Example sentences of "who [be] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These tend to be prisoners who are a problem for the discipline staff , either because they are excessively violent or because they are suicidal . |
| 2 | Boundedness is not necessarily a quality of the process of institution itself : the same process or institution will not be beyond the boundary to those who are a part of it ; to them , it will be a part of everyday experience , while to others , not a part of it , it will be beyond the boundaries of home-ground . |
| 3 | Many are the cases of dogs , horses , bullocks , elephants and other creatures protecting the humans who are a part of their social group . |
| 4 | I can be found with the Prince of Wales 's Own Volunteers who are a part of Sir Colin Halkett 's brigade . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ We 've had some quite interesting encounters between men and women who are a bit confused but have n't lost their desires . |
| 6 | ‘ In future it will run on Thursdays and it 's designed for people who are a bit shy or who want to protect their anonymity . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Equally , a school might decide not to enter people who are a bit dodgy at the other end of the scale . |
| 8 | erm the ladies who are a bit obese and get all the sympathy you get all so skin or just skinny and suddenly you try to put on some weight , you just ca n't . |
| 9 | And we do n't seem to be very tolerant in our society , of people who are a bit different . |
| 10 | Most , most criminals do n't want to get caught but there are the odd exceptions who are a bit idiotic er but we erm they 're very rare and usually high on drugs on something like that , but we 're just your ordinary sort of down and out type criminal who wants to break in some way . |
| 11 | There are those who are a bit cynical about the benefits of bonding with the bark . |
| 12 | We can encompass people who are a bit different nowadays , which they could n't . |
| 13 | The new unit will also be available for young people who are a danger to themselves or others . |
| 14 | People who refuse to care for themselves , people who are a danger to themselves or others , and people who have no insight into the fact that they are seriously ill are not well catered for by a system which is focused on needs-led services where the consumer 's view is taken seriously in assessment and in provision . |
| 15 | Their place in the top flight depends on their remaining games , against title-chasing Orrell and Northampton , and the fortunes of Rugby , who are a point above them with Harlequins and Leicester to play . |
| 16 | This may be partly because there are many pigs , who are a match for the boys , and partly because the boys are acting out of reasonable necessity , and not immature impulsiveness . |
| 17 | But Mr Annan is putting together a planning cell staffed by people who are a mix of officials on short-term contracts and officers on loan from richer governments which continue to pay their salaries and expenses . |
| 18 | Larger families represent an unacceptable burden on the state or , worse still , may become enemies of society : " All intelligent Salvadoreans — men or women — ought to realize that in order to get on in life , it is better to have one well-trained child , than 5 or 10 who are a burden , or enemies of the society in which we live . |
| 19 | But when in one class he had taken the register and pronounced their names correctly , there had been some laughter from non-Indian children ( who were a minority in the class ) but floods of embarrassed giggles from Asian children , who seemed to prefer their names to be mispronounced in school . |
| 20 | The cast of Her Benny , the dancers in their beautiful costumes , the steel band , the police and dogs , the schoolboys who were a credit to their schools showing how football used to be played just for the game . |
| 21 | Apart from Nora and the weirdos we 'd get people buying it for their girlfriends , as a laugh Some girls , those who were a bit more out there , would buy the rubber wear for themselves . |
| 22 | The exceptions were in four main areas : in the west during the first onslaughts when the khanate of Kuchum was being eliminated ; in the far north-east against the Chukchis and Karnchatkan Itelmens ( here Russian losses may not have been very severe , but the effects on the aboriginal population were catastrophic ) ; in the south-east in the struggle with the Manchus for domination of the Amur , where the Russians were beaten ; and finally in the south-west against the nomadic horsemen of the steppes who were a thorn in the Russians ' flesh for over a century . |
| 23 | Many thanks to Miss Cameron , who came every day to take the cash , to Kirsty and Pippa who were a delight to have , and to all who helped to make it such a happy week and so worthwhile for Christian Aid ’ . |
| 24 | I spent a while some years ago just improving my chordal knowledge ; I just sat down and learned it , because I was playing with players who were a lot more advanced than I was , and because I was doing a lot of sessions and stuff . |
| 25 | In the traditional hunting communities , those who were a burden — because they had become too old to hunt or to follow the family as it trekked to a new hunting ground — took themselves off to an ice-floe or an isolated rock and waited for death . |
| 26 | But I have a gem of a nun who 's a wizard with a needle , and after she 'd taken a tuck in the waist and put two inches on the hem , they looked almost tailor-made . ’ |
| 27 | There may be someone who 's a bit unsteady on her feet who has a passion for old time dancing . |
| 28 | There 's someone who 's a bit of a loner , I thought , an independent sort of a soul like myself , perhaps . ’ |
| 29 | I 've got a good friend , too , who 's a bit of a do-gooder . |
| 30 | But that 's the sort of thing you have in mind , have someone who 's a bit younger than yourself . |