Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] to his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taylor was educated at home and at a private day-school , and as apprentice to his father . |
| 2 | Following a consumer deal in which the consumer bought a hot bottle direct from the manufacturer , the consumer may claim for damage to his bed after the bottle burst . |
| 3 | For this reason a non-occupier can not maintain a claim in nuisance and an occupier 's right to damages for his personal injuries is ancillary to his claim for compensation for damage to his property . |
| 4 | Begin to look for route to his home in A-Z . |
| 5 | He also blamed the English family connexion of the crown princess for opposition to his politics at court . |
| 6 | With his whole political position in western Toulouse crumbling , Raymond again appealed for help to his overlord , King Philip , and this time his appeal was answered . |
| 7 | And Madam I 'd ask you not to make any award for compensation to his girlfriend cos that 's just gon na add insult to injury really , is n't it ? |
| 8 | Anyone who has served with him at the Department — and I am talking not just about his present ministerial team — knows that he not only brings a greater degree of expertise to his job than anyone I can remember but does it with great inventiveness in terms of improving benefits and with an exceptional degree of compassion and , above all , integrity . |
| 9 | He had a strong sense of responsibility to his vocation of preaching and loved to compare himself to St Paul . |
| 10 | Clearly Luke had achieved the exorcism he had sought by making love to her and was now free to either pursue or resume a relationship with Cavell Fielding , with no danger of damage to his self-respect because he respected Cavell . |
| 11 | One informed him that the seventeen year old offender who had caused two hundred and fifty pounds worth of damage to his car had been formerly cautioned . |
| 12 | As far as property damage is concerned , the provisions are really aimed at the consumer market , so , if you buy a home computer as a Christmas present for your uncle and because of a fault it catches fire and causes £1,500 of damage to his house , then your uncle will have a claim under the 1987 Act against the manufacturer of the computer for the damage to the house and furniture . |
| 13 | His basic theology , his belief in the verbal inspiration and authority of the Bible , the nature of Christ as perfect God and man , His death on the cross to pay the penalty for sin , God 's gracious gift of faith to His elect , man 's responsibility to repent and believe the Gospel , and so on , are all considered as ‘ outmoded ’ by many leaders in the modern church . |
| 14 | A common law duty of care is owned by a person providing reports or advice under the law of contract to his client and under the law of tort , to those whom he knew , or ought reasonably to have known , or should have foreseen , might rely on his reports or advice . |
| 15 | The court said that he was plainly soliciting their custom at a time when he was under a duty of fidelity to his employer and awarded his former employers damages . |
| 16 | ‘ Oh , Travis , ’ mourned Leith , and , because she felt helpless to give him any verbal comfort , she stretched out a hand of sympathy to his arm . |
| 17 | Most if it he knew : the copyright on his works to his wife Viola ; the manuscripts to his former wife Hilda Machin ; a small sum of money to his mother , still alive at the time of the making of the will . |
| 18 | Without thinking , he added a carton of milk to his basket . |
| 19 | He pushed a cup of tea to his daughter who rejected it in favour of cold milk . |
| 20 | Thus illegitimacy is no longer taken into consideration in determining the rights of succession of an illegitimate person , or the rights of succession to his estate , or the rights of succession traced through an illegitimate relationship . |
| 21 | The weeping aloud of the relatives turns to melancholic songs in the local Quechua dialect , Zacarías Ceonocc Huayhua … sings words of grief to his wife whom he has just recognized . ’ |
| 22 | He was approaching the track leading to the bell tower , a dark grim silhouette in the moonlight , when he saw a great glow of light to his right in the distance . |
| 23 | Judge rethink : The Marquess of Blandford 's 112 day sentence over non-payment of maintenance to his wife may be cut by the judge who committed him to Pentonville on Tuesday . |
| 24 | In a recent letter of condolence to his family , the Council of the Federation of Protestant Churches in Switzerland praised the strength of his personality , his many abilities and his Christian commitment in the area of development . |
| 25 | The fact that he was black and a Tory gave him a value out of proportion to his contribution to the local Party , so he was frequently trotted out at functions , and encouraged to ask questions of visiting speakers . |
| 26 | He would be missed to a degree all out of proportion to his usefulness . |
| 27 | After all , the supplier 's products are only of benefit to his customer because the " end user " perceives them to be acceptable . |
| 28 | Frances Hodgson Burnett found a way by describing how a father handed on his code of honour to his son . |
| 29 | Win or lose , the important thing for Vicini is to set an example of calmness to his side , to remove some of the pressure of the nation 's extravagant expectations . |
| 30 | Win or lose , the important thing for Vicini is to set an example of calmness to his side , to remove some of the pressure of the nation 's extravagant expectations . |