Example sentences of "man [Wh pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Shaking hands , accepting the odd bear-hug , encouraging the vote , the man who many Tories concede is Labour 's best asset was in safe territory .
2 The nervous man who 16 months ago called for ‘ a country at ease with itself ’ seemed at last to have achieved that ease in his own mind .
3 The Balts , he argued , should take 100 small steps to independence , not ten big ones — odd advice from the man who quick-marched Germany to unity .
4 We must also consider the collectivist man who first burst upon the world with the French Revolution .
5 Not bad for a man who 10 years ago was virtually unheard of .
6 There was the Bishop of Limerick defending the Easter Rising , a man who thirty years before had been speaking out against resistance to civil authority .
7 He 's also the man who last March upbraided BR for its argument that ten minutes either way was ‘ on time . ’
8 It may also be the same man who last month raped a mother who was pushing a pram at Tarrant , Hants .
9 ALAN SHEARER was last night hailed as a £10 million wonder — by the man who this afternoon must stop him leading Blackburn 's title crusade .
10 One bright young man who some years before had been a ‘ star ’ pupil , and assured of a successful career in technology said he had ruined his chances by joining the demonstrations .
11 By his nature , Hugh was one of those able , intensely loyal , dedicated men whom great movements are apt to attract .
12 He is believed to have been one of two armed men who last month hijacked a police car , prompting a manhunt over three Irish counties .
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