Example sentences of "to a [noun] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason for this is to ensure that all services central to a solicitors ' practice are regulated by the Law society . |
| 2 | There is little in this which is peculiar to a solicitors ' partnership dispute but with regard to the last noted remedy the court recognises the great and possibly irreparable harm that could be done by appointing a receiver over a professional firm and may be reluctant to make such an order at the behest of one disaffected partner ( see Floydd v Cheney [ 1970 ] Ch 602 and Sobell v Boston [ 1975 ] 1 WLR 1587 ) . |
| 3 | Applicants are invited by this inter-disciplinary Centre for places to do advanced coursework for research in Soviet Studies leading to a Master 's Degree or , in approved cases , to the degree of PhD . |
| 4 | Candidates who successfully complete this qualification can often gain direct access to a master 's degree . |
| 5 | At Cambridge , the ordinary degree is Bachelor of Arts ( B A ) , which is converted to a Master 's degree merely by payment of the requisite fee . |
| 6 | I will even stoop to a queen 's work if you will share the throne with me . |
| 7 | To come to a queen 's palace . |
| 8 | All students are urged to pursue these performing studies as far as the acquisition of a Teacher 's Diploma of one of the recognised colleges of music and , in suitable cases , to proceed to a Performer 's Diploma . |
| 9 | The " right of return " issue had arisen in controversial circumstances on May 12 when US State Department spokesperson Margaret Tutwiler responded to a reporter 's question by stating that the Bush administration continued to support Resolution 194 . |
| 10 | With home recording equipment so comparatively cheap these days ( you can buy quite a workmanlike setup for the cost of a decent guitar ) these video manuals could be just the answer to a layman 's prayer . |
| 11 | The cues to a phoneme 's identity also vary depending on its context . |
| 12 | It is clear , given all these factors , that too early a commitment to a phoneme 's identity would be disastrous . |
| 13 | ‘ We are not playing kick and rush , ’ he insisted when driving out to a friend 's hotel in the Derwent Valley below Consett , pausing now and then to savour the uncluttered Durham landscape , his heart for ever in the North-east of England . |
| 14 | Never feel a failure if you have to admit that you do n't know the answer to a friend 's question . |
| 15 | They were delighted to be invited to a friend 's birthday celebrations in Sadberge , near Darlington , where they used to live . |
| 16 | He 'd say that he 'd suddenly remembered he had to go to the theatre with his family , or to a friend 's engagement party . |
| 17 | Richard took her to a friend 's party and afterwards , when they were driving home , he said , ‘ You know what 's happened , do n't you ? |
| 18 | to a friend 's husband 's funeral |
| 19 | Shortly afterwards Jane went to a friend 's house in Kensington to a musical party where a famous quartet was playing and , sitting on the stairs , talked to someone whom she took to be one of the players . |
| 20 | It was November and the nights drawing in , and they went after tea , telling the nans they were going to a friend 's house to play with his electric trains . |
| 21 | His parents thought he 'd gone to a friend 's house in the next street . |
| 22 | Sean had no where to go because he was not going to go to a friend 's house as he was not ready to face up to people he knew . |
| 23 | Just been to a friend 's house and he 's given me a nice cup of tea and a little drop of brandy and that I did enjoy it |
| 24 | We watched that for a bit , then took the first tube of the day round to a friend 's place for a while . |
| 25 | All right , they say , a wife is a wife after all , but when it comes to a parents ' decision … |
| 26 | Last week I gave a talk to a parents ' committee in one of our schools on how to make a constitution — I felt I was contributing to the growth of grass roots democracy in South Africa . |
| 27 | The Major began to feel that Onyx Muggeridge was not quite what he had come to a Parents ' Evening for , and was quite grateful when the headmaster disengaged himself with palpable reluctance from the Fromes and sailed in his direction , exuding Manner . |
| 28 | Formal entry into the war also entitled Japan to a victor 's place at the 1919 Versailles Conference , with a vote equal to those of France , Britain and the US . |
| 29 | Possible legislation could enshrine the principle that it is always wrong to kill but establish a set of circumstances under which a suitable qualified person would be exempt from prosecution for agreeing to a patient 's request to help end his or her life , Prof McLean went on . |
| 30 | As with doctors , there are always nurses whose personal strengths are such that they can openly and lovingly respond to a patient 's pain , grief and distress without needing defences . |