Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun sg] to the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | VCT Chairman Chris Smyth paid tribute to the many members who had helped with the project with special thanks to Jackie and Mike Cope who were the prime movers behind the museum . |
| 2 | PRIME Minister John Major yesterday paid tribute to the former Czech leader Alexander Dubcek , who died aged 70 . |
| 3 | The church of St Margarets in the shadow of the Houses of parliament was filled today with politicians from both sides of the house who paid tribute to the former MP for Cirencester and Tewkesbury Nicholas Ridley . |
| 4 | In 1800 he became assistant to the latter , who at the same time gave him a post in the Office of Works as labourer in trust at Carlton House and also employed him in connection with his work as surveyor of the ordnance ; his first recorded works — minor country-house commissions in Staffordshire , of 1803–5 — were designed in James 's office for execution by the Wyatt family building business ; and in 1805 he submitted designs for Downing College , Cambridge , after those by James had been severely criticized by Thomas Hope [ q.v. ] , perhaps in an attempt to salvage the commission for the family . |
| 5 | ( The new FRY laid claim to the former Yugoslavia 's diplomatic representation abroad , and undertook to continue its non-aligned status , as well as to be guided by the CSCE 's 1990 Charter of Paris for a New Europe — for which see p. 37838 . ) |
| 6 | He came back after cracking his knee cap in the England game against New Zealand , two years ago but fell victim to the same injury less than two months ago . |
| 7 | The Court said obiter that presenting a cheque gave rise to the same representations . |
| 8 | Similarly in Britain , the early literature consisted of learned , academic books , which later gave way to the many systematic publications of the Geological Survey , only now superseded by research published in commercial scientific journals . |
| 9 | Similarly in Britain , the early literature consisted of learned , academic books , which later gave way to the many systematic publications of the Geological Survey , only now superseded by research published in commercial scientific journals . |
| 10 | The court gave judgment to the same effect in both cases . |