Example sentences of "who [vb past] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The eventual confirmation of Thomas , who succeeded black justice Thurgood Marshall , meant that the nine-member Supreme Court would be without a single liberal member for the first time in its modern history . |
| 2 | Eventually she explained that she owed money to a stall-keeper who sold second-hand clothing : she had stupidly borrowed some from him to buy a dress . |
| 3 | Sweeney 's name pronounces him of the lineage of a man who sold human flesh for butchermeat , a ‘ demon barber ’ . |
| 4 | Has the Prince forgotten that it was the French farmers who attacked British lorry drivers and burned their cargoes of lamb ? |
| 5 | Thanks are due also to all those who took part in the experiments , especially those who asked common sense questions which I frequently found extremely difficult to answer as a cognitive psychologist . |
| 6 | Eight years for youth who stabbed frail pensioner , 85 |
| 7 | Not only is the food aid late but it is depressing the market for peasants who produced surplus maize for sale ( see box above ) . |
| 8 | Not only was he one of the very rare examples of a writer who produced great work in more than one genre , but in a career which spanned nearly 60 years , his talent had developed from traditional Victorian fiction to innovative 20th century poetry . |
| 9 | In the simplest version of this concept the UK imported raw materials which , together with indigenous materials ( especially coal and iron ) , were transformed by British workers whose diet depended on imported staple foods ( especially cheap grain ) and who produced high quality and low cost manufactured goods which were sold abroad to pay , in part , for the primary imports . |
| 10 | Cole & Cole ( 1967 ) studied the possible correlation of quantity of output of 120 physicists ( publications , citations , number of awards ) with the perceived quality of their work , as determined by peer assessment , to see if the reward system in science favoured highly productive researchers , or those who produced high quality research . |
| 11 | But I was never as good as Grandma who produced lovely crochet work with intricate floral designs . |
| 12 | She has a nice ( and one would guess , younger ) boyfriend , The First Wives Club has been a bestseller , and she has bought a country house on the proceeds of the film rights , which have been taken up by Sherry Lansing , who produced Fatal Attraction . |
| 13 | Restricted finances allowed only one appointment , that of Coleman , who became sole Professor at the age of 28 . |
| 14 | In that same year , the Duke of Wellington became Prime Minister until George IV died in June 1830 , when he was succeeded by William IV who was sympathetic to the Whig party and a supporter of the Reform Bill which had been introduced by Earl Grey , who became Prime Minister following the Duke of Wellington . |
| 15 | Tomasi Puapua , who became Prime Minister following the general election of September 1981 , was returned to office in September 1985 . |
| 16 | The fact that David Lloyd George , who became prime minister in December 1916 , had a well-developed taste for publicity and a personal interest in the potentialities of propaganda strengthened this change of attitude . |
| 17 | But Macmillan ( who became prime minister in January 1957 ) firmly decided that the special relationship could and should be rebuilt . |
| 18 | But , says Dave Robins , who became assistant editor early in 1968 , It remained very male , in its content , and in its style . |
| 19 | Nameless Lives : Sir Robert Peel ( 1788-1850 ) , who became Chief Secretary for Ireland in 1812 after Spencer Perceval was assassinated and Lord Liverpool became Prime Minister for what must have felt for ever . |
| 20 | Argyll 's death in 1761 left the management of Scotland at the disposal of his nephew John Stuart , third Earl of Bute , Mackenzie 's elder brother , who became chief minister . |
| 21 | Luis Piñerúa Ordaz , who became Interior Minister , was well-known for speaking out against corruption in the political system . |
| 22 | The percentage of women who became pregnant fell with increasing waist-hip ratio from 63% to 32% . |
| 23 | Also elected as alternate members were Pedro Ross Leal , who became general secretary of the Confederation of Cuban Workers ( Central de Trabajadores de Cuba-CTC ) at the union 's congress on Jan. 28 , 1990 ; and Maj.-Gen. |
| 24 | It was originally a tower house called Lethington , property of the Maitland family who produced many influential royal advisers including Mary 's ‘ Secretary Lethington ’ and her son 's Chancellor ; and the Earl of Lauderdale who became dictatorial Secretary of State for Scotland under Charles II . |
| 25 | Among its most prominent leaders were Adu Boahen , a former history professor , who became interim chairman , and Johnny Hansen , Interior Secretary in 1982-83 , who became first vice-chairman . |
| 26 | Other new appointees were Enoch Ruhigira to the new post of Minister in the Presidency responsible for Public Service ; Hildesonse Hijaniro to Transport and Communications ; François Xavier Nsengumuremyi as Health Minister ; and Constantin Cubahiro as Higher Education and Scientific Research Minister , taking over from Charles Nyandwi , who became Civil Service and Professional Training Minister . |
| 27 | In the main changes , Nohemí Sanín Posada de Rubio ( PSC ) , formerly ambassador to Venezuela , became the first woman to be appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs ( replacing Luís Fernando Jaramillo Correa , who became permanent representative at the UN ) ; Jorge Ospina Sardi ( NFD ) , the former National Planning Director , became Minister of Economic Development , replacing Ernesto Samper Pizano ( PL ) , who was switched to the newly created Ministry of Foreign Trade ; Alfonso López Caballero ( PL ) , formerly ambassador to France , was given Agriculture ; Carlos Holmes Trujillo García ( PL ) , mayor of Calí , became Minister of Education ; Mauricio Vargas Linares ( PL ) , the president 's media adviser , took over at the Ministry of Communications ; and Juan Camilo Restrepo was given Mines and Energy . |
| 28 | My own earliest memories of Winnie , stretch back to the days when — following in the tennis footsteps of her mother , Winifred Mason , who became Scottish champion twice , she was winning British junior championships titles . |
| 29 | Francis acknowledges the tremendous influence of Gerard Mach , the successful Polish sprint coach who became national coach in Canada in 1973 . |
| 30 | Among these were a number of scions of William the Conqueror 's knights whose descendants were to wield great influence in Scotland 's tumultuous history : Bernard de Bailleul ( later Balliol ) ; Robert de Brus ( Bruce or ‘ the Bruce ’ ) ; and Walter FitzAlan , who became hereditary Steward of Scotland , a title leading ultimately to the name and royal family of Stewart . |