ’ individuals who meet at a party and find they have nothing in common to talk about . |
| 51 | His new book , Vox , is the story of two strangers who meet on a telephone chat line . |
| 52 | Or who know about a different God to mine . |
| 53 | There are a lot of people who know of a colleague who appeared to be the last person to go under — ‘ Jim always seemed such a jolly , easygoing chap ’ — until his absence one day was followed by news of his nervous breakdown , or heart attack , or suicide . |
| 54 | Almost 30 pages of art for only £4.25 and as with Eastern Promise , copyright free for all those who knit for a profit . |
| 55 | Not only delegates but also people who attend as a service from other churches outside the membership of the World Council and also to cope with the press . |
| 56 | It is important to remember that a very large percentage of jobs never come on to the open market but are filled from within the firm , by people applying ‘ on spec. ’ or by people who hear about a vacancy from friends or colleagues working in the same field . |
| 57 | The three characters are portrayed with vivid detail and lively humour : two sailors who flirt with a girl but find her more than a match for either of them . |
| 58 | Nor do all who participate in a joint enterprise agree to its occurrence . |
| 59 | People who get in a car when it is stolen are associated with that act and can be convicted of exactly the same offence . |
| 60 | The mountains have an undisputed lure , the Russian people a warmth and generosity that will come as a very pleasant surprise to all who arrive with an open mind and a readiness to respond with a smile . |