Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] to the [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Hurd 's response to the debate on law and order , always a difficult test for Conservative Home Secretaries , was markedly well received and ended to a standing ovation . |
| 2 | Ramaphosa said that the killings were the government 's response to the launch on June 16 of an ANC mass action campaign designed to force majority rule . |
| 3 | Palmerston took the defeat as a vote of no confidence and tendered the Government 's resignation to the Queen on 21st February , 1858 , and she immediately asked Lord Derby to form the new Government . |
| 4 | To complement the quotation from Winston Churchill 's reply to the debate on the then Coal Mines ( Eight Hours ) Bill that was given by the hon. Member for Holborn and St. Pancras , I should like to draw the House 's attention to other words of Winston Churchill in the same speech , which are as self-evidently true today as they were then : ’ We have reminded the hon. Gentleman of it often ; but why should cheapness of production always be achieved at the expense of the human factor ? |
| 5 | Hall reported the Committee 's recommendation to the House on 9th July . |
| 6 | It was of course the point of Baldwin 's remark to the King on 16 November . |
| 7 | Vaclav Havel , elected President of Czechoslovakia on Dec. 29 , 1989 [ see p. 37107 ] , broadcast a New Year 's address to the country on Jan. 1 . |
| 8 | Michael was happy enough with his ‘ batburger ’ , but preferred the chips on Karen 's plate to the mountain on his own . |
| 9 | When the novelty wore off , the female beggar 's gesture to the baby on her back and to her mouth became a standard plea throughout the world . |
| 10 | In view of the unsatisfactory nature of the Minister 's answer to the question on the extension of VAT , I intend to raise the matter on the Adjournment . |
| 11 | THE Belfast Telegraph 's contribution to the debate on smoking — in the form of two major articles prior to No Smoking Day — was very much appreciated by those of us working towards a healthier community . |
| 12 | ( 10 ) John took Bill 's dog from Fred 's house to the vet on Friday . |
| 13 | Her remarks could ease the way for Mr Lawson 's speech to the conference on Thursday . |
| 14 | I would draw members ' attention to the spending on Children and Families Committee during this year , which in fact , is net some three hundred and nineteen thousand above the base budget . |
| 15 | Where a defendant or respondent under disability has no guardian ad litem acting for him under rr 5 or 8(2) , the plaintiff ( or applicant ) shall , after the time for delivering a defence ( or answer ) has expired and before taking any further steps , apply to the court without fee on not less than three days ' notice to the person on whom the summons was served under Ord 10 , r 4 for the appointment of a guardian ad litem ( Ord 10 , r 6 ) . |
| 16 | Prince Charles ' contribution to the debate on the environment and development in London this week is to make a speech on the ‘ population explosion ’ . |