Example sentences of "of a [noun] to [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Silverberg became something of a hero to Clift , but analysis did n't help . |
| 2 | Reggie seemed genuinely pleased with the idea of a tribute to Joyce , and from that day forth gave me endless friendship and encouragement . |
| 3 | Inter alia , it was argued before the Court of Appeal that there was no assignment of a share to Casey because there was no consideration for the agreement contained in the letter . |
| 4 | On the basis of a reference to Sappho in ‘ An Hymn to the Morning ’ Landry develops the concept of Sapphic textuality : |
| 5 | His son , in A.D. 66 , ‘ returned in the state of a king to Jerusalem ’ and ‘ adorned with royal garments ’ , visited the Temple to worship . |
| 6 | While on Wednesday , October 21 has 4472 on the return leg of a London to Sheffield itinerary the half term special ‘ South Yorkshireman . ’ |
| 7 | Basildon District Council appealed to the Transport Tribunal against the grant of a licence to Rees Haulage on the basis that the proposed operating centre was unsuitable on environmental grounds . |
| 8 | If you spot a place you know , or hear the name of a town that 's familiar , you tell me — no one else , mind — not a breath of a word to Garvey or my father — and I 'll sneak you out … |
| 9 | In the absence of a ticket to San Francisco they felt that London would have to be the next best thing . |
| 10 | THE prospect of a tour to South Africa has fired up the imagination of senior ALL BLACKS said to have been contemplating retirement after the World Cup . |
| 11 | Confirmation of a tour to South Africa and moves towards a Southern Hemisphere Five Nations — it 's all happening Down Under , as GREG CAMPBELL discovered . |
| 12 | A letter to George Fox [ q.v. ] told of a call to Jerusalem , but she was dissuaded and on release went home . |
| 13 | she did n't say well er my husband brought me here because it was a decision that she had parted , it was a choice she had made as well and so she , she excepts her responsibility , she excepts her blame and she goes to return so there was , there was this sense of confession and , and confession can be costly when we 've got to admit that I was wrong , I did wrong , I was mistaken , I went the wrong way that could be a costly mistake and , and , and er costly experience for us to go through , but surely the , the true sign of repent is that we do acknowledge our sin , we acknowledge our failure , that we acknowledge what it means to god , we ca n't shift that blame onto somebody else then also consider not just the cost that Naomi had to pay in going back , but also there was a cost for Auper and for Ruth as well as Moabias there would be little joy for them in Israel , they were foreigners , they were strangers , there would n't be much hope for happiness for them , there would be very little likeliness for them ever getting married in or remarrying er in , in Israel , they would n't be able to worship there own god , they 'd be taken from one culture to another , there 'd be taken from one language to another , what was it gon na be like for them , alright , perhaps whilst they were living with Naomi perhaps she could pull a few strings for them , but what happens when she goes and they are left by themselves and yet it would appear that with Naomi making her decision to return that they too these two daughters in law they decided to go to Bethlehem with her and it tells us that they set out together but perhaps they had n't thought it really through because their not totally committed to us and as they come towards the frontier and their gon na pass into in , back into Judah with their few miserable possessions that they 've gathered together , Naomi again considers the consequences facing these two young women , Auper and Ruth , they continued with her , as she pleads with them to go back home , Judah is no place for a foreigner , Judah is no place for somebody to come unless they are part of gods people , and I 'm reminded of again of what it tells me in , in the book of acts , that in the early church , that people were actually frightened , frightened to join with the disciples , they were frightened to join the church , there was no room for , for stragglers , there was no room for hangers on , there was no room for those who went just because they thought it was gon na be the next , the in thing to do , but folk were actually frightened of joining because they knew they had to put their lives right , they knew they had to live holy lives , they knew that god had to be lord and master in their lives and unless they were willing to do that and be committed to him they were actually frightened of joining and one of the great weaknesses of the church today is that it becomes and it can becoming our thinking and nothing more than just something we join , something we belong to , something we go along to er as like a club , like an association , but that 's not the picture we see it in the New Testament , it is a very exclusive body , it is a very exclusive grouping , a grouping of those who have committed themselves to Jesus Christ and that 's why not every body is a member of the local church , not every body who goes to church on a Sunday is a member of a church to Jesus Christ now they know if they are , but other people may not know , they know and the lord knows , I know if I belong to him and he knows if I belong to him other people may not , I can put on the act , I can look as though I 'm playing the part , I can go through the routine , I can , I can , I can fool every body , but he knows and I know , and he knows and you know and so Jesus said not every body who says lord , lord on that day will I acknowledge and recognize and so for Ruth and Nao er yes Ruth and Auper it was gon na be different of course for them as foreigners in Judah especially when Naomi goes and she pleads with them go back home , Judah is not place for Moabias , she knew what it had been like to be a foreigner , she knew what it had been like to be an alien land in an alien culture in a different religion with a different language she had known the bitterness of it all , she pleads with them go back home she prayers for them the lord bless you , the lord you know be gracious to you and so on , but they refused and again Naomi puts it to them , to please go back and Auper reconsiders and she takes the counsel and advice of her mother in law but no so Ruth and Naomi turns and says look your sister in law 's gone back , she 's gone home , you go as well , you ca n't do it , its a too greater price for you to pay , its a choice you must n't make , a decision you must n't make , your gon na have poverty , your gon na have loneliness , your gon na have hardship . |
| 14 | His former partner Jean-Louis Picard sold a charcoal and chalk drawing by Maillol of a nude to Dina Vierny , who had posed for it in 1938 , for FFr2 million ( £212,765 ; $423,404 ) on June 3 . |
| 15 | The severity of the punishments , together with the recent sentencing of an artist , Hong Song Dam , to eight years for alleged contact with North Korean agents in West Germany and for sending a slide of a painting to North Korea , fuelled international concern that the Roh government 's record on human rights was deteriorating . |
| 16 | ‘ Whether it rises to the level of a threat to US sovereign interests is another question . ’ |
| 17 | In attempting to return to Afghanistan in 1840 , he became accidentally embroiled in the Baluchistan revolt and was imprisoned by the British authorities without either charge or good reason ( described in Narrative of a Journey to Kalat , 1842 ) . |
| 18 | From the time of Peter 's declaration of faith , the material of each of the Synoptic Gospels is written in the style of a journey to Jerusalem in order that the destiny of Jesus could be accomplished . |
| 19 | Significant events over the past year mainly centred on the appointment of a successor to Elizabeth Gadsby MBE , whose farewell dinner at the Barber Surgeons Hall at the end of January was attended by her many friends in the industry , with fitting tributes . |
| 20 | March , the Secretary of State told me in a parliamentary answer that he was setting in train a new procedure for the appointment of a successor to Eric Bolton . |
| 21 | Many commentators interpreted this to mean that the relative strengths of the DLP factions in the newly elected legislature could be crucial in determining the party 's choice of a successor to Roh . |
| 22 | Proceedings were expected to be dominated by the question of a successor to Javier Pérez de Cuéllar , whose second five-year term as UN Secretary-General was due to expire at the end of 1991 . |
| 23 | The assassination on May 23 of a leading anti-Mafia judge , Giovanni Falcone [ see below ] , shocked public opinion and galvanized the political parties into breaking the deadlock over the election of a successor to President Francesco Cossiga , and on May 25 the Christian Democrat ( CD ) Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies , Oscar Luigi Scalfaro , was elected . |
| 24 | But just as tasteless , he added , was the recent unveiling in London of a statue to Air Marshal Arthur ‘ Bomber ’ Harris . |
| 25 | Now comes a swinging zigzag of a rise to Urigen ( 1,280m , 4,198ft ) . |
| 26 | The issue of a link to Balerno has been covered by the report . |
| 27 | The financial side was something of a problem to Winnie , who had not the faintest idea what should be charged . |
| 28 | Er at this point Douglas said er he thought it 'd be a jolly good idea if they dropped a few of these new bombs that they 'd discovered at Hiroshima and Nagasaki er on these slit eyed people and that would really show them who was in control of the world er now this , as you might expect , caused something of a problem to President Truman . |
| 29 | There was no water , though , for an artificial Thames ; and the whole relic , presently used as a backdrop for the film of A Passage to India , is patrolled by a pensioner who served the last war in South Shields . |
| 30 | The development of a vaccine to HIV could prevent people from becoming infected with the virus . |