Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [verb] to [art] [det] " in BNC.

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1 Their colour-similarity is a necessary condition of their belonging to the same colour species , not a definition of their colour .
2 One was a £230,000 ‘ compensation for loss of office ’ , the bulk of which went to the former chief executive , Emmanuel Olympitis , who suddenly departed last month .
3 Mr Faulks said : ‘ Inside the police found a complete confidence trickster 's set with 26 different charge cards either in the name of Garawand or in the name of Yousefi and ten cheque books , four of which related to the same account at the Royal Bank of Scotland in Darlington . ’
4 There are , however , four distinct stages in the development of phylloxera , all of which belong to the same Phylloxera vastatrix life-cycle : the sexual , the leaf , the root and the winged form .
5 It was some time before the detective found your address ; you 've been very clever in not meeting here , but it was careless of you to go to the same hotel every time , even if you did sign in as Mr and Mrs Smith .
6 It has become a practice of mine to return to the same sight and work throughout the seasons .
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