Example sentences of "his [noun sg] to [art] [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bhattarai tendered his resignation to the King on May 14 but was asked to stay in office until the formation of a new Cabinet . |
| 2 | Sharon formally submitted his resignation to the Cabinet on Feb. 18 , and it became effective two days later . |
| 3 | In a statement on April 22 designed to convince a visiting fact-finding mission from the Organization of American States ( OAS ) [ see below ] of his democratic intent , he promised to submit his decision to a plebiscite on July 5 , and pledged that proposed constitutional reforms would also be subjected to the popular vote on Aug. 31 . |
| 4 | Several schemes from British architects , which arrived after Friday , 20th March , 1857 , were rejected , including one from H. E. Kendall , who only managed to get his work to the hall on the following Monday . |
| 5 | In dismay he put aside his tools and set down his reaction to the disaster on paper . |
| 6 | DeVore turned briefly to smile at Berdichev before returning his attention to the scene on the other side of the one-way mirror that took up the whole of one wall of the study . |
| 7 | He straightened away from her and turned his attention to the man on the floor . |
| 8 | He rose from the table forlornly , addressing his attention to the crease on his trouser leg . |
| 9 | The Speaker of the House of Commons , Bernard Weatherill , has lent his name to a Commission on Citizenship in which the organisation Community Service Volunteers has taken a lead . |
| 10 | His paper to the Congress on Inland Navigations in 1902 had been mentioned . |
| 11 | In his paper to the Congress on Inland Navigations , Thomas wrote that the cost of running the lift was £1 4s 6d a day for coal , oils stores and labour , for a duty of 6,000 tons a day of 12 hours , taking 15 minute intervals for successive operations of the lift . |
| 12 | Unrepentant , Palmer shifted his ground to an attack on the format of the Annual Estimates of Nigeria , which he developed into a campaign for the complete decentralization of the Treasury Department . |
| 13 | Garrucho 's resignation was prompted by his involvement in two controversies since his appointment to the Cabinet on June 30 . |
| 14 | He laughed , then leaned forward and touched his finger to the panel on the seatback in front of her . |
| 15 | When a child is learning to read , he will point with his finger to the word on which he is concentrating . |
| 16 | As King Hassan celebrated the 30th anniversary of his accession to the throne on March 3 , officials disclosed that the eight members of the family of the late Gen. Mohammed Oufkir had been released on Feb. 27 after over 18 years in detention . |
| 17 | Gombojavyn Ochirbat , elected general secretary of the MPRP in March 1990 and in April to the restyled post of chair of the central committee [ see pp. 37317 ; 37374 ] , delivered his report to the congress on Feb. 25 . |
| 18 | He saw one of his jobs as keeping his ear to the ground on Blanche 's behalf , trying to catch discontent while it was no more than a distant rumble and to spot which detectives needed encouragement and which a gentle kick up the backside . |
| 19 | On 26th June , Pennethorne sent a long memorial to the Treasury explaining his position and his grievances , and Hall gave his version to the Treasury on 21st July . |
| 20 | On another occasion , the train left the rails near Zhmerinka Station and the Tsar had to make his way to the station on foot . |
| 21 | The care which Bailey lavished on his " treasures " within the National Trust was at least equalled by his work as activist and propagandist for the " eternal values " of poetry through the Association and in the pages of the Newbolt Report where his contribution to the section on the universities was particularly notable . |
| 22 | THE year of 1992 was one of considerable milestones for Father Edmund McCarten who celebrated his 80th birthday on 30th March and his Golden Jubilee of his ordination to the Priesthood on 26th July this year . |
| 23 | His speech to the country on January 16th on the outbreak of war proved yet again that the president is no orator . |
| 24 | Neil Kinnock , the Labour leader , set out education , transport , science and research as key priorities for the party 's programme in government in his speech to the conference on Tuesday . |
| 25 | Mr Albert Towndrow said he had accompanied his mother-in-law to the hospital on Dec 16 . |