Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] to a [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the Hotel Proprietors Act 1956 , a hotel proprietor may in certain circumstances be liable to make good any loss of or damage to a guest 's property even though it was not due to any fault of the proprietor or staff of the hotel . |
| 2 | As with Building Regulations , changes in the Wiring Regulations are not retrospective and are intended for new installations , but substantial additions or alterations to a house 's wiring may mean making changes to an existing installation . |
| 3 | It has been held that payments to a bankrupt 's accountants were not a preference under s 340 of the Insolvency Act 1986 ( p 101 ) . |
| 4 | To have to sit there and take his abuse was like being bound hand and foot to a torturer 's chair . |
| 5 | The decision to ‘ open a case ’ marks a critical difference in the construction of and response to a person 's problems , and confers potential gains and losses ; the latter includes the danger of being drawn into increasingly intrusive interventions that may threaten a person 's autonomy . |