Example sentences of "[noun] 's marriage to " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is also Christian — another of Don 's children , who lives in Copenhagen and was born , by another woman , after the musician 's marriage to Moki . |
| 2 | If Pound had attended to Thomas Hardy 's marriage to Florence Emily Dugdale within two years of the death of his first wife , Emma , there can be little doubt that this is the verdict he would have passed on the transaction . |
| 3 | Edward 's marriage to Mrs. Simpson took place in France in June of 1937 . |
| 4 | He had him killed after John had criticised Herod 's marriage to Herodias , the wife of his half-brother Herod Philip ( Luke 3:19 ) . |
| 5 | She and Molly had always been close until Molly 's marriage to Sol Stein , owner of a thriving factory in the rag trade in Leeds . |
| 6 | Prussia had a dynastic interest in the same question , as Bismarck recognized when he opposed Alexander 's marriage to a Prussian princess : ‘ English policy ’ , he said , ‘ has an interest in our being on bad terms with Russia , and a Prussian princess on the Bulgarian throne would be a fairly sure way of achieving this . ’ |
| 7 | Rhun is thought to have been a son of Urien of Rheged ( see above , p. 78 ) , and Oswiu 's marriage to Riemmelth may have cemented an alliance with the north British principality of Rheged as another important strand in the web of alliances which conspired to overthrow Eadwine . |
| 8 | Australia 's Nationwide News agreed to an out-of-court settlement over an article about Jane 's marriage to farmer Alex Makim . |
| 9 | I do n't think Zbigniew 's marriage to Tatyana was going too swell at the time . |
| 10 | ‘ My husband 's influence does not require to be increased by his grand-daughter 's marriage to Artai , ’ Zurachina said with finality . |
| 11 | The crown prince 's marriage to Masako Owada on June 9th will be marked by a national holiday and widespread television coverage . |
| 12 | In Beaumont and Fletcher 's The Maid 's Tragedy , Melantius , approving his sister 's marriage to his best friend , tells her : ‘ Sister , I joy to see you , and your choice/You look 'd with my eyes when you took that man ’ ( i. ii . |
| 13 | Similarly , through Lata 's sister 's marriage to Pran you 're led into the world of politics and the subject of land reform , which sounded dull to me at first but became much more interesting as I got into it . ’ |
| 14 | Outside Flanders , Robert 's sister 's marriage to Roger of Sicily was a mark of his new position in the world ; like Louis VI 's sister 's marriage to Bohemond of Antioch , it stretched French kinship connections into the new Norman colonies , ensuring that travellers from the homeland would find a welcome in those distant parts . |
| 15 | Outside Flanders , Robert 's sister 's marriage to Roger of Sicily was a mark of his new position in the world ; like Louis VI 's sister 's marriage to Bohemond of Antioch , it stretched French kinship connections into the new Norman colonies , ensuring that travellers from the homeland would find a welcome in those distant parts . |
| 16 | Mary Priestman and Margaret Tanner , prominent in the LNA , were strict Quakers , in touch with reforming politics via their elder sister 's marriage to the Quaker politician John Bright . |
| 17 | There clearly was quite an extended period between Eadwine 's marriage to Aethelburh — some time before c . |
| 18 | The comic duo , soon to star in Branagh 's new film Peter 's Friends , are seen setting sail for New York in Episode One to escape Bertie 's marriage to the unspeakable Honoria Glossop , but danger lurks among their fellow first-class passengers . |
| 19 | But , as far as she was concerned , it brought only sadness in its wake , precipitating , as it no doubt would , Michele 's marriage to the American . |
| 20 | However , Lambarde 's marriage to Sylvestre was not to last much longer than his first , for after bearing him four children she died two weeks after the birth of twins on the 1st September 1587 , scarcely 4 years after marrying him . |
| 21 | She would argue about moving Anna before she had fully recovered — if she recovered — but she would put nothing in the way of Anna 's marriage to Nahum Plunkett . |
| 22 | The architect 's marriage to the eccentric Lady Emily Lytton might have been a basis for social success , but , in fact , she was too shy to help his career . |
| 23 | Most of the daughters ( except Rose , who lost an eye ) soon married , but Minnie 's marriage to Abe Greenbaum came to an abrupt end when she did a ‘ bunk with Claud ’ — a doctor she met on a visit to London . |
| 24 | The estrangement which had accompanied his father 's marriage to Turakina was an old wound , long since healed . |
| 25 | That a sufficient number of influential Scots initially entertained the idea of Mary 's marriage to Henry VIII 's son shows immediate awareness of the problem , and the preferred solution : marriage into a foreign royal house rather than into a Scottish aristocratic family . |
| 26 | Mary 's marriage to Henry had certainly taken place by February 1381 , and Thomas might well have done what he could to prevent her marrying , but Froissart casts Thomas as a villain in his account of English politics in Richard II 's reign , and not every detail in the story should necessarily be accepted at face value . |
| 27 | What Mulliner 's book does not represent adequately is English church music during the agonizing years 1534–58 which saw Henry VIII 's pseudo-Reformation and dissolution of those musical strongholds , the monasteries ; the Protestant triumph and English liturgy of 1549 ; the Catholic reaction and Mary 's marriage to Philip of Spain ( who brought with him during 1554–5 his ‘ Flemish chapel ’ including Philipp de Monte and his organist Cabezon ) ; and the accession of Elizabeth I. Most of Taverner 's church music was probably written before this period , during the years 1526–30 when he was organist and choirmaster of Cardinal College ( now Christ Church ) , Oxford ; it includes eight Masses , three Magnificats , as well as shorter pieces . |
| 28 | Personally , I tend to see Malcolm 's marriage to Margaret as part of a process by which our king invited in a team of management consultants from the Continent in order to alienate the land even further from the people . |
| 29 | Kate related her dream about little Miss Malabedeely being bullied again by Miss Shaw and Miss Rist and then Miss Malabedeely 's marriage to the African bishop , who 'd promised to worship her with his body . |
| 30 | Then in the event of a change of monarchy , Anne 's marriage to Prince Richard could , since it was as yet incomplete , be annulled . |