Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [verb] [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , what , if any , knowledge is required on the part of a payer at the time of payment to entitle him to recovery at a later date ? |
| 2 | ‘ Determination in favour of [ the first and second respondents ] of their defence of settlement entitles them to judgment on [ the petitioner 's ] claims … |
| 3 | Concepts borrowed from anthropology aid our understanding of social structure , while the techniques of physics enable us to date the past . |
| 4 | This kind of mourning leads us to side with the poor , and to take action alongside them . |
| 5 | I take his point about maintenance and I shall of course draw it to the Housing Executive 's attention . |
| 6 | People within enterprises who are designated to engage in environmental scanning ( and similar ) activities do not of course restrict themselves to that part of the total external information resource that happens to be publicly available at a specific point in time . |
| 7 | So net debt is two sixty four million er and therefore the pro forma debt equity ratio 's halved from fifty seven percent to twenty eight percent we do of course expect it to be somewhat lower by the year end as our working capital which is coming to its peak season , unwinds . |
| 8 | That principle might be formulated as follows : if A tells B ( by words or conduct ) that B need not perform a contractual ( or other ) obligation owed by B to A and B takes A at his word and does not perform that obligation , A can not treat that non-performance as a breach of contract entitling him to damages or to terminate the contract . |
| 9 | The application of previously defined style or property sheets to large amounts of text allows it to be rapidly converted from one form into another , merely by adjusting the rules written into the style sheet . |
| 10 | A decision was taken in principle to require agencies with independent sources of income to transfer them to the central treasury . |
| 11 | Oldfield 's marriage lasted for just two weeks , requiring lawyers and a large sum of money to bring it to a conclusion satisfactory to the bride . |
| 12 | He urged people not to let the short-term problems of recession blind them to the long-term truth . |
| 13 | As Maitland , who was a contemporary of Dicey , recognized , one repercussion of the consequent growth in the quantity and complexity of government business was that there was ‘ a tendency … on the part of parliament to confine itself to the work of legislation , of framing general rules of law , and of entrusting the power of dealing with particular cases to the king 's ministers , to boards of commissioners , to courts of law ’ . |
| 14 | In such a way a child 's promptness might save a soul from the long blankness of Limbo , or a child 's inattention or failure of nerve condemn it to years of the deadliest waiting until the day of Judgement , held still in the amber of the centuries . |
| 15 | There are many people around who call a spade a spade , but who do so in such a rude , offensive way , that this kind of plain-speaking becomes something to be avoided . |
| 16 | According to the 1929 Encyclopaedia Britannica , one theory of consciousness holds it to be inherent in every atom of the body . |
| 17 | Even if a band that I liked did this , I 'm sure that it would not make me gay ( And even if the power of rock introduced you to the delights of homosexuality , who cares , eh ? |
| 18 | Or will his lack of ambition drive you to distraction ? |
| 19 | Millions of pounds of investment meant nothing to Bedford-St Pancras commuters when their long-awaited new electric trains were laid up in the sidings while BR and the rail unions hammered each other over one-man operation . |
| 20 | The distortion of perception extended itself to areas other than my body . |
| 21 | On the other hand , a court of equity addresses itself to the amount of costs that the mortgagee should be allowed as a condition of redemption . |
| 22 | Prime ministerial power , and therefore prime ministerial government is challenged ; Cabinet government and collective responsibility are challenged because of the claim that the first allegiance of a Labour minister is not to the Cabinet but to the mandate given by the party conference ; parliamentary government and the autonomy of MPs to deliberate as representatives is challenged through the notion of mandate reducing them to delegates ; and liberal-democracy itself is challenged because of a refusal to accept limits to participation and to the role of the state in the struggle to attain socialism through democracy . |
| 23 | Does n't the sanctity of marriage mean anything to you ? ’ he roared . |
| 24 | My conception of sport elevates it to the realms of art , where the producer finds room to express himself and the consumer studies and appreciates ; both seek satisfaction . |
| 25 | One coach only needs a small amount of work to restore it to its original condition , but the other requires extensive work . |
| 26 | The general purpose database manager like SUPERFILE , needs a bit of work to configure it to your own particular needs . |
| 27 | Now there there is the scheme by the Department of Transport to upgrade it to dual it u as far to Malton and then beyond subsequently . |
| 28 | The latter type of fuel lends itself to underwater storage for several decades . |
| 29 | Like many areas of sociology , the sociology of punishment lends itself to ( often radically ) differing approaches which provide rival explanations of penality . |
| 30 | Even in the half-tones of night she could see the narrowing of those dangerous sapphire eyes , see sparks of desire bringing them to their full colour . |