Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [noun] 's [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the death of John not only confirmed Wordsworth 's adherence to these opinions ; it undermined his former self-sufficiency and cast doubts upon the validity of poetry . |
| 2 | The deteriorating international political situation literally strengthened Nizan 's commitment to the communist cause . |
| 3 | A state official commented on the unusually large gathering of ‘ that sect ’ who attended the burial of their ‘ archbishop ’ near Redcliffe parish : the turnout fittingly symbolized Bishop 's contribution to the establishment of Quakerism in Bristol . |
| 4 | He was screaming , the high-pitched , nerve-grating scream of agony that always turned Kathleen 's blood to stone , and the waiting-room fell into shocked silence . |
| 5 | THE US secretary of state , Warren Christopher , yesterday called Russia 's move to democracy and free markets the ‘ greatest strategic challenge of our time ’ and said the United States could help underwrite a bigger international aid programme . |
| 6 | Reproducing these features encouraged skill in draughtsmanship : it also drew Hardy 's attention to the abundance of detail and sheer exuberance of Gothic style , characterised by Ruskin as ‘ fancifulness , love of variety , love of richness ’ . |
| 7 | I also noticed Jenny 's reaction to your arrival . |
| 8 | Dzerzhinsky had been made Commissar for Transport in the first place to deal with internal troubles among the railwaymen , many of whom had opposed the Bolsheviks in 1917 and nearly brought Lenin 's government to its knees after the October Revolution . |
| 9 | Carolyn never really understood Alan 's reaction to her being pregnant . |
| 10 | The Labour Ministers fully supported Churchill 's resistance to the opening of a Second Front . |
| 11 | Indeed , the Act of Dispensations of 1534 specifically affirmed Henry 's commitment to Catholic doctrine , stating that the king did not intend to ‘ vary from the congregation of Christ 's Church in any things concerning the very articles of the Catholic faith of Christendom ’ . |
| 12 | A communiqué issued afterwards reaffirmed NATO 's commitment to negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union on the elimination of short-range nuclear forces ( SNF ) as " foreseen in the London Declaration " ( of July 1990 — see pp. 37599-600 ) . |
| 13 | But Mrs Gandhi never forgave Khan 's opposition to her scrapping the privy purses , and to his regret she did not make him a minister . |