Example sentences of "this [noun] to " in BNC.

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1 The identity of those annalists is important too : they reflected the views of Lothar and of Louis the German , whose interests were adversely affected by this grant to their young half-brother .
2 In making this grant to Charles , Louis the Pious was asserting this son 's special status within the family : though the last-born , Charles was now , so to speak in the primogenitus slot .
3 Although this grant to Ely , dated 1022 , is a likely forgery , its witness list could come from a genuine document of 1023 , as Cnut may have visited the monastery on his return to deal with trouble involving the abbot , who had recently taken his case to Rome .
4 Particular emphasis will be given within this framework to the ways in which regional economies interact with one another and to how their behaviour influences the way in which the national economy works .
5 The Boards were conscious that cooking was generally an off-peak load ( and thus cheap to supply ) , and , to reflect this advantage to themselves and meet gas competition , they generally accepted lower retail mark-ups on cookers than was usual on other appliances .
6 This advantage to the ultimate holder remains even if we effectively prevent insider trading .
7 ‘ The people are really richer here than anywhere else , ’ wrote a French observer in 1747 , ‘ and they partly at least owe this advantage to the wisdom of their laws .
8 Now that 's , that 's perfectly valid but if the business actually improves , it takes off , you could have this advantage to , to do it over a shorter period of time , maybe in ten years ' time when business is really
9 Secondly , we want this progress to be sustained without interruption after the transfer of sovereignty in 1997 .
10 Routh attributes most of this change to the increasing employment of professionals by businesses .
11 This change to female-based values is absolutely here , ’ she says .
12 Ezekiel speaks in much the same strain , and specifically attributes this change to the Spirit of God :
13 modification or this change to the policy .
14 Certainly that was the view of many of the senior managers who welcomed this exposure to the tests of the market-place as an important discipline and validation of the ‘ business ’ status of the nationalised Boards .
15 So after a week he takes away the bandage , removes the bit of radium , sure enough there 's a bright red radiation burn on his forearm but apart from that he feels fine , he does n't feel ill , he obviously has n't died , er so he said well I 'll leave that for a few weeks and monitor my , my health and see if there 's any long term affects from this exposure to , to radiation .
16 It was this exposure to the financial sector that attracted the attentions of the three-man management buy-in team which took control of P&W in 1990 .
17 Yet in spite of this regression to the use of Hollywood racist images , it was still applauded at Creteil .
18 We have made arrangements for this payment to be made in the resort by the HCI Representative on behalf of Norwich Union .
19 We have made arrangements for this payment to be made in the resort on behalf of Norwich Union .
20 This addition to our already extensive legal provision will give a right to at least 14 weeks ' maternity leave and protection against dismissal on grounds of pregnancy .
21 Shanti and Chris discovered in February that they were expecting a baby , There was tremendous excitement and we all began to look forward to this addition to the family .
22 This addition to the maps made them more useful , especially for agricultural purposes , but it entailed resurveying ground already covered and slowed the progress of subsequent work .
23 The care and attention that has gone into the creation of this addition to the scenery makes the ‘ single-tailed ’ B–25 ( see page 18 ) all the more puzzling .
24 And if we want language teachers to be able to teach creatively and relevantly about language , they will need special training in this addition to their normal language methods work .
25 Since operational balances were previously only a very small proportion of deposits , this addition to both in the ratio of 1 : 1 must raise the overall ratio .
26 This year Ian McCartney took up the new post of Student Enterprise Officer and this addition to the staff has greatly facilitated student enterprise activities .
27 and all our shopping was down at the Old Town , you had to go down this lane to the Old Town if you wanted a stamp
28 It goes on to Culworth , where it meets Banbury Lane , and may have proceeded along this Lane to the great markets of Northampton , where the cattle were sold in large numbers for fattening on the rich Midland pastures .
29 The availability of this badge to all at a cost of 6d was widely advertised and nearly ten thousand were sold .
30 I 'd recommend this badge to other Brownies but it 's better to do in a group .
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