Example sentences of "[vb infin] [noun] to his [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was in this period that de Gaulle was anxious to proceed with devising the CAP and it seemed because of this that he might make concessions to his partners . |
| 2 | He could make concessions to his allies and all would be well so long as they did not come into conflict with one another . |
| 3 | Brownie Owl continued : ‘ I think Farmer Bolsover is mostly afraid that we might do damage to his crops by not keeping to the paths , or taking a fancy to the fruit in his orchard . ’ |
| 4 | The Building Employers Confederation wanted no exemptions , because it must be right that every employer should contribute investment to his employees . |
| 5 | ‘ did especially appoint John de Metingham ( then Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas ) and the rest of his fellow justices … that they , according to their discretions , should provide and ordain , from every county , certain attorneys and lawyers , of the best and most apt for their learning and skill , who might do service to his court and people ; and that those so chosen only and no other , should follow his court and transact the affairs therein ; the said King and his council then deeming the number of seven score to be sufficient for that employment ; but it was left to the discretion of the said justices , to add to that number , or diminish , as they should see fit : ’ |
| 6 | Section 137 of the 1984 Act provides that " every lessee to whom there is delivered any summons issued from a county court for the recovery of land held by him … shall forthwith give notice to his lessor … if a lessee fails to give notice he shall be liable to forfeit to the person of whom he hold the land an amount equal to three years improved rent of the land " . |
| 7 | But his beautiful mother Forbids him to go , will not give way to his wishes . |
| 8 | It has also been said that if a member of a court announced that he would give expression to his views by voting against every licence , he would be disqualified : McGeehan v. Knox ( supra ) , Lord Mackenzie at p.696 . |
| 9 | He should try his best to be a scientist all through and only then can he do justice to his profession . |
| 10 | A blockade of the rubber ships would soon bring Leopold to his knees . |
| 11 | Ferkhan also owned land near the village and complained that lack of electricity meant that he could not pump water to his field and , as a result , he had grown only twenty tons of melons compared to eighty before the war … |
| 12 | Ken would see Andrew to his bus to Victoria where he 'd catch his train to Brighton . |
| 13 | Luke was getting married , and soon there would be a woman in his life who could lay claim to his love and who would have the right to love him back . |
| 14 | Not only did it administer , but it was also a source of political rewards , through which the monarch could foster loyalty to his regime.l |
| 15 | Nor could he safely convey tissue to his mouth on such a blade ; which could easily sever his own tongue . |
| 16 | He may be mistaken in his choice of means , but it is against nature that he should wish harm to his kingdom ’ A unified and consistent policy , it was often contended , could be carried on only by a monarch , not by a group of ministers each of whom had his own axe to grind ( this was a favourite argument of Frederick II in particular ) . |
| 17 | ‘ If Noriega gets into the northern redoubts , there are caches of arms and ammunition and he will have access to his bank accounts . |
| 18 | In the days when a powerful bishop or squire might take exception to his views , the humble parson clearly needed protection . |
| 19 | He had spent so much time with Eloise that he felt he must make love to his wife that night , however tired he felt . |
| 20 | ‘ And if he could n't make love to his wife because she was paralysed from the waist down … ’ |
| 21 | If we do pay attention to his thought we feel we are listening to a public orator of unimpeachably orthodox Christian principles , a Poet Laureate in training — he did not in fact attain this honour until the reign of Queen Victoria in 1843 . |
| 22 | An emperor could also delegate authority to his officials through the medium of jade symbols . |
| 23 | Another thought struck him which would add credence to his story . |
| 24 | Self-control is needed throughout the session , because anger will lend hostility to his fighting manner , and hostility leads to the imperfect application of fighting principles . |
| 25 | The same officer who had let him say goodbye to his friend Boris , but she did n't tell him that . |
| 26 | If Mr Takeshita ditches his predecessor he can say goodbye to his party 's fragile unity , which , until now , has been the main basis of his own power . |
| 27 | Supposing he did say goodbye to his commission , supposing he was selected , supposing he went off to Russia or Finland or wherever it was without even seeing her . |