Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] to [noun] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The NSF 's response to opposition criticism of the treaty on this issue depended on the argument that to raise the Moldavian question would open up other territorial issues , such as possible Hungarian claims to Transylvania . |
| 2 | Mrs Thatcher 's election to Party Leader in 1975 was to be immensely significant in the context of post-war politics : the tradition of consensual , one-nation government ( which had dominated Conservative governments since 1951 ) was , if not to disappear , to become far less dominant . |
| 3 | Thirdly , the composite tax arrangements with the Inland Revenue , whereby a depositor 's liability to income tax at the standard rate on interest payments was settled by the society , were attractive to many depositors . |
| 4 | The latest move comes a day after Ke Zaishuo , the senior Peking representative to the Joint Liaison Group — the Anglo-Chinese body overseeing Hong Kong 's return to mainland sovereignty in 1997 — blamed Britain for the crisis of confidence in the territory after the Chinese army assault on Tiananmen Square . |
| 5 | SOUTH AFRICA 'S return to Test cricket after 22 years was marked by a match as tense and as fluctuating as any they could have played in their former life . |
| 6 | This unease is intensely felt on Sir Thomas 's return to Mansfield Park from the West Indies , a flaw in him which is finally accountable for Julia 's errors and for Maria 's exclusion from polite society . |
| 7 | The URA 's attitude to investor participation in the EPL scheme was ambivalent . |
| 8 | Davenport 's attitude to group marketing in general is much the same as for the Royal Oak . |
| 9 | This report about your son 's adjustment to group life in camp has been compiled by the members of our staff who have been working with Leonard . |
| 10 | Tixier-Vignancour 's success in retricting General Salan 's punishment to life imprisonment in 1968 so angered President de Gaulle that he considered resignation . |
| 11 | Even those hostile found the play 's closeness to music hall to be its strength . |
| 12 | A good start would be to purchase A fishkeeper 's guide to Fish Breeding by Dr Chris Andrews published by Salamander . |
| 13 | The volatile Scot , currently on a month 's loan to Birmingham City after being transfer-listed by Southampton , lines up against Newcastle with an eye on a move back into the Premier League . |
| 14 | Now , where 's people 's commitment to Local Government in circumstances like that ? |
| 15 | Professor Graham Hankinson , the Wimpey Professsor of Business at Thames Valley University said that even though companies were drastically curtailing their training and development activities , this initiative by Wimpey was a positive reflection of the company 's commitment to staff training at every level . |
| 16 | He was joined by a young Londoner , Jonathan Goodchild , who rapidly moved from being Sharp 's assistant to art director in his own right , leaving Sharp a clear run as perhaps the underground 's most innovative illustrator . |
| 17 | IRISH Prime Minister Albert Reynolds came under Unionist fire last night after he spoke of the importance of the Republic 's constitution to nationalists north of the border . |
| 18 | Halling has its fair share of chalk pits , from Bore 's Hole to Houlder Pit on the border with Snodland , these pits splitting the village in two with two passes , one the road from Halling Bottom to the Robin Hood and the other the footpath from the Black Boy to the Plough , Lower Halling . |
| 19 | Morrison went from his father 's school to Melbourne University in 1879 to study medicine . |
| 20 | The Hatfield Polytechnic was moving towards computer instruction for all students because , said Norman Lindop in 1971 , ‘ the computer is a part of modern culture ’ , and in 1970 Computer Weekly was drawing attention to the CNAA 's contribution to computer availability in Scotland . |
| 21 | Jim received a first and thoroughly well-merited Testimonial in November 1980 , cruised past Terry Long 's previous club record of 442 League appearances in April 1985 and proceeded to notch up his 500th League game for us at Birmingham on 18 October 1986 , his 550th League match at Hull City on 19 December 1987 and his 650th overall ( ie : including major Cup ties ) upon the occasion of Oldham Athletic 's visit to Selhurst Park on 5 March 1988 . |
| 22 | Attempts to extend the Marshall Plan to Eastern Europe failed , largely , but not entirely , because of Stalin 's hostility to US influence within his ‘ empire ’ . |
| 23 | N 47487 hauls a King 's Cross to Chester–le–Street charter near Stonebridge , Durham on 27 June 1985 . |
| 24 | It may be a sign of the times , but Craig Innes ' switch to rugby league in Britain did not draw much newspaper comment in New Zealand . |
| 25 | Councillor Anne James , spokeswoman for the Torfaen Environmental Health Committee , criticised the private caterers ' approach to food preparation with limited resources . |