Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] to [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I prefaced my response to this question with the comment that I had no knowledge of the relationship of support for these two projects . |
| 2 | My attitude to another body of reference which will be addressed in Chapter 2 is different . |
| 3 | But on my recent visit to Ghana I found that my attitude to everyday life in Africa had changed radically — mainly because I was not working on a project whose usefulness I doubted , trying to achieve things and getting frustrated . |
| 4 | So , when the house is full , and my husband 's away , and I give up my room to some guest like your Rainbow 's Aunt Goldie — I spend the night in my father 's study , and reading all the texts that were n't written for the eyes of women . |
| 5 | My reaction to this submission of Mr. Glick is to confess ( to some extent ) and yet to avoid . |
| 6 | I will always sing of this winter , and your laughter , and of my journey to that land in the warm forest , away from this cold place of bird spirits . ’ |
| 7 | In fact , in the middle of one night they came and moved my bed to another part of the hospital without saying a word to me . |
| 8 | My solution to this problem during early circuits was deliberately to make a steep slipping turn into wind to ensure a high airspeed ( Fig. 5.14 ) . |
| 9 | I am much pleased with my visit to this portion of Australia which will be attended by very important results regarding the Geographical range of species besides many new ones . ’ |
| 10 | As notified at the nine months , however , General Accident has now withdrawn from non-marine treaty business having significantly reduced its exposure to that section of the London Market earlier in the year . |
| 11 | Concern was expressed on behalf of those people in magistrates courts who were unaware of their legal rights and their entitlement to legal aid in certain criminal cases . |
| 12 | Now there is a general consensus in the Netherlands that Britain is an economic backwater , and that Thatcher really ca n't be taken seriously — due in no small part to her resistance to British assimilation into the European Community . |
| 13 | Apart from these relatively rare exceptions in the biographical sources , moreover , one ought to mention a clause contained in the kanun of 1006/1598 whereby kadis without question kasabat kadis are forbidden to become muderrises in the a provision which would effectively block their route to high office in the learned profession . |
| 14 | Their exposure to instant recall of their liabilities is tolerable because the Bank of England stands ready to assist them in time of a shortage of liquidity . |
| 15 | The fundamental issue at stake here was not the merits or otherwise of the League , but whether the peace movement should lend its support to any reconstruction of security arrangements short of the total renunciation of the use of force . |
| 16 | Instead of self-confident assertions whose utterance actually enacts the superiority that is claimed , and which make it possible to identify with ‘ the master race ’ , as being and having everything that the subject races lack , we have discourses which resort to all manner of rhetorical devices to construct a narrative of special pleading marked by highly ambiguous and ironic self-reference and a litany of real or imagined grievance . |
| 17 | There was a time , just after Britain and China signed in 1984 their Joint Declaration on the Question of Hong Kong , when the colony looked forward with high hopes to the 50 or more years of capitalist autonomy which both parent-governments had promised would follow its reversion to Chinese sovereignty in 1997 . |
| 18 | All the indignities he had suffered since their abduction to this rock of a planet would be avenged . |
| 19 | Mr Connolly was speaking after a meeting of his committee at which he and members reaffirmed their opposition to any form of water privatisation — including the introduction of a franchise system . |
| 20 | Some delegations have indicated their opposition to this approach on the grounds that , under their legal systems , the consequences of nullity of the contract are non-contractual in nature . |
| 21 | And they will celebrate their elevation to senior speedway by riding against world stars like Sam Ermolenko , Jeremy Doncaster and Simon Wigg . |
| 22 | There are commercial pressures , the changing face of the sport itself , its vulnerability to uninformed judgement from without . |
| 23 | If , for example , a man threatens to kill a third party who is a complete stranger to the complainant , her submission to sexual intercourse in these circumstances can hardly be regarded as true consent . |
| 24 | The Phoenix Guard may increase their armour to heavy armour at a cost of +1 point per model . |
| 25 | Little did they know that French , together with hard-working ARFU executive Bob Fordham , had been working for over 12 hours attempting to salvage the Wallaby tour after pre-tour conditions , such as the non-playing of national anthems , were inexplicably ignored at Ellis Park the previous day when South Africa celebrated its return to international rugby against the All Blacks . |
| 26 | Breastfeeding speeds up its return to normal size after birth . |
| 27 | Unisys Corp has taken another step in its return to fiscal probity with an upgrading of its debt from Moody 's Investors Service Inc , which moved the senior unsecured debt rating up to Ba3 from B1 , the subordinated debt to B2 from B3 and the preferred stock to b3 from ca . |
| 28 | Another major example of early Labour 's basic perception of The Family was its attitude to protective legislation for women . |
| 29 | This is the point where a number of difficult areas converge : society 's ambivalence about sexuality and people with learning difficulties ; a tradition of segregation ; a lingering concern about eugenics ; a shameful history of ( enforced ) sterilisation ; a proper concern about vulnerable children ; and their right to due protection from neglect and abuse — set against an increasing recognition that people with learning difficulties should enjoy the same rights to an ordinary life in our society as anyone else , including the rights to be parents . |
| 30 | The 1991 Crime Bill would virtually end the federal courts ' power to hear appeals by death row prisoners and cancel their right to legal representation at these appeals . |