Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ex-Eton schoolboy Jonathan Barton was bullied but unlike Charles , he knew better than to take his complaint to the headmaster . |
| 2 | One of the children pawed at my lap , as if returning my attention to the lady on the velvet throne . |
| 3 | They 're now considering taking their campaign to the European Court . |
| 4 | In doing so we will create the opportunity to deliver an individual service to our members through instant response and while improving our service to the members we will also improve our recruitment potential . |
| 5 | Antonio 's father , Pedro ( Biro ) Custodio , was informed of his son 's death while reporting his kidnapping to the military barracks the next morning . |
| 6 | THE Labour Party National Executive yesterday endorsed a campaigning strategy for the next year in which the party will seek to popularise its policy review while focusing its opposition to the Government on health , the economy , the poll tax , teacher shortages , and transport . |
| 7 | THE Labour Party National Executive yesterday endorsed a campaigning strategy for the next year in which the party will seek to popularise its policy review while focusing its opposition to the Government on health , the economy , the poll tax , teacher shortages , and transport . |
| 8 | His Cabinet changes reflect his desire to reassure the Right while demonstrating his commitment to a more ‘ caring ’ form of Conservatism . |
| 9 | She 'd be an idiot to imagine anything else , she decided , while making her way to the filing cabinet . |
| 10 | As Mr. Ron Lord , Wakefield 's assistant chief financial officer , points out in the Municipal Journal , they could at least introduce the poll tax ’ against a background of a stable rating system which managers were able to put on automatic pilot while diverting their attention to the multitude of practical problems that were to arise with the new system . |
| 11 | But they are brought together , in successive books , by the force of this preoccupation , and the reader has to make what he can of the resemblance between two figures quite remote from one another in any coarser understanding of the matter , to do this while adjusting his sight to a vista of copycats , impostors and successive interpretations — a vista which is far from unfamiliar now and can be caught , for instance , in the productions and reproductions of contemporary literary theory . |
| 12 | The court also granted a stay of proceedings for three weeks after it delivers its written judgment , in a few days , for the defence to decide whether to take its appeal to the Privy Council , the highest court to which the case can go . |
| 13 | The men say they 're still considering the possibility off civil action against the police and whether to take their case to the European Court . |
| 14 | Before the event , I had debated whether to bring my director to the event , to reinforce the quality image of the Association which he in effect supports by sponsoring me . |
| 15 | George , playing at No. 3 to Brian Daly , turned in another five star performance when helping his rink to a rather one-sided 27-6 win over the Dunluce four skipped by Malcolm McMullan . |
| 16 | He saw one of his jobs as keeping his ear to the ground on Blanche 's behalf , trying to catch discontent while it was no more than a distant rumble and to spot which detectives needed encouragement and which a gentle kick up the backside . |
| 17 | The concession theory regards the company as owing its existence to an exercise of state power . |
| 18 | The colleges have , in overcoming the crises of the 1970s , already significantly repositioned themselves as regards their contribution to the professional life of the Roman Catholic Church . |
| 19 | It may not be as easy as surrendering your body to the doctor and simply taking the medicine , nor can you expect an over-night cure . |
| 20 | Whether this is stimulated by the myths and ballads proposed by David Holbrook , or is a reflection upon the living conditions of society 's victims suggested by Searle , teachers ' limitation of the pupils ' work in English to ‘ personal ’ writing can be interpreted as giving their support to the status quo of the social system . |
| 21 | FACING PAGE When taking your dog to the ‘ great outdoors ’ such as here , at the Chiricahua National Monument , Arizona — ensure that it relieves itself well away from footpaths and picnic areas . |
| 22 | Mr Clarke 's reaction reveals the same double standard as did his reaction to the doctors ' equally democratic verdict which he proceeded to dismiss . |
| 23 | The initial transition from amateur to professional golf so shocked second-year professional Darren Clarke , who won the 1990 Irish Amateur before turning pro , that he completely revamped his swing as well as changing his attitude to the game . |
| 24 | Some even go so far as to link its emergence to the coming of reggae music to Britain , circa 1970 , and the first reggae film widely seen in Britain , Perry Henzell 's ( 1972 ) The Harder They Come starring Jimmy Cliff . |
| 25 | However , when telling his experience to a member of the High Wycombe Station staff he found that his experience was certainly not unprecedented . |