Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] to their [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it is not certain that property qualifications were required for liverymen , several companies are known to have imposed minima for admission to their freedom . |
| 2 | Sunderland asked for a £50,000 facility fee for admission to their match with Middlesbrough . |
| 3 | Students at Tirana 's Enver Hoxha University began boycotting classes on Feb. 6 to press demands for improvements to their accommodation , for an end to compulsory study of Marxist theory and the history of the ruling Party of Labour ( PLA ) , and for a change in the university 's name . |
| 4 | Some chat for hours to their dog ; some talk to plants , and of course some people talk for fun , because they like doing it . |
| 5 | They do not , like other fines , go into the public purse but into the pocket of victims who have already been compensated by the same jury for damage to their reputation . |
| 6 | The occupier accepts no liability for injuries suffered by visitors or for damage to their property . " |
| 7 | Few countries have shown such a remarkable sense of responsibility to their station buildings as New Zealand . |
| 8 | Welsh Water said the cost of damage to their pumping stations would run to £750,000 . |
| 9 | They knew of the construction of the sewer , and they ought to have appreciated the possibility of damage to their mains and taken appropriate action to prevent or rectify it . |
| 10 | Both bodies have been able to comment on draft PPGs and MPGs and have secured a number of improvements to their content . |
| 11 | And the fact that having a baby and adjusting to motherhood are only permitted to cause a few days ' disruption must be a bad thing — when what mothers really need is adequate time to rest ( between feeds ) , plenty of boosts to their ego , lots of love and confidence building . |
| 12 | The principle was confirmed at the Eighth Congress of the International Association of the Arts held in Baghdad in 1976 : ‘ Works by living artists exhibited in or on public buildings , galleries , museums and other public sites and which continue thereby to provide a service to the public should be subject to a continuing form of remuneration to their creator ( comparable to performing rights for theatrical or musical works paid to author and composer ) so long as he or she is alive and the work continues to be a public amenity ’ . |
| 13 | West Indian parents have brought a touch of ingenuity to their adversity . |
| 14 | Doctors should not regard the death of a patient as some kind of insult to their calling , and a mark of failure . |
| 15 | Pepys , who sailed with Ken in the flagship , describes how he gave ‘ a very good sermon on the duty of subjects to their Prince ’ and how in Tangiers he preached against the vices of the town and later ‘ engaged in very high discourse ’ with the Governor , the infamous Colonel Kirke , about the excessive liberty of swearing . |
| 16 | Edwards does relate the socialisation patterns of speakers to their Patois competence : " The degree of speakers " integration into the black community as measured by their network score would thus appear to be the most important determinant of their Patois competence . |
| 17 | The final obstacle was a disagreement between Shas and Mafdal over the distribution of funds to their client religious institutions . |
| 18 | A government decree linked the employment of foreigners to their possession of a work permit , it was reported on Oct. 11 . |
| 19 | Dr Mike Nolan , a senior lecturer in nursing research at University College , Bangor , a member of the group which made the award , said : ‘ Grip is a multi-disciplinary group whose main aim is to assist health care practitioners apply the results of research to their work in order to improve patient care . |
| 20 | But the others were plainly endorsing her vote of thanks to their host rather than paying tribute to the newly-discovered ‘ communautaire ’ qualities of the Iron Lady . |
| 21 | The hum of conversation was interrupted by Richard Ryder , who called for silence for the Prime Minister , and John Major had just started a short speech of thanks to their host , not only for his hospitality , but also for his creativity , when there was a thunderous noise of shouting and breaking glass outside . |
| 22 | On the last flight of steps to their flat they have stuck posters on the wall , mostly landscapes : a colourful picture of Provence , an advertisement for southern Sweden , the Caucasus mountains , St Mark 's Square in Venice . |
| 23 | The large eddies play a role out of proportion to their contribution to the turbulent energy , both in the interaction between the mean flow and the turbulence and in the turbulent energy transfer process involved in Fig. 21.8 . |
| 24 | ‘ Do n't remove the accountability of Camden to their public , allowing them to blame all their ills on the Government . ’ |
| 25 | Such heroic experiments therefore show a diminishing return in giving insight into the effects of loss of sleep , although they have demonstrated that it is an intensely stressful experience , taxing the psychological resources of individuals to their utmost . |
| 26 | One study which goes a long way towards identifying dimensions of the culture of the shop floor , and the political relatedness of workers to their enterprise has been completed by Paul E. Willis . |
| 27 | What 's on the menu and how it is presented can make a lot of difference to their day . |
| 28 | They were fortunate enough to secure a seat actually in the window alcove , which , although the shop was crowded , gave an illusion of privacy to their conversation . |
| 29 | Teachers are the only LEA employees entitled to serve as appeal committee members , but not in respect of appeals to their school . |
| 30 | Wilson and Glick have now added this most luxurious of timbers to their range of kitchens . |