Example sentences of "his [noun sg] to [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was " our Arthur " at his first big political contest on home ground since his election to presidency of the union . |
| 2 | He also exhibited seven paintings at the British Institution ( 1841–60 ) and eighty-four ( 1841–69 ) at the Society of British Artists , of which he was elected a member in 1845 , resigning in 1852 in the hope that this would assist his election to associateship of the Royal Academy . |
| 3 | But ‘ might-have-been ’ is the most poignant and fruitless of all sentiments , and I could not denigrate Leslie 's individualistic choice of combat , nor dismiss as quixotry his response to vision in the conduct of the war . |
| 4 | Mr Salmond said : ‘ As soon as circumstances allow , Smith will resume his attempt to water down the manifesto on which Labour won the general election in Scotland . |
| 5 | When Jason first queried his switch to hooker in the victory at Sheffield , coach John Monie winked and told him : ‘ Just look at your winning pay packet on Thursday . ’ |
| 6 | He made a useful start in helping his club to victory in the Cardiff High School Old Boys Sevens where they beat a Nationwide VII 40–14 in the final . |
| 7 | Such developments were , for Draper , red rag to a bull — hence his recourse to history for the counterattack . |
| 8 | Mitterrand accepted the resignation of Chevènement as Defence Minister on Jan. 29 after a period of several months during which his outspoken pro-Arab views and his opposition to war in the Gulf had become an increasing source of tension within the government . |
| 9 | This seems to indicate that , despite his reference to sex as a fine and noble thing , he still regards it with a certain amount of misgiving , and as something that should be kept under strict control . |
| 10 | Just before the break , Charlie Nicholas , enjoying his return to action after an 18-game absence , unleashed a ferocious , 18-yard effort that clipped the base of a post . |
| 11 | There had been intense speculation over whether or not Rawlings would compete in the first free presidential contest since his return to power in a military coup in December 1981 ( having previously chaired the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council which had ruled Ghana from June to September 1979 — see pp. 30437-51 ; 31477-86 ) . |
| 12 | I was amused at Dr Spock 's comment about his book and his attitude to child-rearing towards the end of his life . |
| 13 | ‘ But we do not proceed on some of the grounds mentioned at the bar , such as the effect of the plaintiff 's alteration of the instrument as making it void , or that the defendant thereby lost his right to contribution from the joint makers of the note ; nor on any doctrine as to the relation of principal and surety . |
| 14 | Each would-be Member has to comply with the requirements of the Parliamentary Oaths Act 1866 , as amended , prove his right to membership to the satisfaction of the Speaker and be admitted to the House by the Speaker . |
| 15 | He 's taken his team to second in the first division . |
| 16 | Expect his team to group around the yellow jersey , lots of nervousness and shoving in the peloton , while adventurous riders test their strength at the front . |
| 17 | Expressed crudely , advocates of this approach tend to locate the essential Nizan in the act of resignation itself and proceed to interpret his allegiance to communism in the light of the events of September 1939 . |
| 18 | MATTHEW PINSENT , Britain 's Olympic rowing gold medalist and Oxford rowing president , led his crew to victory in the Dark Blues trials on a storm-lashed Thames yesterday . |
| 19 | In his footnote to Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human Mind , J. S. Mill says that it is not ‘ the individual and instantaneous impressions ’ that an object produces in us that we predicate of the object . |
| 20 | A MAN who hacked his father-in-law to death with a Samurai sword in a row over drugs was yesterday jailed for life . |
| 21 | Argan believed that art belonged to all men , which is why he battled in defence of the cultural heritage from the dark days of Fascism — to the last days of his life , proof of his commitment to criticism as an instrument of conscience . |
| 22 | Kim Il Sung was re-elected President of the Republic on May 24 and restated in his inaugural speech his commitment to socialism despite the " temporary setbacks " which had occurred elsewhere in the world [ ibid . ] . |
| 23 | One of the striking things about Havel is his commitment to drama over the past quarter-century and his insistence , in the period immediately before the Czech revolution , that he was first and foremost a writer . |
| 24 | He devoted his life to politics for a twofold purpose : to ensure that the useless slaughter of the First World War was not repeated , and that the survivors of that horrific experience should live in a better world . |
| 25 | Hendry , who has not won a ranking event this season but could well be timing his peak to perfection with the world championship less than six weeks away , followed up with a break of 105 to lead 3-0 . |
| 26 | The organisers stress that this is not an exhibition about Ruskin 's relationship to Victorian architecture , but about his approach to architecture as a whole . |
| 27 | Down in Cardiff … it was the british powerboat grand prix … formula one on water … the home favourite here was number five Steve Kerton from Gloucestershire … lying second in the world championship he pushed his craft to second in the race and was chasing a victory … when a valve blew … and that was that … there were only fifteen laps to go … |
| 28 | The engineers strongly opposed this , but Citrine gave his backing to Self at a Central Authority meeting in March 1950 ( when Pask was absent abroad ) . |
| 29 | Unionist candidates used his letter to Law as an election leaflet to reassure their supporters and to parade his capture to the nation . |
| 30 | In trouble after a smuggling affray , early in the nineteenth century , John Kemp escapes to Jamaica and works his way to prosperity as a plantation owner . |