Example sentences of "and [noun] to which [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only drinking in which he took part was to have the occasional gin and tonic to which he kept adding more and more tonic . |
| 2 | Let us take as reasonably authoritative pronouncements the address by MacGregor and Howell to which we have already referred and the recommendations of the Speaker 's Commission to the National Curriculum Council . |
| 3 | He opened his eyes again and saw a vision of the land of milk and honey to which he and a small band of pioneers led by their Rabbi had for so long planned to emigrate . |
| 4 | The survivors are shown in Figure 5.2 ( along with certain isotopes of H , C and N to which I shall turn in the next section ) . |
| 5 | A speaker who asked questions expecting the answer ‘ True ’ sometimes incorporated an elaborated irony by which he attacked the revolution for its failure to uphold principles and policies to which he was , and was known to be , utterly opposed . |
| 6 | But Exodus 1.8 read , ‘ Now there arose a new king over Egypt , who did not know Joseph , ’ and then began the story of Egyptian brutality and oppression to which we have already referred , and after that we are back with the tales of the Israelites ' stubborn complaining in the wilderness with which we have become so familiar . |
| 7 | Nor is it different in terms of another relation between cause and effect to which we shall come , or any relation between causal circumstance and effect . |
| 8 | These examples illustrate , albeit crudely , the way the meanings of events ( see arrow e , Figure 7.1 ) tend to link to a person 's plans , purposes and roles to which they are more or less committed . |
| 9 | In our opinion , the following principles emerge from the cases and dicta to which I have referred . |
| 10 | Coucy soon rose high in favour at court : in 1363 Edward granted him lands in north Lancashire , Cumberland and Westmorland to which he had some claim by inheritance ; two years later he married Isabella , and in 1366 the king created him Earl of Bedford with an endowment of 1,000 marks a year . |
| 11 | He was a tireless worker for the cause of deafness , opening many missions and institutes , attending many bazaars and functions to which he always managed to bring influential friends who would spend money freely . |
| 12 | The king is but rarely mentioned even in the archive tablets , where the preoccupation is with lists of offerings and the deities and sanctuaries to which they were dedicated . |
| 13 | It was an interesting move pregnant with unforeseen circumstances , not least the concern and misunderstanding to which it gave rise locally . |
| 14 | What this implies is that a group of people who , as consumers , constructed and sustained this image of the individualist tradition also , as producers , constructed the very image of change , community and modernity to which it is opposed . |
| 15 | Emotionally and mentally our mind seeks out the things , people and ideas to which it is already habituated . |
| 16 | They express a wide range of emotions and feelings to which we can readily relate : expectantly waiting for their master or mistress to return home , display of affectionate greetings , or excitement when it comes time to go out for a walk or prepare their food . |
| 17 | We seem here to have further evidence of the apparent paradox about creativity and psychosis to which we have referred several times . |
| 18 | He took off his glasses and wiped them again , remembering the bitterness and rage to which he and MacQuillan had given vent . |
| 19 | The cause of her disadvantage rests in the social arrangements we make , yet there is a tradition of social analysis which attempts to blame the girl for her failure , as if it were simply her responsibility to overcome the conditions of class , race and gender to which she is subject . |
| 20 | J.J. Hecht in his study of domestic servants in the eighteenth century argues that these conflicts were common as masters pressed their authority , requiring the obedience and loyalty to which they were theoretically entitled , while servants attempted to retain independence and reduce their obligations . |
| 21 | It is essential , as HMI argued in 1983 , ‘ that all pupils should be guaranteed a curriculum of distinctive breadth and depth to which they should be entitled irrespective of the type of school they attended or their level of ability ’ . |
| 22 | Our teachers have always been encouraged to develop their own personal style of teaching , whichever area they wish to work in , but this has never meant compromising the ideals and basics to which we all adhere . |
| 23 | Obviously pupils need to move out from the objects to the people and society to which they belonged . |
| 24 | The first voice made a request for permission to use the campsite area for a group of boys during the next school break , and after stopping the machine she made a note of the name and address to which she would send confirmation . |
| 25 | The most obvious connotations of emptiness are the helplessness and hopelessness to which I have so often referred and , in addition , a general sense of worthlessness . |
| 26 | Usually they are quite capable of doing this for themselves , but if your elderly parent turns to you for advice on financial matters your main aims should be : I. To make sure that she is receiving all the State benefits and pensions to which she may be entitled . |
| 27 | That Hildyard and Olson have in mind their own academic establishment is apparent not only from the standards and ideals to which they appeal , but also from the explicit nature of the examples which they use . |
| 28 | The property-based shops , most of which will re-open at Easter , will continue to be decorated in character with the building and garden to which they are attached . |
| 29 | Regardless of this , AIB Bank plc management is persisting , as it tries to wrest from staff in the UK the salary increases and allowances to which they are entitled . |
| 30 | The real question in each such case is ‘ Does the patient really mean what he says or is he merely saying it for a quiet life , to satisfy someone else or because the advice and persuasion to which he has been subjected is such that he can no longer think and decide for himself ? ’ |