Example sentences of "who [vb base] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Exact numbers are unavailable : 2.5 to three million is the accepted figure , though 70 years of cultural and religious suppression , intermarriage and assimilation means that the real number — in Zionist terms those who qualify for automatic Israeli citizenship under the Law of Return — may be far higher . |
| 2 | So , at Royal Insurance we decided to develop a NEW high quality home CONTENTS insurance policy especially for the over 50s who qualify for lower insurance premiums . |
| 3 | So , people who qualify for maximum benefit will still have to pay one fifth of the Community Charge . |
| 4 | For those who qualify for this extra help the reduction will be equal to the community charge minus £52 . |
| 5 | Unemployment Benefit recipients with a Spouse who is not working will usually have an income low enough for those who qualify for topping-up Supplementary Benefit . |
| 6 | The federal government of the United States of America embodies a separation of powers between the executive , headed by a President elected for four years , the legislative branch , Congress , which comprises the Senate ( with 100 members who sit for six years , one-third being elected every two years ) and the House of Representatives ( with 435 members elected every two years ) , and the judicial branch , headed by the Supreme Court . |
| 7 | But hard-core addicts , who account for four-fifths of all consumption , are taking as much as ever . |
| 8 | Its virtual monopoly on the allegiance of the Ovambo , who account for more than half Namibia 's population of 1.3 million , all but guarantees Swapo more than half the voters . |
| 9 | The symbol of each of the 10 contesting parties is printed on ballot papers for the illiterate voters who account for 60 per cent of the electorate . |
| 10 | There is certainly a case for insisting on the democratic control of the EMS , but that means getting more , not less involved in European politics , messy , complex and frustrating as they may be to those who long for simple black-and-white , left-and-right simplicities . |
| 11 | The second point is that precisely because legal conservatism values precedent , and will overturn prior cases only rarely , those who hope for great sea-changes in the law with the appointment of politically friendly judges are often disappointed . |
| 12 | The people to be interviewed are known as freight forwarding agents , who act for individual exporters and importers . |
| 13 | Those who act for both sides will still have to satisfy the selectors that they can conduct actions properly on behalf of patients . ) |
| 14 | Philip Williams has drawn a distinction between Labour party leaders who are Path-finders , who look for new solutions or try to lead the party in new directions , and stabilizers , who are concerned above all with preserving party unity . |
| 15 | He left when he was eighteen , presumably with the cry so often heard from those who look for instant wisdom in courses designed primarily to foster skills by which such discrimination may be attained : " the course can not give me what I am looking for " . |
| 16 | Those who vote for that addendum would you please stand . |
| 17 | In some cases the day centres genuinely act as training centres , preparing those who attend for eventual independence , while in others the aim is simply to offer a daily change of environment and relief to their families for those too handicapped ever to lead independent lives . |
| 18 | The aim is that those young people who opt for early leaving would themselves be substantial gainers . |
| 19 | If he were tempted to decide against Mrs. McLoughlin , he would indeed ask himself whether any principled distinction could be drawn between her case and the case of mothers who recover for emotional damage suffered at the scene . |
| 20 | And for agencies that supply some goods or services for purchase there are the consumers who pay for individual units of collectively provided goods . |
| 21 | VISCOUNT CAVE L.C. : No doubt there is an absolute unconditional obligation binding the police authorities to take all steps which appear to them to be necessary for keeping the peace , for preventing crime , or for protecting property from criminal injury ; and the public , who pay for this protection through the rates and taxes , can not lawfully be called upon to make a further payment for that which is their right … |
| 22 | New tests have been introduced for candidates who apply for top council posts in Sefton . |
| 23 | Paul Jackson , for example , the Director of Programmes for Carlton Television , said a little while ago ‘ those who argue for Current Affairs to stay in peak time are just not accepting things as they are . |
| 24 | Those who argue for participatory democracy believe active citizenship can not be established within the limitations set by the existing liberal-democratic framework . |
| 25 | Egalitarian feminists who argue for more women psychologists acknowledge the contradictions in the strategy . |
| 26 | And , if it is thought that such a state of affairs is , for whatever reason , undesirable , then it behoves those who argue for another approach to learn the lesson of political realities . |
| 27 | Older people who have fewer than eight main meals each week , or who go for long periods of the day without food , are considered to be especially at risk . |
| 28 | ‘ They are a people who ask for little but who are enormously and genuinely grateful for any help ’ , wrote one official who witnessed a terrible drought in Masailand in the early 1960s : ‘ They live a hard life uncomplainingly . ’ |
| 29 | Accreditation is of little relevance to those who compete for senior academic posts , which are decided on the basis of academic achievement . |
| 30 | In each case , it is the Creole which is reacted to : in ( 1 ) , by J , who responds " you ca n't " , and in ( 2 ) by all the parties to the conversation , who laugh for three seconds — rather a long laugh . |