Example sentences of "who gave a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The mill was declared illegal in October 1990 by a judge , who gave a two-year deadline for its removal , but it continues to operate . |
2 | This last use was demonstrated on the stand at the Olympia show by a video recording of an avant garde Japanese artist who gave a synthesiser-dance concert using the system . |
3 | Among those who generously gave up their evening to help the NCH and perform on the tiny temporary stage were : Nerys Hughes , Angela Rippon , Susan Rees accompanied by May Parry ; Penelope Keith , Robert Powell , Tamsin Little , accompanied by Vanessa Latarche : Wayne Sleep who gave a perfect performance on a tiny stage ; he was accompanied by Mark Latimer ; young Xan Blacker , also accompanied by Vanessa Latarche , Cor Meibion Gwalia , and Shirley Anne Field . |
4 | Dr Cox , 47 , who gave a dying patient a lethal injection , would not name the hospital yesterday . |
5 | SOON after leaving hospital following an urgent operation for cancer of the stomach I read about the ordeal of Dr Nigel Cox who gave a lethal injection to a suffering patient . |
6 | He was the one who gave a friendly smile and a cheery ‘ Good evening ’ . |
7 | She smiled towards his companion , who gave a cool nod in return . |
8 | Bowe , who gave a masterful performance of boxing and punching skills , proved that there 's life after Mike Tyson . |
9 | In this case the familiar fraction was given by nearly 90 per cent of pupils who gave a correct answer . |
10 | Those who gave a positive answer to the question of universality seem to have arrived at their position through the following sequence of essentially functionalist propositions : |
11 | Thunderous applause and screams of delight echoed throughout the venue , when Bronagh Brolly , who had delivered an emotional ‘ I Honestly Love you ’ , won her place , and the last act into the final was Now & Then — two guys who gave a faultless performance of ‘ More Than Words ’ . |
12 | Che Guevara , representing Cuba at the OAS conference at punta del Este in Uruguay , instigated a meeting with the US delegate Richard Goodwin , who gave a full account of the conversation in a memo for president Kennedy dated 22 August 1961 ( ( US Declassified , 1978 , 303A ) . |
13 | More games followed , including a quiz in which anyone who gave a wrong answer had to remove an item of clothing : before long we were all left in nothing but our underpants . |
14 | A man who gave a false name to police was released on conditional bail yesterday by Darlington magistrates . |
15 | This was applied in Dixons Ltd. v. Roberts ( 1894 D.C. ) where it was held that section 14 did not catch a trader who gave a false indication that a refund would be given on any goods purchased , if within seven days the customer was able to buy the same products locally more cheaply . |
16 | Some see it and have sound explanations , like one Magar lady in rural west central Nepal who gave a ten-minute lecture to me on the problems of the transference of fertility from forest to arable land , and changing uses of crop residues with increasing population pressure , that would have stood up well in a graduate seminar . |
17 | However , as the third week began in Croydon , Bates dispatched a series of home players , including Mark Petchey , Sean Cole ( avenging a previous defeat at the National Championships ) , Andrew Richardson ( who gave a fine performance reflecting future potential ) and Joelson . |
18 | And he has appointed Mr Gergen , a long-time Renaissance man who gave a fine speech on the fragmentation of America at this year 's Hilton Head weekend , to a key position . |
19 | The second supporter was Councillor Struan Stevenson from Kyle and Carrick District Council who gave a detailed account of spent fuel transport in the Municipal Journal . |
20 | The broadcaster who gave a complicated radio talk on a technical subject was wasting his time , for no one listened to him — a point which came over in interviews so often that it became indisputable . |
21 | The feeling intensified when she met Marshall who gave a knowing look and said : ‘ I expect you 're working for Mr Harbury . ’ |
22 | Intimidating , but not as much as a first meeting with the famous former amateur captain , Brian Sellars , who gave a severe look and a scornful : ‘ Na'then , you little Welsh bastard . ’ |