Example sentences of "who is [adv prt] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The answers to these questions will have important consequences for anyone who is about to choose a career or a potential employer . |
| 2 | Discovered at one of the LTA 's 3 Star Clubs at King George 's Comprehensive school , by the father of local professional coach Harvey Slater ( who now coaches the youngster ) , Joanne , who is about to leave school for a year of full time playing , is one of the few British juniors who has the ability to ‘ kick ’ and break from the pack . |
| 3 | The House of Lords has asked whether it is sex discrimination , contrary to Directive 76/207/EEC , to dismiss a female employee when she has been engaged for the specific purpose of replacing ( after training ) another female employee who is about to go on maternity leave and when the maternity leave replacement discovers very shortly after appointment that she too is pregnant and will need maternity leave and the employer dismisses her because he needs the job holder to be at work during that period . |
| 4 | The father of one of the young children who is about to receive First Holy Communion told me that he did n't practise any faith because it bored him but still wanted his child to receive Holy Communion . |
| 5 | The German term for a GHOST which is actually the ‘ double ’ or identical likeness of someone who is about to die . |
| 6 | Since then Mr McNeill , who is about to retire , has apologised to the regional council for his remarks . |
| 7 | Since then Mr McNeill , who is about to retire , has apologised to the regional council for his remarks . |
| 8 | Even Maurice Bernard , owner of the one bar currently open in Saignon , did not know the whereabouts of the man who is about to immortalise his region on the small screen . |
| 9 | Edward Topsel , the English naturalist , writing in 1658 stipulated that , to cure blindness , or pains in the eye : ‘ Take the head of a black Cat , which hath not a spot of another colour in it , and burn it to powder in an earthen pot leaded or glazed within , then take this powder and through a quill blow it thrice a day into the eye ’ — the italics were not used in the original , but are to draw attention to the crucial quality of the black cat who is about to lose his head . |
| 10 | ‘ I feel I have a responsibility to help speedway out of a difficult period , ’ said Rickardsson , who is about to begin his third season with the Witches . |
| 11 | There , indeed , is Stephen hero , a young Titan , who is about to topple the gods . |
| 12 | Four patients have developed recurrent stones , one of whom has had a laparoscopic cholecystectomy , a second who is about to have a laparoscopic procedure , and two who are free of symptoms . |
| 13 | The most immediate ponderer is Bill Clinton , who is about to offer a grudging renewal for a further year of China 's ‘ most favoured nation ’ trading status with America — jargon which means simply that China is treated as well , or badly , as most other countries . |
| 14 | Forget the two behind you ; your target is the one who is about to start lashing out . |
| 15 | Also , if you know of a third party who is about to pay your debtor you can similarly arrest that money . |
| 16 | Also there will be son Patrick , 20 , who is about to complete his national service in the French army . |
| 17 | A recently proposed reconstruction of the Procession Fresco from the Knossos Labyrinth ( Hägg and Marinatos 1987 ) shows one of the leaders of the procession presenting a fringed garment , presumably the ritual overskirt , to the priestess who is about to become the goddess . |