Example sentences of "[noun sg] to [art] house " in BNC.
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| 1 | The headquarters of the GLC , the great pile of County Hall , changed from being a tedious and unloved administrative centre to become the Right-On rival to the House of Commons directly across the River Thames . |
| 2 | In discharging this function , it is by no means in constant opposition to the House of Commons . |
| 3 | Clamber back in your mind to the house that meant most to you when you were small . |
| 4 | In short , Rosie was a treasure who had brought a lightness to the house . |
| 5 | The porter was tipped , Alain was in the driving seat , and she was being swept away by a complete stranger to a house she did n't know at all , far away from anyone who would help her . |
| 6 | In the dark a stranger to the house could think they were walking into a room . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Discussion then turned on [ sic ] the question whether the Government should give any guidance to the House on the merits of the issue , and whether Ministers should also be free to vote in accordance with their personal convictions . |
| 9 | He stayed for lunch , and then at about two o'clock Bill and Faye arrived , the latter walking from the car to the house but going straight to the bedroom to lie down . |
| 10 | No ’ — he forestalled Cameron 's objection — ‘ you know as well as I do , Angus , the Duke is daft but he is clever , and he has an entry to every house from Atholl to Dunkeld . |
| 11 | This spirit can only travel in a straight line , so when it slides down the roof in the hope of gaining entry to a house , it will be swept up in the air again by the curving gable . |
| 12 | Most allegations of breach of privilege or contempt end there , but if it appears to the Speaker that there has been a prima facie breach of privilege , the matter will be referred to the Committee of Privileges , the function of which is to receive evidence , determine whether , in its view , a breach or contempt has occurred and , if so , report to this effect to the House with any recommendations thought fit . |
| 13 | Hall reported the Committee 's recommendation to the House on 9th July . |
| 14 | ‘ British Energy Policy and the Market for Coal ’ , drawn up by an all-party House of Commons select committee on trade and industry , includes a recommendation to the House of Commons that in determining a licensing policy for gas-fired generating capacity , priority should be given to the construction of power stations which use sour gas as the main fuel . |
| 15 | Plumber Andrew Jones set light to the house after an argument with his girlfriend Christine Smith , the girls ' aunt , a court heard . |
| 16 | Two days later , Mark received a phone call from 10 , Downing Street , asking for permission to publish the Dublin paper , and his submission to the House Select Committee , as an appendix to the Government 's proposed White Paper shortly to go before the House . |
| 17 | ‘ They wo n't see any less of me and I 'll always have a key to the house , ’ he said . |
| 18 | He had no key to the house ; he had asked his mother for one , but she had said it was n't necessary — there would always be someone there to let him in . |
| 19 | He made notes and said that if he had a key to the house he 'd be able to plan what was needed in a shorter time . |
| 20 | PC Dave Fishwick , of Darlington Community Liaison department , said residents should then send police a letter with details of their name , address and telephone number and the same details of anyone else who has a key to the house . |
| 21 | Newman climbed out of the car , locked it , strolled up to the entrance to the house . |
| 22 | The entrance to the house is through the central glazed doors on the north side , which open into the twenty-inch-wide hall . |
| 23 | The entrance to the house was guarded by three storm-troopers , all with pistols strapped to their waistbelts . |
| 24 | He gestured towards the front entrance to the house . |
| 25 | The Chancel part is the house which is plastered over and whitewashed , consisting of a ground room or kitchen with one or two chambers over it , near the south east buttress , a small door is broken through , for an entrance to the house . |
| 26 | ‘ We knew there was another side to the house , ’ said an NHAO man ; ‘ somebody was doing it . ’ |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | But instead of the genteel growl as the BMW drove off , Dennis 's footsteps crunched back across the gravel to the house and the front door opened . |
| 29 | I commend his outlook to the House when we discuss issues relating to the social charter . |
| 30 | Further excitement was Barney and Ronnie 's Moving Day : they moved with their two children from a house on the other side of the village to a house very near to us . |