Example sentences of "'s [noun] [to-vb] [noun] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the sixth century its ancient Christian traditions were strong enough to sustain resistance to Justinian 's attempts to dictate doctrine to the church . |
| 2 | Within hours of the Conference vote endorsing Henderson 's position the Cabinet 's decision to refuse passports to the Labour delegation was announced . |
| 3 | Most dealers , including Lancaster Garages , which has showrooms in Colchester and Ipswich , welcomed the Chancellor 's decision to announce changes to the company car tax system a year in advance . |
| 4 | DERRY 'S Ulster Unionist alderman John Adams has attacked the council 's decision to donate £16,000 to the Bloody Sunday Initiative . |
| 5 | Professional diagnoses cause as mother 's inability to show love to the infant because of her own childhood relationship with her mother . |
| 6 | This week 's conference had been superfluous since Sunday 's vote to prevent amendments to the policy review documents , he said . |
| 7 | If Mr Li 's illness continues through the summer , China 's bid to play host to the Olympic games in 2000 may benefit . |
| 8 | The Supreme Soviet on July 3 endorsed President Karimov 's proposal to give powers to the plenary sitting of the Supreme Court of Uzbekistan to re-examine sentences passed by the former Soviet Supreme Court on people in Uzbekistan " such as the sentences passed in 1985 and 1989 " during the anti-corruption campaign which hit the Central Asian republics particularly hard . |
| 9 | It is in the Scottish Secretary 's gift to appoint people to the ruling committees of more than 100 quangos and public bodies controlling key aspects of the nation 's life , such as health , education , the environment , economic development and the arts . |
| 10 | Jordanian requests for emergency international compensation payments were initially frustrated by King Hussein 's reluctance to offer support to the United States-led anti-Iraqi coalition . |
| 11 | How , given Mannheim 's refusal to reduce knowledge to the specific ideas of an individual or to use a category of ‘ group mind ’ , can this be done ? |
| 12 | Some Indians interpreted this as a response to India 's refusal to offer bases to the Soviet Union . |
| 13 | Before she left , the Princess Royal became the first signatory to the new Napier University Visitors Book and on her departure , one of Napier 's youngest ‘ students ’ , four-year-old Kirsty Hutton who had come with other children from Napier 's crèche to wave goodbye to the Princess , presented her with a posy . |
| 14 | Secondly , the report should be seen as a means of persuading the school 's hierarchy to devote resources to the school library but in the context of the microcomputer as a curricular tool . |
| 15 | All agreed that the GLC 's power to make grants to the LTE included a large degree of discretion to supplement revenue received by the LTE from fares , including anticipated or prospective revenue deficits . |
| 16 | Answering questions such as ‘ How do you like my new suit ? ’ or ‘ Is the pie I just baked okay ? ’ often requires knowledge of the other person 's filter to do justice to the situation . |