Example sentences of "who [verb] [art] [adj -est] " 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 | President Izetbegovic , a Muslim who represents the largest ethnic group , has appealed for UN help to stave off civil war . |
| 3 | Wife Sandra adds : ‘ He 's a man of few words who hates the slightest bit of noise . |
| 4 | A manual describing the art was written in Holland in 1674 , and at that time it was the Dutch who produced the best work . |
| 5 | It was a hurried occasion , as we were all going to catch a train : the same train , as it turned out , for Donald and I were going home to Oxford , and Ivy and Margaret were going with Herman Schrijver — the Dutch interior decorator who became the closest of her men friends — to spend a week at Woodstock , and walk in the park at Blenheim . |
| 6 | Some of the people who became the greatest successes in the Bible were the weediest failures in the eyes of other people at the time . |
| 7 | Who became the youngest MP when he won the Louth by-election in 1969 ? |
| 8 | ‘ The last two sets were probably the best two sets I played in a long time , ’ said Sampras , who became the youngest ever US Open champion at 19 three years ago . |
| 9 | Saville , making his debut following his record £60,000 move from Barnsley , claimed the goal and Smith , who endured the unhappiest of afternoons , was in no mood to argue . |
| 10 | No doubt the clients he entertained here were people who expected the best . |
| 11 | The panel of forecasters who track the largest economies for The Economist says the GDP of nine European countries will contract by 0.4% this year ( chart 1 ) . |
| 12 | Fosters Tackle The 42 hardy anglers who braved the worst of Thursday 's blizzards found bites scarce on the Severn at Stourport . |
| 13 | I suppose that the common denominator in on-the-road campaigning is the commitment it requires , especially from the volunteer workers in the constituencies who make the biggest sacrifice . |
| 14 | The people who make the biggest contribution to profit are those who take a pride in being the best . |
| 15 | This is a delicate negotiation and if at a later stage the prospective purchaser who made the highest offer withdraws , the other parties may have lost interest or not wish to participate . |
| 16 | The ones who made the best records with the least effort , took the most drugs , gatecrashed the best parties and got involved with the strangest people . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'll make the bread sauce if you like , ’ said Betty selflessly ; so Lydia let her , which was fairly unselfish of Lydia who made the best bread sauce in the world with a great deal of butter , nutmeg and black pepper . |
| 18 | WHETHER it was Major , Kinnock or Ashdown who made the greatest impression on the viewers , we shall know on Friday morning . |
| 19 | As things turned out it was the Americans who made the greatest contribution , drawing heavily on the practice they had adopted in the last few years to incorporate the expertise available from industry and the unions into their CAB ( as they then were ) investigations . |
| 20 | Who got the highest score ? |
| 21 | Differences in housing must be included in any account of inequality and there is evidence in Britain of a wide gap between the majority of the population who are well housed and the poor who occupy the worst accommodation . |
| 22 | But the first requirement is for Mr Bush , who has the best bully pulpit from which to push for change , to show that whatever happens to oil prices he remains serious about fashioning an energy strategy . |
| 23 | If there are doubts about the search firm 's ability to work at a senior level , say to find a chief executive , the client may well invite two or three firms in to pitch competitively and see who has the best overall track record and appears most attractive and experienced to the Board . |
| 24 | Since market forces now set the price of money , what counts increasingly is who can raise capital most cheaply , not who has the best access to bureaucrats . |
| 25 | The figures have raised further arguments over just who has the best policies to tackle unemployment . |
| 26 | It is recommended that we purchase from Action Computer Supplies , our usual printer supplier , who has the lowest price that I have seen for this printer at the moment . |
| 27 | And to Maijers and other custodians of the pyramid of authority , it is Kanter herself who has the clearest response . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , in this society any child who has the slightest taint of black is seen by the majority as black . |
| 29 | They regard the fusion as a sound investment and , although Unionist stock has appreciated greatly since the new issue , there is not a man of us who has the slightest intention of selling out . |
| 30 | Detectives tackling a sixty seven percent rise in burglaries in the last year want nine nine nine calls from anyone who has the slightest suspicion that something somewhere is not quite right . |