Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] to their [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Some chat for hours to their dog ; some talk to plants , and of course some people talk for fun , because they like doing it . |
| 3 | Both bodies have been able to comment on draft PPGs and MPGs and have secured a number of improvements to their content . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The final obstacle was a disagreement between Shas and Mafdal over the distribution of funds to their client religious institutions . |
| 8 | A government decree linked the employment of foreigners to their possession of a work permit , it was reported on Oct. 11 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Teachers are the only LEA employees entitled to serve as appeal committee members , but not in respect of appeals to their school . |
| 15 | Wilson and Glick have now added this most luxurious of timbers to their range of kitchens . |
| 16 | The pensioners are now counting the cost of repairs to their wall . |
| 17 | The pensioners are now counting the cost of repairs to their wall . |
| 18 | So if you were to convert the pairs of scores to their relative Z scores then what you would find is that the positive Z's , if one score is positive , then the other score should also be positive . |
| 19 | In such cases failure is even more painful than with a home student , and one has heard rumours of failed candidates having to return several years of fees to their government , and suffering even worse penalties . |
| 20 | It will link the income of hospitals to their success in attracting patients . |
| 21 | Although most local authorities take as their priority the provision of services to their electorate , an appreciable minority have elected members whose priorities are concerned largely with the advancement of an ideology , a situation to which the streets of some London boroughs , for example , provide mute witness . |
| 22 | This dogmatism has inculcated , on the continent , an enthusiasm for things Euro , ( symbolised by the gleeful , klaxoning reaction of Parisians to their referendum results ) , that is lacking over here . |
| 23 | It is also planned to examine the relationship of stress amongst nurses to their concern about AIDS . |
| 24 | Madrilenos have passionate opinions about changes to their city . |
| 25 | Too many customers wait too long for replies to their complaint — replies which in too many cases are badly written and do not deal with all aspects of the complaint . |
| 26 | People blame stress for changes to their hair : greying or balding are sometimes considered to be ‘ premature ’ . |
| 27 | Just as the colonial nations developed sugar from beet when they were threatened with disruptions to their cane sugar supply in the 19th century , so modern chemistry is developing sweeteners in the laboratory that rely even less upon raw materials . |
| 28 | When in prison they blackmail staff with threats to their family and children if not supplied with drugs . |
| 29 | Although the band had chosen where they wanted to record the album — Compass Point in Nassau , Bahamas — they had no one to record with us usual collaborators Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne , producers behind the laid-back groove of ‘ Pills'N'Thrills And Bellyaches ’ , were tied up with commitments to their Perfecto label . |
| 30 | The company later opened another quarry down the hill to provide grey chalk which was taken in barges to their cement works at Frindsbury . |