Example sentences of "who for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hereabouts you are entering the true spa region of the Pyrenees , the sulphurous haunts of the ‘ curists ’ who for a long time were the principal visitors to these mountains . |
| 2 | Some find great benefit in identifying a small group of staff who for a limited period are assigned to a relief pool , for the sole purpose of filling unexpected gaps in staffing or adding strength to a ward team at times of peak workload . |
| 3 | Stella , who for a miserable quarter of an hour had been contemplating going to the ladies ' room and not coming back , was suddenly struck by the curiously fragmented nature of the group about the table . |
| 4 | In Hebrews 2.9 we read : ‘ But we see Jesus , who for a little while was made lower than the angels , crowned with glory and honour because of the suffering of death , so that by the grace of God he might taste death for every one . ’ |
| 5 | Unfortunately , there is sometimes resistance among staff on inpatient units to admitting patients who may not be suffering from psychiatric illness , but who for a brief period of time need to hand over responsibility for their well-being to the inpatient clinical team . |
| 6 | The French mercenary leader Bob Denard , who for a brief period had ruled the island with members of the former Presidential Guard following the death of President Abdullah [ see p. 37033 ] , was deported on Dec. 15 , 1989 , initially to South Africa , along with other mercenaries . |
| 7 | Even women , who for a whole variety of familiar reasons , do not call themselves feminists , know that whatever else women 's liberation means , it represents a standpoint that begins with women and with the intention of reconstituting the world for women as a better place . |