Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] of the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A number of initiatives are planned to contact more women to encourage them of the benefits of involvement . |
| 2 | I spoke to him like a mother but he was determined to put an end to her life , so on 11 January 1987 , when Paulette was leaving the home of her friends on the way to her own home , [ the defendant ] stopped her and shot her and then placed a call to my home to inform me of the murder . |
| 3 | Ted Heath was sent to inform me of the result . |
| 4 | ‘ I telephoned the coastguard and port authority on Friday night to inform them of the event , start times and which VHF frequency we would be using . |
| 5 | The police were called to resolve the dispute , and although Mr Levy did not make a formal complaint he contacted Arsenal Football Club to inform them of the incident . |
| 6 | In a statement issued on his behalf yesterday , the Labour leader , said : ‘ I am consulting with colleagues to inform them of the action which I propose to take in the wake of the election defeat . |
| 7 | Immediately after his infamous singlet and shorts press conference , French and Fordham woke Wallaby manager John Breen , coach Bob Dwyer and captain Nick Farr-Jones to a meeting to inform them of the happenings over the previous 12 hours . |
| 8 | We have had a couple of occasions where the money can not be claimed back recently , so this is just to inform you of the position that the insurers are taking . |
| 9 | Further to our telephone conversation last week , I am writing to inform you of the changes of circumstances concerning the above policy , which I had completely forgotten to do , and for which I apologize . |
| 10 | Your local Age Concern group may be able to inform you of the help available in the area to assist you with your fuel or heating problem . |
| 11 | This message is displayed to inform you of the mail identifier for the preceeding transaction . |
| 12 | ‘ I am extremely sorry to inform you of the death of poor Mary Flint — the haemorrhage from the stomach had ceased for nearly a week in consequence of which her other symptoms became aggravated . |
| 13 | I thought that as I 'd involved you all , to some extent , in the enquiries that were launched yesterday , I ought to inform you of the results of our search for the boy , Gerry Boden … ’ |
| 14 | Assuming that she is asymptomatic , she either depends on the male who infected her to inform her of the diagnosis or , if he does not , wait for the next person with whom she has intercourse to develop symptoms , discover the diagnosis , and then contact her with the bad news . |
| 15 | ‘ We 're all fine , there 's no damage to the building and we 've been able to continue broadcasting without interruption , ’ she assured him , her voice sharp as resentment rose , and she went on to inform him of the decision she had taken . |
| 16 | I contacted the landowner immediately after the inquest to inform him of the result and gave him three coins , one for each of his sons . |
| 17 | Held , allowing the appeals , that the Secretary of State was required to afford to a prisoner serving a mandatory life sentence the opportunity to submit in writing representations as to the period that prisoner should serve for the purposes of retribution and deterrence before the Secretary of State in the exercise of his power under section 61 of the Act of 1967 set the date of the first review of the prisoner 's sentence ; that , before giving the prisoner the opportunity to make representations , the Secretary of State was required to inform him of the period recommended by the judiciary as the period he should serve for the purposes of retribution and deterrence and of any other opinion expressed by the judiciary which had not been disclosed at the trial and would be relevant to the Secretary of State 's decision as to the appropriate period to be served for those purposes ; but that the Secretary of State was not obliged to adopt that judicial view or , if he departed from it , to give reasons for doing so , and that he was entitled to delegate his powers for that purpose to a junior minister within the Home Department ; and that , accordingly , the decisions made by the Secretary of State as to the length of the period each of the applicants should serve before the date of the first review of their sentences should be quashed and that each applicant should be given the opportunity to make written representations after he had been informed of the judicial opinion regarding the period he should serve before review ( post , pp. 963B–C , 969A–C , 973F–H , 974A–B , 977B–D , 979C–F , 980E–G , 981F–G , 983C–D , 984C–E , 985B–C , 986H — 987A , F–G , 988C–E , G–H , 989B–C , D–E , 991B–C , 992F–H , 993B–E , F–G ) . |
| 18 | ( 2 ) Before giving the prisoner the opportunity to make such representations , the Secretary of State is required to inform him of the period recommended by the judiciary as the period he should serve for the purposes of retribution and deterrence , and of any other opinion expressed by the judiciary which is relevant to the Secretary of State 's decision as to the appropriate period to be served for these purposes . |
| 19 | Most parents of children at poorer schools already know about those schools , though they do not have the information to confront the governors , teachers and heads to urge them of the need to improve the school . |
| 20 | The only disadvantage I find with them is that there are so many bits to take apart and wash and , as with most plastic bowls it is difficult to rid them of the smell of onions . |
| 21 | Her suffering would have overwhelmed anyone with less spirit , as the futile efforts of science to rid her of the growths ravage her body . |
| 22 | However , that knowledge was not sufficient to rid him of the problem , so we continued the treatment by using hypnotherapy . |
| 23 | By then southern and eastern England had been extensively ravaged , and £137,000 paid in attempts to rid it of the enemy . |
| 24 | He has not just found a role for himself , which was something he had agonized over for years , but has used his position to lead an assault on the ills of modern society ; to try to alter people 's basic thinking , not just in an effort to improve their lives , but to persuade them of the need to preserve the planet for future generations . |
| 25 | If you wish the Department to notify you of the result of the Inquiry please state this in your letter . |
| 26 | What influence I had with S.B. was now used to persuade him of the wisdom of this course . |
| 27 | As he stood at the door trying to persuade her of the importance of other more pressing political issues , one of her cats shot out of the door , into the road and under the wheels of a passing lorry . |
| 28 | I am also writing to at the South Side Association to notify her of the developments . |
| 29 | The Labour MP Dr Jack Cunningham was touring the complex during the nuclear spillage , but the nuclear company failed to notify him of the incident . |
| 30 | The Festival of Britain sought to persuade us of the imminence of a better and less contorted world . |