Example sentences of "[noun pl] to whom [pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 When the private firm is very large , and therefore subject to little domestic competition , and also produces in a sector sheltered from imports and foreign competition , it is quite likely to be a relatively sleepy monopolist unless it has regulators to whom it must account .
2 For instance , bereaved adults experience higher than expected levels of illness in the year following the death of their spouse , and among those most at risk of lasting psychiatric problems are people without a network of friends or relatives to whom they may turn for consolation ( Parkes and Brown , 1972 ) .
3 As co-ordinator of the council 's work he will be brought daily into contact with the council 's officers to whom he should become guide , counsellor and friend .
4 You have your sisters ’ sons to whom you may leave property .
5 The successful companies take risks because they have Profitbosses to whom they can delegate , whom they can trust to make " risk-decisions " on their behalf .
6 I have many friends to whom I should wish to say farewell .
7 One powerful source of fresh blood came from new men to whom we shall return , the Sussex ironmasters , like the Bowyers of Cuckfield who disputed so effectively with Bishop Curteys .
8 We do not have great writers any more , men to whom we can turn for enlightenment and discussion of the most engaging problems .
9 Where our Investigation Department operations involved shipping and small craft we were the specialists to whom they could turn for practical assistance .
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