Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [noun] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so long as they pass them through Rannoch to the west if need be . |
| 2 | ‘ When I returned to England , ’ he continued , ‘ I asked Bishop Thomas to recommend me for ordination to the priesthood . |
| 3 | So inflexible was this masterplan that when New Scientist attempted to introduce someone who knew nothing about computers to the machine ( it is claimed to be very easy to use ) we were turned down on the grounds that ‘ this would upset the timetable ’ . |
| 4 | We 're going to look at how we can talk about them as benefits to the client . |
| 5 | They treat such dissertations in an entirely different way from Ph D theses , generally appearing to put a lower value on them as contributions to the science . |
| 6 | The most serious offences are ‘ triable on indictment only ’ , which means that the magistrates ' courts must commit them for trial to the Crown Court . |
| 7 | The sellers of the securities will deposit these cheques with the commercial banks , which will present them for payment to the Bank . |
| 8 | I managed to get a police car to rush me through security to the shopping precinct . |
| 9 | My record will stand alongside his in relation to the future of mining in Scotland or in relation to any miners in Midlothian . |
| 10 | Her trembling body was curving and lifting itself to the hardness of his in obedience to the quickening in her loins , a fierily hollow quivering , the force at the centre of a storm of sensation . |
| 11 | And he had turned , his sweet face alive with devilment , one arm outflung as if presenting someone on stage to an audience . |
| 12 | And it is for us surely to open ourselves without prejudice to the shape that it will take in the future . |
| 13 | We want to see Grand Met send someone to Darlington to a meeting which would include all the licensees affected by the rent rises and the new leases . ’ |
| 14 | Defendants who ‘ could n't care less ’ may have had thoughts about consent which through indifference to the matter , they fail to pursue . |
| 15 | The bone will give plenty of flavour to the soup during cooking and should be removed before the soup is seasoned prior to serving . |
| 16 | It is this shifted subject which decides whether the verb is singular " is " or plural " are " : In some cases there was plenty of references to the protagonist 's body parts . |
| 17 | Both Courtauld 's and Messrs Jay 's of Regent Street could rest assured , for not one undertaker concerned himself with buying-in to the mourning warehouses , thereby turning the tables on the mercers and upholders . |
| 18 | Throughout his career , Gaunt was conspicuous for his loyalty to the king , and even when Richard II spurned that loyalty for a time , Gaunt did not associate himself with opposition to the court . |
| 19 | Weightman and Bullen Ltd were appointed by the Governors to undertake the re-development of the St. Vincent Road site with a brief , which in addition to the specialist and general teaching requirements , incorporated the need for essential modifications , specifically , increased staff accommodation/toilets , improved Administration facilities and a general improvement in pupil toilet provision , to cater for the increased population of the School . |
| 20 | I am not familiar with this procedure which in relation to a request for discovery ( provided the request is generally in order ) or the administering of interrogatories does not conform with the practice described in The Supreme Court Practice 1991 , vol. 1 , paras . |
| 21 | He also distances himself from approaches to the study of media ‘ impact ’ which conceive of them in a fairly narrow way . |
| 22 | Nephew of John Moores , founder of the Littlewoods pools empire , he had had little to do with the business when he found suddenly himself in line to the throne . |
| 23 | Early in the morning , in the grey cold light that precedes the rising sun , he positioned himself in trees to the east of the lake but out of sight of it . |
| 24 | He would need to be continually finding opportunities to put himself on display to the populace : walkabouts , tours of business premises and factories and farms , appearances in pubs and clubs , visits to colleges and hospitals and homes for the elderly , attendances at all sorts of social functions and ceremonies — the list could be endless . |
| 25 | He found himself on loan to the faculty of the National Intelligence Academy ( NIA ) in Fort Lauderdale as director of Video Operations . |
| 26 | The principal charges against him related to ship money and his conduct concerning the forests ; he saved himself by flight to the Continent . |
| 27 | The actual title of the course matters a lot less than the content , but a word of caution is necessary here to help you differentiate between programmes designed to prepare you for re-entry to the profession , and those which may be open to nurses currently practising , namely ‘ refresher courses ’ . |
| 28 | And what we would do in those circumstances sir is if the late objections er the objections or representations that were to arrive er up to let us say five o'clock tomorrow , we would er deal with and then send on to you with copies to the objector of course . |
| 29 | It had not been contended in the course of the case that there was not a sale , until during the debate in your Lordships ' House that suggestion was made , and I think that , beyond doubt , anyone , who in answer to the advertisement acquired a record , would say that he had bought it and would be surprised that any doubt should be cast upon what he regarded as an obvious fact . |
| 30 | Where that can not be achieved , the formation of separate partnerships under a single firm-name may be a more successful method of preserving unity ; ( 2 ) the rivalry mentioned above will commonly show itself in relation to the profitability of each office . |