Example sentences of "to a [noun] ['s] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The " right of return " issue had arisen in controversial circumstances on May 12 when US State Department spokesperson Margaret Tutwiler responded to a reporter 's question by stating that the Bush administration continued to support Resolution 194 . |
| 2 | ‘ We are not playing kick and rush , ’ he insisted when driving out to a friend 's hotel in the Derwent Valley below Consett , pausing now and then to savour the uncluttered Durham landscape , his heart for ever in the North-east of England . |
| 3 | Shortly afterwards Jane went to a friend 's house in Kensington to a musical party where a famous quartet was playing and , sitting on the stairs , talked to someone whom she took to be one of the players . |
| 4 | His parents thought he 'd gone to a friend 's house in the next street . |
| 5 | We watched that for a bit , then took the first tube of the day round to a friend 's place for a while . |
| 6 | Last week I gave a talk to a parents ' committee in one of our schools on how to make a constitution — I felt I was contributing to the growth of grass roots democracy in South Africa . |
| 7 | The Major began to feel that Onyx Muggeridge was not quite what he had come to a Parents ' Evening for , and was quite grateful when the headmaster disengaged himself with palpable reluctance from the Fromes and sailed in his direction , exuding Manner . |
| 8 | Formal entry into the war also entitled Japan to a victor 's place at the 1919 Versailles Conference , with a vote equal to those of France , Britain and the US . |
| 9 | The trader can appeal to a magistrates ' court against the notice and obtain compensation if there has been no contravention . |
| 10 | , SCDI 's Tayside Area Chairman ( left ) , welcomed MP , Scottish Office Minister for Industry and Local Government , to a Members ' Dinner in September . |
| 11 | Who knows how many quarrels , false accusations , unnecessary dismissals , how many promising careers cut short can be attributed to a butler 's slovenliness at the stage of drawing up the staff plan ? |
| 12 | It cost £2.10 … ( this being equal to a tradesman 's pay for a 49-hour week ) . |
| 13 | In short , the whole debate about the relative contributions to a child 's intelligence of upbringing and genetics is still wide open . |
| 14 | This process involves the combination of love and discipline in a secure and balanced family environment where both parents are present to contribute to a child 's development into maturity . |
| 15 | Moreover , if we make indiscriminate use of drafting , if it is invariably or artificially imposed , it may well lead to a child 's interest in writing declining . |
| 16 | I was drawn , by the figure of a woman looking at it , to a child 's face at the window of a train that was beginning to move . |
| 17 | It is also suggested that the six areas provide important qualitative information with respect to a child 's command of grammar and have particular relevance to the planning of intervention . |
| 18 | He argued that consideration had to be given to a child 's quality of life . |
| 19 | Many of life 's experiences , whether as parent , carer , musician , or even rugby international , can add to a person 's contribution to medicine . |
| 20 | A ‘ Likert ’ survey is made up of a series of statements which are related to a person 's attitude to a single object , in this case using computers in school . |
| 21 | It is also not inappropriate that the word has come to be applied to a person 's position in society , with the clear implication that ‘ getting above your station ’ is somehow wrong and dangerous . |
| 22 | A breach of the peace included a threat made to a person 's property in his presence . |
| 23 | A threat to a person 's property in his presence might very well provoke the use of force by way of self-protection , which would seem to qualify . |
| 24 | Perhaps , for instance , a case could be made for discouraging risks that might lead to a person 's loss of employment , if their chances of gaining another job were remote . |
| 25 | As with depression , a range of factors may contribute to a person 's vulnerability to the disorder , and other factors may act to precipitate its appearance . |
| 26 | Unfortunately this also means that non-tax-payers lose out to an extent as they would prefer a higher gross interest rate that is subject to a person 's rate of income tax . |
| 27 | Logging of information related to a module 's development within LIFESPAN is retained within Quality Assessment Objects which hold , for a given module name ( ie. type and subtype ) , the state transitions that any instances have undergone and any other textual QAO log entry defined by the associated process model . |
| 28 | While the notion of ‘ deliberately causing harm ’ may be central to a culture 's concept of aggression , actual instances of ‘ aggressive conduct ’ are always open to interpretation and reinterpretation . |
| 29 | He may , however , serve a counter-notice in response to a landlord 's notice under s25 of that Act irrespective of the length of his tenancy . |
| 30 | It is also the key to a Pandora 's Box of problems over rights and copyright . |