Example sentences of "[art] [adj] 's [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Being in a position of power , his stupidity does not just affect him , nor just his family , but a whole kingdom , showing the universal not only the domestic significance of the old 's relationship to the young . |
| 2 | There was no need for the whole of the accused 's body to be in the building : the top half was in a shop-front display , the bottom half outside . |
| 3 | The year was 1876 and the coachman was later fined for his behaviour , but the incident illustrates the reactionary 's response to new forms of transport . |
| 4 | The poor 's entitlement to relief depended upon their having a settlement in the parish . |
| 5 | Amanieu VII 's marriage to Rose de Bourg brought with it important landed possessions around Bourg and Blaye ; his daughter Mathe married Renaud de Pons , lord of Bergerac , in 1314 , and was to give the Albret a significant foothold on the borders of Périgord ; while Amanieu 's son , Bérard I ( d. 1346 ) who was lord of Vayres and Vertheuil in the Entre-deux-Mers , acquired the castles and lordships of Langoiran and Podensac for his cadet son Amanieu through the latter 's marriage to Mabille d'Escossan in 1345 . |
| 6 | No mention was made of the February 1992 US-sponsored Washington accord between the legislature and President Jean-Bertrand Aristide , providing for the latter 's return to power [ see pp. 38758 ; 38808 ] . |
| 7 | From 1 January 1377 he was general receiver and keeper of the Privy Seal to the Black Prince 's young son , Richard , prince of Wales , and on the latter 's accession to the throne , Fordham at once ( on 26 June 1377 ) became keeper of the king 's Privy Seal . |
| 8 | Lord Cozens-Hardy , MR to Lord Buckmaster — as he became — on the latter 's appointment to the Lord Chancellorship , in a letter dated 26 May 1915 , quoted by R. F. V. Heuston , The Lives of the Lord Chancellors 1885–1940 , p. 269 . |
| 9 | He had first been appointed Chief Minister in early December 1989 , replacing his father Devi Lal , on the latter 's appointment to the central Cabinet . |
| 10 | His ultimate conversion , after long and courteous discussions which added cubits to Gandhi 's stature , provided a timely justification of the latter 's claim to leadership . |
| 11 | The two brothers were at times united in their hostility to Chilperic 's son Chlothar II , and at one moment they reduced the latter 's kingdom to territory between the Seine , the Oise and the sea . |
| 12 | Graham defended the decision on the grounds that Bolger and the French Prime Minister Michel Rocard had agreed during the latter 's visit to New Zealand in April 1991 that the Rainbow Warrior affair was closed . |
| 13 | Future foods may come from leaf protein , the winged bean ( the tropic 's answer to the soybean ) and dozens of fruits including the pummelo ( a large citrus fruit from Southeast Asia ) , the soursop from South America and the mangosteen from Malaysia . |
| 14 | In 1305 the abbot of Thorney in the Fens complained that the abbot of Peterborough ‘ lately by night raised a dyke across the high road ’ , and so cut off the former 's access to corn and pasture . |
| 15 | The former 's adherence to conservatism was tempered by an easy and agreeable manner that disarmed public , politicians and the press alike . |
| 16 | A state of relative peace prevailed in West Beirut in the first few months of 1990 , partly owing to a Jan. 25 decision by the Lebanese Cabinet to endorse the West Beirut security plan agreed between Hrawi and the Syrian government during the former 's visit to Damascus earlier in the month . |
| 17 | The major event in Romanian foreign policy was the conclusion of a treaty of co-operation , good neighbourliness and friendship with the Soviet Union , signed by Iliescu and Soviet President Gorbachev on April 5 during the course of the former 's visit to Moscow . |
| 18 | ‘ Pretty things , ’ wrote Sawyer and Darton of illustrated books in general , ‘ pleasant to fondle , more ready to display to a bibliophile those tiny points of an exquisite technique over which it is legitimate to gloat … the spot of ink adjusted on a Corinthian 's cheek to a thousandth of an inch , or a black line so thin and firm that you can almost see the metal caressing it on to the honest untimbered white paper . ’ |
| 19 | I baited a 6 's hook to 6lb b.s. line paternostered on a 1½ oz bomb with half a lobworm and sent it out to the marker . |