Example sentences of "to whom [pers pn] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One powerful source of fresh blood came from new men to whom we shall return , the Sussex ironmasters , like the Bowyers of Cuckfield who disputed so effectively with Bishop Curteys . |
| 2 | Something ancient is surfacing here , in other words , and it is tempting to believe that some French critics , especially those who are hostile to the English a cappella tradition ( to whom we shall return ) , can hear in English choral recordings the voice of their ancient Protestant adversary all too clearly . |
| 3 | Now , he thought , there is none to whom we may entrust a message . |
| 4 | The organists of the ‘ Imperial ’ group ( see pp. 180 and 183–5 ) , to whom we may add Buchner 's pupil , the St. Gall organist Fridolin Sicher ( 1490–1546 ) , were still active through much of this period . |
| 5 | He explained to us , through Wong , that the participants on the course at Peking would be teachers from various Institutes and Universities in Peking , that there were 27 of them , and that they would be divided into two groups , to whom we would each ‘ lecture ’ alternately every morning . |
| 6 | The only person to whom we can give any credence is Manningham ; doubtless any delay in embalming the body was caused by Cecil 's dilemma whether to obey the late Queen 's wishes or not . |
| 7 | We do not have great writers any more , men to whom we can turn for enlightenment and discussion of the most engaging problems . |
| 8 | ‘ The money I get for the scrap is paid into the Finance Department , and when the fund has built up to a worthwhile sum I 'll be calling for suggestions for a local charity to whom we can donate the cash . ’ |
| 9 | I think that the press has felt a need to represent John Major as a man as a leader to whom we can all look in whose care we can all feel safe and all that sort of thing , because the media feels pressure to keep the morale of the country up in war time . |
| 10 | We are told the way in which MPs have voted on certain controversial cross-party issues such as abortion and hanging ; we are given the names of those to whom we must say farewell and those we should welcome , but no details whatsoever as to the make up the corps of MPs ' secretaries , that body of sirens from whom the more susceptible among us should be protected . |
| 11 | Not that the Webbs , to whom we must first turn for an authoritative opinion , think that well of him . |
| 12 | It is the younger age range to whom we must make ourselves more attractive and appealing . |
| 13 | Could you please let me know where you would like the cheque sent , and to whom we should make it out ? |
| 14 | Is it not Lord Lane to whom we should direct our innermost yearnings ? |
| 15 | we are trying to identify the appropriate person in their organisation to whom we should write concerning a business opportunity which may be of interest to them . |
| 16 | They could therefore intercede with him for the living , to whom they might appear , and for whom they might still work miracles . |
| 17 | For instance , bereaved adults experience higher than expected levels of illness in the year following the death of their spouse , and among those most at risk of lasting psychiatric problems are people without a network of friends or relatives to whom they may turn for consolation ( Parkes and Brown , 1972 ) . |
| 18 | In contrast , in this case , what is involved is not discriminatory treatment on grounds of nationality but a condition for the grant of nationality , and the member states are free to determine to whom they will grant or refuse their nationality , in the case of natural persons and ships alike . |
| 19 | The following paragraphs briefly describe each of the LIFESPAN manuals in turn and indicate the users to whom they will be of most interest . |
| 20 | ( 4 ) If you haven " t already heard , write to the selling agent for full particulars of the sale and parties , etc. ( 5 ) If you act for a seller whose unregistered title deeds are with a bank , building society , etc , write for the deeds , or ( if they are not clients of yours ) for the name and address of the conveyancers to whom they will be sent , and from whom an abstract can be obtained . |
| 21 | The problem for the Scots this time , whatever their varying political and religious persuasions , was that there was no-one to whom they could turn as a counter-weight . |
| 22 | Not only were the subjects told of what Dement thought might be the probable results of the regime , but they were provided with a psychiatrist on duty all the time to whom they could report any unusual sensation . |
| 23 | Customers were unable to find a manager in Lockheed to whom they could take their problems and queries about their particular orders , and Lockheed found it necessary to employ ‘ project expediters ’ as customer liaison officials . |
| 24 | Where our Investigation Department operations involved shipping and small craft we were the specialists to whom they could turn for practical assistance . |
| 25 | Here are the addresses of prisoners to whom they can be sent : . |
| 26 | The most vital resource for stressed professionals is at least one other person , preferably but not necessarily a colleague , to whom they can tell the truth . |
| 27 | Until very recently housing associations have been able to have their own policies as to whom they can house , as well as housing a certain proportion of people from the housing waiting-list as part of their financial agreement with the local authority . |
| 28 | The successful companies take risks because they have Profitbosses to whom they can delegate , whom they can trust to make " risk-decisions " on their behalf . |
| 29 | But in the Catholic Church , unlike the Protestant churches , they at least have another woman to whom they can pray . |
| 30 | Children must be heard , and must feel confident that they have an independent person to whom they can complain . |