Example sentences of "his [noun sg] to [art] house [prep] " in BNC.

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1 He had been sufficiently interested in imperial issues to drift into the Round Table orbit some time after his election to the House of Commons in 1910 ; and by 1916 his claims to employment were being urged on Milner at the War Office by the Round Table guru F.S. Oliver , who put him unambiguously in a class by himself , above Amery , Brand and Kerr , at the top of his list for preferment .
2 The association complained of obscenity and Coote brought his case to the House of Commons in an effort to persuade Sir Richard Webster , the Attorney-General , to take up the prosecution .
3 She continued that support after his elevation to the House of Lords in 1970 and during his service as joint chairman of the Southern Flank of NATO and as a Deputy Lieutenant of the city of Edinburgh .
4 In 1860 , the last bishop to wear his wig to the House of Lords died , and his successor as Bishop of Rochester , Dr Joseph Wigram , sharply criticised the wearing of beards and moustaches by the clergy .
5 Details of Lord Young 's involvement emerge in an exchange of letters between him and Professor Smith on July 12 , 1988 — two days before he made his announcement to the House of Lords of the Rover sale .
6 Kenneth Baker cleared up some of the confusion in his statement to the House of Commons last week .
7 According to his account to the House of Commons , Baldwin replied : ‘ Sir , that is most grievous news , and it is impossible for me to make any comment on it today . ’
8 The author with Lord Gibson and Lord Drogheda as Lord Gibson 's supporters on his introduction to the House of Lords in 1975 .
9 IN HIS speech to the House of Commons debate on the Draft Appropriation No 2 ( Northern Ireland ) Order , in July , DUP leader , the Rev. Ian Paisley welcomed the appointment of Sir John Wheeler as NIO Security Minister adding that he hoped he would bring the benefit of his experience in prisons to bear .
10 He knew of attendance by Stepan Holovich at NTS meetings in Paddington , and had the date that a father had taken his son to a house off the Cromwell Road to celebrate the National Day of the Ukrainian exiles with supermarket Italian wine and kitchen table cheese .
11 In John Hart 's case , his appeal to the House of Lords against the decisions of the High Court and the Court of Appeal would have been dismissed by four to one , had proceedings as related in Hansard not been allowed as evidence .
12 He was found guilty and sentenced to death , and , after his appeal to the House of Lords was rejected , he was hanged at Wandsworth prison 3 January 1946 .
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