Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] to [noun sg] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 At a popular level the emphasis of the individual 's response to Scripture prompted by the Protestant Reformation allowed biblical imitation to dominate the discourse of socially and culturally disenfranchised men and women .
2 What was Prussia 's rise to prominence based upon ?
3 The poor 's entitlement to relief depended upon their having a settlement in the parish .
4 Lawyers ' history , however , had little basis in reality and the exclusion of women was by no means settled practice before the fourteenth century in the great fiefs of France ; indeed , Edward III 's title to Gascony derived from a woman , Eleanor , wife of Henry 11 .
5 WAS CANTERBURY 'S CLAIM TO PRIMACY FOUNDED ON FORGERY ?
6 The vote at the meeting was not very satisfactory- about 150 to 80 against an anti-leadership amendment — but Baldwin 's riposte to provocation met with a wide response .
7 From the minaret , the muezzin 's call to prayer mingled with the gentle serenade of mariachis .
8 Labour 's promise to estate plagued by joyriding .
9 ‘ Exposure to human suffering , bloodshed and cruelty may , in the long germ , stunt children 's sensitivity to violence inflicted on others in real life . ’
10 ‘ Exposure to human suffering , bloodshed and cruelty may , in the long germ , stunt children 's sensitivity to violence inflicted on others in real life . ’
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