Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] to [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the time estimated for Inverness to Dalwhinnie he said : ’ It 's unrealistic unless you are travelling in a dustcart . ’ |
| 2 | If he has offended against Church law or the Rule of the Order , it is for Ramsey to discipline him . |
| 3 | Now we know differently , having opened our door after dark to persons we did not know or recognise . |
| 4 | Contrary to popular belief , it is possible to covenant ( that is ‘ promise ’ ) quite small amounts of money to charities you wish to support . |
| 5 | Lazonick ( 1979 ) argues , for instance , that when Marx took the self-acting mule as a prime example of a technology permitting the increased subordination of labour to capital he was in fact relying , at second hand , on the claims made by the machine 's manufacturers , and that in practice the mule-spinners held a relatively superior position in the division of labour . |
| 6 | Did you know that human beings also raise their eyebrows when they greet each other as a signal of friendship to people they know ? |
| 7 | Every so often the animal would rear , lashing out with his sharpened hooves , as the men struggled with a stream of oaths to back it into the stable . |
| 8 | From the start , she made it clear that as long as I could be of use to Jean-Claude she would tolerate me , but that my relationship with her son was in her gift and subject to her approval , and this might not always be forthcoming . |
| 9 | Furthermore , if Blake had this two-way radio which he used nightly , how did he manage to obtain a supply of batteries to power it ? |
| 10 | FOR THOSE who are n't aware , Jack Dee is the stand-up comedian who might look like a vampire masquerading as a stockbroker but whose singular style of delivery — deadpan sneers , disbelieving snorts of mirthless laughter , and , most refreshingly of all , blatant contempt for 99 per cent of the human race — is not only a timely call for the return of misanthropy to comedy it 's also brilliantly funny . |
| 11 | and this would , you would think , because there 's a shift back of capital to agriculture you 'd get a rise in agricultural wage rates because that changes the capital to labour ratio again and so this would counteract the movement . |
| 12 | In November 1987 , Baroness Hooper , the Under Secretary of State for Education , stated in the course of a television programme : ‘ If we are offering freedom of choice to parents we must allow that choice to operate . |
| 13 | The decision to go north found the duke short of money and he wrote to Sir John Say for a loan of £100 to tide him over . |
| 14 | The decision to go north found the duke short of money and he wrote to Sir John Say for a loan of £100 to tide him over . |
| 15 | After I had written my letter of acceptance to Bedford I began to look for digs nearer the university : I was determined to show some independence . |
| 16 | Our impact on industry through our green works campaign is there for all to see and from that point of view to encase it within the health and safety review is vitally important for all of us when we take the policy back to our members and advise them of the way in which we intend to go forward . |
| 17 | John McVurich , alledged diviner , being summond and not compared recommended him to the session of Kilarrow to processe him for the same . |
| 18 | As a student of child abuse , I regularly encountered forms of cruelty to children I hardly thought were possible . |
| 19 | Right okay so if we differentiate K T with respect to T we get K. |
| 20 | But as the programme is boring with respect to TSB it will probably do ! |
| 21 | On Sep 24 , 8:32am , wrote : But as the programme is boring with respect to TSB it will probably do ! programme only |
| 22 | We can find D U differentiating this side with respect to X you get D U by D X and |
| 23 | Differentiating eqn ( 2.96 ) with respect to x and eqn ( 2.97 ) with respect to y we get |
| 24 | With respect to symptoms they were much more likely to have urgency of defecation , 44% having this symptom . |
| 25 | With respect to symptoms they were again much more likely to have urgency of defecation ( 44% v 13% , p<0.001 ) . |
| 26 | ‘ A policy of trust , with America to back it , ceases to be an idealistic folly . ’ |
| 27 | From foundations to roof it had taken only five months to reach this stage of construction . |
| 28 | From Calibra to Viper We interview new Chrysler boss Bob Eaton |
| 29 | I mean anomalies and there 's different prices if you go from Cardiff to Bristol it 'll cost you X amount if you go Bristol to Cardiff it costs you something different . |
| 30 | From chest to thigh she burned . |