Example sentences of "[Wh pn] wanted [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the fighting in Kansas Territory in the 1850s between Southern settlers who brought their slaves with them , and Northern settlers who wanted no Negroes in Kansas , abolitionist terrorists like John Brown began murdering the families of Southern farmers . |
| 2 | About 42 per cent of unwanted pregnancies resulted in live births and there were about 15 unwanted births per year per 1,000 married women who wanted no further births ; almost 10 per cent of the marital fertility rate . |
| 3 | On the other hand , there would have been a ‘ true ’ or ‘ purist ’ Sadducee movement , consisting of Sadducees who wanted no part of such collaboration and remained loyal to the principle of a Davidic Messiah . |
| 4 | A massive 42-country World Fertility Survey , commissioned by UNFPA and USAID , demonstrated that half the women who wanted no more children had no access to contraception . |
| 5 | In fact , the statistical significance test controversy was the precursor of concerns that turned out to be rather more fundamental to variable analysis ; concerns that were not voiced by such as Becker and other Symbolic Interactionists who wanted no truck with a sociology derived from variable analysis ( and whose criticisms we shall review later in this chapter ) , but by advocates of variable analytic and survey approaches . |
| 6 | What Ken hated most of all when working was being alone — in total contrast to the facet of the man who wanted no company at all when he was n't fully employed . |
| 7 | The loyal few who paid full price at the turnstiles deserved better , but the real losers were Sheffield Eagles , who wanted a tour game and would have used the opportunity much more imaginatively . |
| 8 | Television 's enormous shift of emphasis on to defence issues in the third week of the campaign correlated with a huge rise in the number of voters who saw defence as the Conservative Party 's main campaign theme , but with only a modest rise in the number of who wanted a defence debate . |
| 9 | Some have special requirements , like a playgroup looking for a church hall , or the woman who wanted a redundant church in Wales for a design company . |
| 10 | Garden Number Two is owned by ‘ Miss Green ’ , a retired teacher with a love for nature who wanted a low-maintenance informal design . |
| 11 | He returned with a Man from Mullingar , a newsagent who wanted a Halloween witch to hang up in his shop . |
| 12 | Salvation came from without : the development of some de facto secondary work in the higher ‘ standards ’ or years of Board schools , the improvements in the older grammar schools , the use of various ‘ institutes ’ dedicated to helping working men get more education , the creation of new , civic universities like Owens in Manchester , and the expansion of London University , gave men who wanted a basic education beyond primary school new opportunities , after which they could go on to a denominational college which was now more able to concentrate on theology . |
| 13 | It was developed by a syndicate of parents at Weir Wood Sailing Club who wanted a ‘ thrills and spills ’ machine for their children to progress to from their Optimists . |
| 14 | There were before the election Conservatives who wanted a Tory defeat in the hope of a subsequent reconstruction under a new , more Thatcherite leader — who would restore the purity which Mr Patten was being allowed to destroy . |
| 15 | Grand Lodge are appalled by the often-used argument that modern freemasonry was founded by middle-class gentlemen who wanted a secret society to study alchemy and the occult . |
| 16 | For the smaller group who wanted a Romantic wildness for their seaside interludes , one other place made provision : Seaford began in a modest way around 1810 to house less well-off visitors in its one sizeable inn . |
| 17 | The initial impetus for the development of the railway came from British planters who wanted a cheaper and quicker way to transport goods to and from their plantations . |
| 18 | And so Tim Robbins , slightly to the chagrin of the moneymen who wanted a big name , was in . |
| 19 | Crelinsten classified torturers into the zealots , who were professionals and true believers in the causes for which they tortured ; the careerists , who wanted a well-paid job with privileges ; and the sadists , who enjoyed cruelty . |
| 20 | Pembroke was well placed to speak for those who wanted a more vigorous and successful war : he had a special place in the king 's affections , and he had acquitted himself well in Aquitaine . |
| 21 | The first time it was me who wanted a divorce , but the second time it was n't my choice . |
| 22 | A woman who wanted a divorce because her husband made love to her not very often and not very well did n't get it . |
| 23 | Part of the slope was in shadow , for the sun was sinking ahead of them , and Hazel , who wanted a warm , sunny spot , went on until they were quite near the lane . |
| 24 | The assumption of this explanation is , of course , that there used to be many couples who wanted a divorce but could not have one because their case was not covered by any legislation . |
| 25 | Hope 's intent look was of a man who wanted to know , who wanted a true , rapid and helpful answer . |
| 26 | Well , the story was that Arnold Thomas was the ambitious one , while the old man was content to live on the money he got from leasing the land to them as paid the price , usually folk who wanted a storage area or distribution centre . |
| 27 | When I received an answer from a Mrs Fairfax , who wanted a governess for a girl under ten years old , I accepted , with the permission of the new headmistress of Lowood . |
| 28 | " Mother , an old man came past who wanted a drink of water . " |
| 29 | But a nice young man who wanted a bit of chivvying from a jolly girl-friend . |
| 30 | Ignoring the advice of General de Bono , the Commander-in-Chief , who wanted a pause in the advance in order to consolidate his gains and improve communications , he replaced him with General Badoglio . |