Example sentences of "[unc] [noun sg] to [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two days later , Gloucester 's arrival in the inner court circle was further emphasized by the queen 's grant to him of the stewardship of her land with an annual fee of £100 . |
| 2 | Two days later , Gloucester 's arrival in the inner court circle was further emphasized by the queen 's grant to him of the stewardship of her land with an annual fee of £100 . |
| 3 | The earliest of these were collected in a volume of Cantiones which he published in 1575 jointly with Tallis , thus marking Elizabeth I 's grant to them of a twenty-one year monopoly of music printing ; others followed in two sets of Cantiones sacrae ( 1589 and 1591 ) and two of Gradualia ( 1605 and 1607 ) , a corpus of work almost as varied in technique and sometimes as ‘ madrigalian ’ in word-painting as that of Lassus — some of which Byrd may well have known — or of Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder ( 1543–88 ) who was his friend and colleague in the Queen 's service for sixteen years and wrote not only ‘ madrigalian ’ motets but simple Latin hymn-settings in a style very similar to Byrd 's . |
| 4 | Latterly , however , she became a powerful spirit and practitioner of witchcraft , witness Shakespeare 's Macbeth 's reference to her as a ‘ secret , black and midnight hag ’ . |
| 5 | This author was Lewis Henry Morgan , and Marx 's reference to him in such a letter shows how his concern with anthropology was becoming central . |
| 6 | Bede 's reference to it in the context of the situation in 731 could suggest , on balance , that it was concluded when Ceolwulf became king or very soon after . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , that Wilfrid enjoyed good relations with Aethelwealh is confirmed by Bede who records the king 's gift to him of 87 hides of land for a monastery at Selsey ( HE IV , 13 ) , the site of the bishopric subsequently established among the south Saxons in the time of Daniel , bishop of Winchester ( HE V , 18 ) . |
| 8 | Raynal 's gallant defence so impressed Crown Prince Wilhelm that he personally returned Raynal 's officer 's sword to him as a mark of respect . |
| 9 | And talking of cards , ’ she went on quickly as it registered with Fabia that if adding Cara 's name to hers on any card she sent home was n't lying , then she did n't know what was , ‘ you 'd better take a couple of my business cards . ’ |
| 10 | Wordworth 's tribute to him on his gravestone was well merited . |
| 11 | In the course of this odyssey , and at a time when travel was usually uncomfortable and often dangerous , he travelled nearly eighty thousand kilometres on horseback and spent some £30,000 of his own money in his determination to improve prison conditions ; he entered prisons in disguise in defiance of governments who feared the power of his pen ; was captured by pirates ; quelled a riot single handed and more than earned John Wesley 's tribute to him as ‘ one of the greatest men in Europe ’ . |
| 12 | In that event his creditor was entitled to ask the court to register the borrower 's indebtedness to him for the sum claimed as a fact without further to-do , and without the borrower 's case being heard . |
| 13 | Maggie 's relation to them in space does n't change that much ; you can see them from the kitchen ; you ca n't from the bedsitting room . |
| 14 | All voluntary organizations in the community care field face an uncertain though challenging future as a result of the government 's encouragement to them in the 1990 Act to take a more active , participative role in providing services directly to clients in the community , with finance provided by the local authority or health authority . |
| 15 | My growing interest in politics , however , was reflected in Eliot 's letter to me of 4 January 1937 : |
| 16 | I read with amazement Sir Alexander Leith 's letter to you in this morning 's press . |
| 17 | ‘ I have considered all the facts that you describe relating to the circumstances and they are substantially as in my officer 's report to me about the death . |
| 18 | How beautiful , how amazing , Frederica exclaimed , associating the red rock of Roussillon with Alexander explaining Rodin 's Danaïde to her with his perfect , respectful , abstract sensuality . |
| 19 | The debate as to whether this institutional framework exercised a determining ( ideological ) influence on film output has been an ongoing one , but the importance of Claire Johnston 's contribution to it in the mid seventies is that she argued for a reading of Hollywood entertainment films which made a space for ‘ collective fantasies of women 's desire ’ . |
| 20 | Further to Neil 's Memo to you of the 24th June , I am sorry to say that Newport Borough Council came back to us saying that they could not meet with us on Friday 24th July after all . |
| 21 | I refer to Ivor Davies ' letter to you of 29 September 1987 . |
| 22 | She was hopeful that he would enjoy reading Dora 's Dolls ' House to her after tea , when she came downstairs from the nursery . |