Example sentences of "to [pron] [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are told the way in which MPs have voted on certain controversial cross-party issues such as abortion and hanging ; we are given the names of those to whom we must say farewell and those we should welcome , but no details whatsoever as to the make up the corps of MPs ' secretaries , that body of sirens from whom the more susceptible among us should be protected . |
| 2 | Another point which is not always recognised is that covert research can itself impose severe restrictions on the kinds of questions that one may legitimately ask and the sorts of people to whom one may have access . |
| 3 | As co-ordinator of the council 's work he will be brought daily into contact with the council 's officers to whom he should become guide , counsellor and friend . |
| 4 | You have your sisters ’ sons to whom you may leave property . |
| 5 | The greater number of small companies you have , Branson reasoned , the greater number of people to whom you can give responsibility ; ‘ encouraging entrepreneurship ’ , as he put it , under the umbrella of Virgin . |
| 6 | Hence it remains necessary to explain in further detail the present legal provisions and to highlight some of the problems to which they can give rise . |
| 7 | If we allow for the expectations of individuals and the values ( valency ) they place on certain outcomes or rewards , then we can propose that the degree to which they will release energy in the pursuit of their goals is a function of their expectations about likely outcomes and the importance they place on those outcomes or rewards : |
| 8 | Pediculus humanus corporis , the body louse , and Pediculus humanus capitis , the head louse , share with Phthirus pubis three pairs of legs , a predilection for man or the higher apes , and a dependence on fresh blood , to which they must have access at least twice a day . |
| 9 | Most of the agencies that we shall be describing in the following sections would claim to offer information , advice and assistance but some are dubious as to the extent to which they should take action on behalf of a client and some will refer a matter on to specialists when they reach the limits of their competence . |
| 10 | One issue to which we would draw attention at this stage is the effect of injecting a specific sum of money from another source on the deployment of the school 's capitation and the way it is already supplemented by , for example , the PTA . |
| 11 | A major issue is the extent to which one can take account of the tendency among some people to say that all is well and that they are satisfied with their lot when , objectively , they are living in poverty and destitution . |
| 12 | To put the problem in an extreme form , if we had access to all the genetic information in the egg and knew all the genes in detail , could we compute the animal to which it will give rise ? |
| 13 | I am worried about the guillotine motion and the extent to which it will inhibit discussion on important matters later . |
| 14 | This is by no means the end of the matter , but enough has been stated to show the breadth of the definition of development and the technical complexities to which it can give rise . |
| 15 | Two centuries later , the Enlightenment returns : but not at all as a way for the West to take cognizance of its present possibilities and of the liberties to which it can have access , but as a way of interrogating it on its limits and on the powers which it has abused . |
| 16 | But there were never any open words expressing the inflection , never anything to which he could raise objection . |
| 17 | You need old clothes to which you can add soot from a burning candle . |
| 18 | For instance , I can see that writing this book is a function of my job and as such is part of the responsibility of earning a living , but it is also an escape for me , a kind of haven to which I can take refuge from the hundred and one pressures that impinge on the practical business of living . |
| 19 | There has been , as I have emphasised , no criticism of his judgment on the material that was before him and besides those to which I have already drawn attention , there are two other matters to which I should make reference . |
| 20 | Found local Handbook of Voluntary Organizations and Community Groups to which I will send begging letters . |
| 21 | Her scheme envisaged a palatial brothel for women only — a sanctuary ‘ to which any lady of rank and fortune may subscribe , and to which she may repair incog ; the married to commit what the world calls adultery , and the single to commit what at the tabernacle is called fornication , or in a gentler phrase , to obey the dictates of all-powerful Nature , by offering up a cheerful sacrifice to the God Priapus , the most ancient of deities . ’ |
| 22 | The first voice made a request for permission to use the campsite area for a group of boys during the next school break , and after stopping the machine she made a note of the name and address to which she would send confirmation . |
| 23 | But on the woman she looked kindly , and she said , " O faithful wife , to you I will give help ! " |
| 24 | May I appeal to anybody who might have information , or might know of where I can find information , on Alton in this period . |
| 25 | Yes , that 's right , I see , but I said to him we 'll try Alder 's and the Army & Navy But I |
| 26 | DO N'T TALK TO HER YOU 'LL GET AIDS ! |
| 27 | ‘ I would appeal to anyone who might have information to contact the police as soon as possible . ’ |
| 28 | Right now she 'd have given the nightclub to anyone who could restore calm to a pulse which had gone completely haywire and a brain in danger of short-circuiting . |
| 29 | Crusoe 's fabled isle contained all he needed to sustain life — given , that is , that he had rescued so much of use from the wreck , not forgetting a Bible ; and Defoe 's most compelling point was that the island is a self-sufficient place to anyone who can bring courage to the task of living in it , along with an inherited faith and a few tools . |
| 30 | Technically , the rank of Prince in present day Ulthuan belongs to anyone who can show possession of one of these ancient weapons . |