Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] [noun] to [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coal in India , copper in Central Africa , tin in Malaysia , silver in Mexico , and nitrates and copper in the Andes all drew railways to them like lightning to its earth . |
| 2 | Harry Murrell rang me in reply to my letter of 21 July to Ken about Req No 239886 . |
| 3 | If an individual or the members of a firm may sue for a libel imputing to them insolvency , because of the damage which such a libel is calculated to do them in relation to their business , could it possibly be maintained that a trading corporation could not sue for a like libel ? … |
| 4 | The French recognized him as heir to their throne by a treaty of May 1420 , on the understanding that he would marry the French King 's daughter , Catherine . |
| 5 | In order to exercise this authority , however , it was first necessary to settle the dispute with York , and it was on his handling of this issue that Anselm 's reputation with the monks of Canterbury chiefly depended : they later compared him with Lanfranc to his disadvantage . |
| 6 | There is a chapter which discusses the letters from Germans — ‘ good Germans ’ in the main — which were sent to him in response to his book about the camps . |
| 7 | … Then it is suggested that , although an individual can sue for a libel upon him in relation to his business , or even the members of a partnership may maintain a joint action for such a libel , yet that an incorporated company can not . |
| 8 | It certainly has no basis in the figures that I have just given him in answer to his question . |
| 9 | But if the master has made him a bailee of them so as to vest him with exclusive possession , then , like any other bailee of this sort , he has it ; so , too , if goods are delivered to him to hand to his master , he has possession of them until he has done some act which transfers it to his master , e.g . |
| 10 | Let Liberals and Conservatives take office under him without prejudice to their party allegiance- but let the leaders stand out , keeping their party machinery intact , and promise support say for a year only . |
| 11 | This enables a student to optimise the opportunities presented to him without prejudice to his progression through the examination system . |
| 12 | In addition , we will pay the reasonable cost , where necessary , of taking your motor cycle to the nearest suitable repairer and returning it after repair to your address as shown on the schedule . |
| 13 | In addition , we will pay the reasonable cost , where necessary , of taking your caravan to the nearest suitable repairer and returning it after repair to your address as shown on the schedule . |
| 14 | On ( or soon after ) Oswine 's death Oswiu 's nephew Oethelwald , son of Oswald , secured the kingship in Deira ( HE 111 , 23 ) ( see Appendix , Figs 6.2 and 7.1 ) , though whether appointed to this position by Oswiu or acquiring it in opposition to his uncle is unknown . |
| 15 | You use this form to apply for leave and must submit it in advance to your manager . |
| 16 | Having examined the foundations of these styles of public law thought , we should now seek to test our understanding of them by reference to our experience of the subject . |