Example sentences of "to [noun] [prep] [art] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his ministerial programme submitted to parliament for the deputies ' vote of confidence on December 30 , Mr Badran said his government will study the legal and economic effects of martial law after taking steps to return suspended passports , restore the elected boards to the three Arabic dailies and abolish a previous martial law order to dissolve the Jordanian Writers Association . |
| 2 | The Daily Telegraph , 4 March 1979 , notes a case where transvestites who hooked dresses through letter boxes pleaded guilty to burglary in a magistrates ' court , even though no part of their bodies was through the letter boxes . |
| 3 | Mrs. Dolman was well known to Mum through the Mothers ' Union , the only son Roger was a Standard Seven boy and he had four younger sisters including one who was about a year old . |
| 4 | It was assisted by the government Guaranteed Loan Scheme , which supported High Street banks in lending money to family businesses by guaranteeing up to 80% of the banks ' risk . |
| 5 | A network of volunteers collects wounded birds around the country and delivers them to Aegina at the collectors ' expense . |
| 6 | If you would care to lunch in the directors ' dining room , just let my secretary know . " |
| 7 | He was educated at the local church school then , at the age of twelve , went to work for a builders ' business in Lancaster . |
| 8 | When one colony is markedly smaller than the other and so can not field an imposing team , it is raided , the queen is killed , and workers , pupae and larvae are carried off to be set to work in the victors ' nest . |
| 9 | But his resistance was doomed to failure as the courtiers ' position was confirmed by several royal decrees . |
| 10 | There was no longer anywhere for me to hide , and I knew I would be cut to pieces by the giants ' sharp knives . |
| 11 | Tough Epsom Derby winner Dr Devious ( 10–1 ) ran a blinder to finish fourth to Fraise in the Breeders ' Cup Turf but has been on the go since April . |
| 12 | These were cases in which the research interview could be carried out within one week of the team assessment , to minimise disagreement due to changes in the patients ' condition . |
| 13 | Besides , she was ultimately responsible to Liz for the twins ' welfare , Laura firmly reminded herself as they mounted the wide steps up to the front door of Lady Wyndham 's house . |
| 14 | ‘ Declare : ( 1 ) That on the taking of the accounts and inquiry order to be made and taken herein by Chief Master Munrow on 14 March 1988 the plaintiffs are entitled to raise objection to items in the defendants ' said accounts on the grounds that the items were and are unreasonable in amount but so that any doubts are to be resolved in favour of the defendants . |
| 15 | The students , all Hindus from colleges of the neighbouring states of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana , had come to Patiala for a students ' festival and were sleeping in a dormitory when they were attacked yesterday . |
| 16 | Robin Launders , Manchester United 's finance director , told ACCOUNTANCY that the company thought it appropriate to disclose the value attributed to players in the directors ' report in a similar way to the publication of information when properties were worth more than the balance sheet value . |
| 17 | Sansom , capped 86 times for England , was still talking to friends in the players ' bar at Stockport County last night when the rest of the squad left on the team bus after their 2-1 aggregate victory . |
| 18 | With this in mind I travelled to Woburn for the Superstars ' Celebrity Challenge . |
| 19 | Mr Rees will be talking to volunteers at the Samaritans ' annual general meeting held in St Augustines Church Hall on Wednesday , March 18 , at 7.30pm . |
| 20 | There was at first some confused skirmishing over the actual terms of the Charter — the College 's solicitor , Mr France , had apparently not seen some amendments and had agreed to others from the practitioners ' side without fully informing either the College professors or William Dick . |
| 21 | But even that did n't get him to Barcelona for the Olympics ' newest sport . |
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| 25 | Independents won seven seats and two were reserved for guerrillas who gave up their arms ; it was anticipated that these would be allocated to representatives of the Workers ' Revolutionary Party ( PRT ) , a guerrilla group which signed a peace pact with the government on Dec. 28 and was due to disarm in the far northern province of Sucre on Jan. 26 . |
| 26 | In the heart of the press one or two died of suffocation , and many were ridden down and crushed to death under the horses ' feet . |