Example sentences of "and to [pron] [pers pn] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 Could you please let me know where you would like the cheque sent , and to whom we should make it out ?
2 ‘ I believe , ’ he wrote , ‘ that the sovereign , even when he rules by hereditary right , is only a delegate and representative of the people , for whom he exists and to whom he must devote all his care and labour …
3 Somewhere there would be a tutor waiting to see him — some easy-going , amiable man , not old , but a few years older than himself , with whom he could drink sherry on slightly deferential terms , and to whom he could apply for permission to hold parties , keep a car , and ride to hounds .
4 In an attempt to solve this problem , I have used the experience gained from an analysis I once made of some Playschool programmes on BBC2 , and brought along some assistance , in the form of Big Ted and Little Ted , who will play the two speaker roles , and to whom I shall give an oral and a nasal voice respectively .
5 The major field monuments , which are better documented , almost certainly provided the foci in the landscape , around which such subsistence settlements would have been placed and to which they would have looked for some specialised goods and services .
6 It is also often useful to include in the side letter , by way of illustration only , a worked example of a pro forma completion statement to which both sets of accountants agree and to which they can refer back when the actual accounts are to be prepared .
7 Also , to some extent copying adult places of worship , children have provided for themselves hideaway places that they treasure , and to which they can go when they can get no comfort from the adults around them .
8 It is this creative extendability of the linguistic code that we had in mind in the earlier discussion of deviation and foregrounding ( see 1.4. ) and to which we shall return in 4.6 ; but it is now time to recognize that these are relative , not absolute concepts .
9 Over time the Tree — and its fruit — came to be understood as part of the sacred source of life , a manifestation of Mother Goddess , from whose body the whole world sprang and to which it would return .
10 The consumer body 's report New Metering Technology , published last month , speaks of ‘ an opportunity … that the industry should welcome and to which it should respond rapidly and enthusiastically ’ .
11 Her scheme envisaged a palatial brothel for women only — a sanctuary ‘ to which any lady of rank and fortune may subscribe , and to which she may repair incog ; the married to commit what the world calls adultery , and the single to commit what at the tabernacle is called fornication , or in a gentler phrase , to obey the dictates of all-powerful Nature , by offering up a cheerful sacrifice to the God Priapus , the most ancient of deities . ’
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