Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] to [pron] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Police investigating an arson attack at a school say they 're disappointed by the public 's response to their appeal for information . |
| 2 | This was , of course , in the tradition of Burke 's response to his electors in Bristol nearly two centuries earlier . |
| 3 | That fact was not lost on Dundee player-manager Simon Stainrod after Saturday 's blow to his aim of steering his side clear of the relegation zone . |
| 4 | An alternative offeror , solicited by a target company and recommended by the target 's board to its shareholders in preference to a hostile bidder . |
| 5 | Patterson of 126 Dromalane Park , Newry , who received the Housing Executive 's reply to her application on 2 October 1989 , but was visited by an occupational therapist only last week . |
| 6 | Many thanks for sending me a copy of Sheila Ryle 's reply to my letter of MKM February 92 . |
| 7 | These two considerations , ethnic mépris and self-defence against socialism , rather that any abstract concern with the principle of descent , seem likely to have determined Kufra 's mandate to its delegates to the National Assembly , that there should be no possibility of naturalization whatever . |
| 8 | Now the company is about to add A Midsummer Night 's Dream to its roster of Shakespearian ballets and not in any truncated form , but as a full-bloodied 90-minute production . |
| 9 | St Bonaventure 's reference to his defence of the friars in 1269 implies that he was dead by then . |
| 10 | The real question on this part of the case , as it appears to me , is whether the landlords effected a re-entry , constructively , by obtaining Mr Clayton 's consent to their actions upon the terms of the first letter of 19 October 1984 . |
| 11 | While the firm would not be compelled to disclose or utilise the information about B when advising A , the fact that it owes a duty of confidentiality to B will not necessarily constitute a defence to a breach of its duty of disclosure to A. If the firm is to be fully protected it must obtain A2 's consent to its acting in the conflict situation after informing him of its conflicting duties and the fact that it can not perform its full duties of disclosure . |
| 12 | Both bring into play the Easter office and order for the Mass on Good Friday where Christ is given words of reproach based on texts from Lamentations , Jeremias and Micheas ( Micah ) to stress the contrast between God 's goodness to his people under the old covenant and their crucifixion of his Son . |
| 13 | LADY DAVERS is horrified by the strength of BELVILLE 's reaction to her comment about Sally Godfrey . ] |
| 14 | ‘ You know [ wrote a French industrialist 's wife to her sons in 1856 ] that we live in a century when men have value only by their own efforts . |
| 15 | Studies are now being conducted into the habits of the maleo but so far ornithologists have added little since Wallace 's day to our knowledge of the bird . |
| 16 | Then he linked the counsellor 's comment to his experiences as a student in America . |
| 17 | If so , take advantage of Pendle 's offer to SHE readers considering a return to a sales-orientated career . |
| 18 | It explains clearly and simply Historic Scotland 's commitment to its customers in three broad areas . |
| 19 | Does my right hon. Friend accept that it is right that he should restate the Government 's commitment to their policy in Northern Ireland , based on the rule of law ? |
| 20 | It is good to remember Spurgeon 's call to his students on this subject : |
| 21 | ‘ So that I could welcome Isabelle 's daughter to my house in person . ’ |
| 22 | A willingness to stand up and promote his trade with gusto typifies Mr Smythe 's approach to his job as chairman his Association . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | It would be necessary to understand the particular animal 's relation to its environment at the particular time . |
| 25 | I was encouraged by the Secretary of State 's answer to my question on Tuesday that he would be flexible with the extra numbers that were available . |
| 26 | Finding reasons , or excuses , for this unflattering view of the building surveyor 's contribution to his profession during a period of unprecedented post-war reconstruction and technological innovation is not a productive exercise , but what is obvious is that the most damning indictment is the lack of identifiable discipline . |
| 27 | Bob , who is director of the Indonesian joint venture , brought more than 25 years ' experience to his session on the development of LNG in Indonesia , while Paul , manager of strategic planning , and John , finance manager for the Indonesian Region , gave comprehensive presentations of the key financial issues . |
| 28 | He praised Scipio Aemilianus ' generosity to his relatives by remarking : " Such conduct would naturally be admired anywhere , but in Rome it was a marvel ; for absolutely no one there ever gives away anything to anyone if he can help it " ( 31.26.9 ) . |
| 29 | That was a subjective rating of the infants ' responsiveness to their mothers during those first months . |
| 30 | It was only a few minutes ' walk to her office in Aldersgate Street ; but she normally did not arrive there till nine . |