Example sentences of "to [pers pn] [coord] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The major concern is to ensure that they have a realistic chance of completing a course : this is clearly of special importance both to them and to the University . |
| 2 | These and many other factors are of great importance to practising physicians , but to do justice to them and to the controversies which they provoked is beyond the purpose of this book . |
| 3 | However , first larger jennies and then the application of power to them and to the mules took spinning from the cottage through the workshop to the factory where , as we have seen , it became a male employment . |
| 4 | The quality of the relationships is greatly affected by the approach to them and to the task adopted by the project manager . |
| 5 | ‘ I straightened my back , and I walked down the stairs to my parents and I said goodbye to them and to the servants lined up on the front steps . |
| 6 | ‘ It is now clearly ascertained that the present chartered body will not accept the terms which is understood have been proposed to them and for the information of the Governors of the Royal Veterinary College I shall feel much obliged by your informing me whether or not a Charter will be granted to them . ’ |
| 7 | Right , but what I 'm trying to say is that you can dance them to them and by the way when are you thinking of having it done |
| 8 | Inscribed Bibles were presented to them and among the recipients were several members of Edenderry . |
| 9 | I looked on it as an acknowledgement not just to me but to the programme I represented . |
| 10 | This therefore will be my last Sunday with you and so I take this opportunity to thank you again for all your kindnesses to me and for the way you made me welcome when I arrived 5 years ago ( does n't time fly ! ) . |
| 11 | That has brought us back again to the conundrum which you posed to me and in the face of which I had to express my helplessness — namely , how do we make the silent majority unsilent since that is by definition impossible ? |
| 12 | I am surprised by what he says ; if he cares to write to me or to the Secretary of State for Education and Science I will certainly have the matter looked into . |
| 13 | Do n't let yourself sink so low again — come and talk to me or to the doctor . |
| 14 | Just who are these people , and how do they relate to you and to the rest of the agency ? |
| 15 | In consideration of your disclosing to us on your own behalf [ and on behalf of the vendors ] the confidential information listed in the memorandum issued by [ ] dated [ ] concerning the proposed disposal of [ the share capital ] / [ business ] of Prospective Target , we undertake [ both to you and to the vendors ] that we shall : |
| 16 | In consideration of your disclosing to us on your own behalf [ and on behalf of the vendors ] the confidential information listed in the memorandum issued by [ ] dated [ ] concerning the proposed disposal of [ the share capital ] / [ business ] of Prospective Target , we undertake [ both to you and to the vendors ] that we shall : |
| 17 | I have given notice of my point of order to you and to the Secretary of State for Education and Science , who is in his place . |
| 18 | And so in conclusion I looking at it and the exhibitions we 've made to you and to the county in the course of the consultation draft is that this county does not need this policy and that it is in fact an insidious and repressive kind of policy that it contrary to national planning guidance and should not be included in the alterations . |
| 19 | When he put an arm round her she was unyielding and at odds with the rhythm ; he persisted , compelling her compliance not to him but to the music . |
| 20 | She said goodbye to him but by the time she had entered the hotel , Lubor was already far from her thoughts . |
| 21 | It is the duty of the trustee to report to the committee all such matters as appear to him or as the committee have indicated to him to be of concern to them with respect to the administration of the estate ( r 6.152(1) ) . |
| 22 | ‘ ( a ) that the commission of the offence was due to a mistake or to reliance on information supplied to him or to the act or default of another person , an accident or some other cause beyond his control ; and ( b ) that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of such offence by himself or any person under his control . ’ |
| 23 | that the commission of the offence was due to a mistake or to reliance on information supplied to him or to the act or default of another person , an accident or some other cause beyond his control ; and |
| 24 | I am not going to suggest to him or to the House that I am not prepared to pay such a visit . |
| 25 | Despite that he has managed to keep a group of people around him who have a loyalty both to him and to the company . ’ |
| 26 | Five years later , the Reverend Adam Buddle ( c.1660–1715 ) , Reader at Gray 's Inn and an enthusiastic botanist , after whom Buddleja is named , welcomed an offer from Richardson to send seeds and roots from Yorkshire to him and to the Chelsea Garden ‘ which is now putting into very good order … we design to cultivate all the rare English plants we can get to grow there . ’ |
| 27 | First , the hon. Gentleman has suggested that the report , which he says has been leaked , is accurate , but I suggest to him and to the House that it is not . |
| 28 | I have had many pleasant discussions with him , but I must say to him and to the House in all firmness that to ask us to talk about justice as politicians is to go down a very dangerous road . |
| 29 | But my present belief is that if Profumo had come to me for advice ( and my advice , of course , would only have made sense if one postulates that Profumo would have told me the truth ) , I would have recommended that he should throw in the towel ; assert that he had no intention of allowing his private life to be discussed in public ; apologise to the Prime Minister for the embarrassment he had caused both to him and to the party , and withdraw rapidly . |
| 30 | Does he agree that the fact that so many parts of the country are queueing up for ESA status is a tribute to him and to the usefulness of such areas ? |