Example sentences of "of [pos pn] [noun] [to-vb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every February , like thousands of others artists up and down the country , I have to decide which of my paintings to submit to the Royal Academy ; you are allowed to send in a maximum of three works for which you pay a fee of £9 each . |
| 2 | For a gentle corrective one could do worse than go back to H.L. Mencken who opined that Alexander Graham Bell — the progenitor of the institution in which Penzias holds sway — and Thomas Alva Edison had done more than any of their contemporaries to add to the sum of life 's damned nuisances . |
| 3 | No one must be false to that oath , but in order to return a collective verdict , the verdict of you all , there must necessarily be argument , and a certain amount of give and take and adjustment of views within the scope of the oath you have taken , and it makes for great public inconvenience and expense if jurors can not agree owing to the unwillingness of one of their number to listen to the arguments of the rest . |
| 4 | The right of a widow , widower or resident member of their family to succeed to the tenancy on the tenant 's death . |
| 5 | Stanley Mill has survived , largely because of its ability to adapt to the changing needs of the market . |
| 6 | Only a few days before his state 's 40th anniversary celebrations , he has been obliged to accept a deal permitting several thousand of its citizens to flee to the capitalist Federal Republic . |
| 7 | The procedure is that : LCH gives notice of its decision to consolidate to the relevant exchange , the selling member and the buying member ; the seller is charged with the conduct of LCH 's case against the buyer ; and the buyer is charged with LCH 's case against the seller ; copies of all pleadings being supplied to LCH and LCH retaining the right to submit its own arguments to the arbitrators . |
| 8 | It was understood that growing US concern about the failure of its economy to respond to the stimulus of lower interest rates had been impressed upon G-7 Finance Ministers and central bank governors by US President George Bush during talks on April 28 , ahead of the opening of the formal session . |
| 9 | DAZZLING Diana puts on an eye-catching show as she steps out of her car to go to the opera . |
| 10 | JASON , in spite of his tendency to go to the loo in the middle of lessons and to complain of ‘ guts ache ’ after eating five KitKats , is a neat operator . |
| 11 | As his English guest turned at the door of his study to bow to the Romanian head of state before leaving his presence , he saw that Ceauşescu was holding out his fingers in the shape of a gun pointing at the head of his own interpreter ! |
| 12 | While this exchange was going on , Rodrigo had allowed certain of his men to desert to the other side , taking with them the story that El Cid was about to escape by night through one of the passes . |
| 13 | The notice also informs the contemnor of his right to apply to the court to purge his contempt and ask for release . |
| 14 | It should also inform him of his right to apply to the court to purge his contempt . |
| 15 | The rest of the pistols he bundled into a towel and gave to one of his daughters to carry to the banqueting hall . |