Example sentences of "to [pers pn] [prep] this [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Young people who have been caught in this trap have had no information given to them about this change and can not avail themselves of the choice of training like colleagues born on or before July 1 .
2 Thank the Lord for his faithfulness to them at this time .
3 Most children learn about epilepsy when they first see their parent having a seizure , and it is vital the condition is fully explained to them at this time .
4 The great advantage to them of this approach is that it has a strong one-firm concept , where most of the values arid styles of the consultants are compatible , thus making it potentially easier to integrate as a consultancy team .
5 An example of such a clause is the following which was found in the Foreign Compensation Act 1950 , a statute setting up a body known as the Foreign Compensation Commission : ‘ The determination by the commission of any application made to them under this Act shall not be called in question in any court of law . ’
6 The statute provided that : ‘ The determination by the Commission of any application made to them under this Act shall not be called in question in any court of law . ’
7 Will he ensure that at that poverty level , those additional 400,000 pensioners are informed of their rights to claim income support so that they can at the very least receive what little is due to them under this Government ?
8 It is likely that innocent partners have the implied right to be indemnified by the tortfeasor in respect of any liability which attaches to them under this section , though this would be subject to any express agreement to the contrary .
9 I note that now they have offered to construct a footway along this small section if you will dedicate the land to them for this purpose .
10 The attempt in the Treaty to reorganize the Balkans as a stable structure of national states appealed to them for this reason .
11 Probably their teachers will speak to them in this style , though what the learners are likely to encounter when they join in conversations with native speakers is what we have referred to previously as a ‘ rapid , casual ’ style .
12 They needed the scrupulous professional integrity which nearly proved such a stumbling block to them in this case .
13 It is because of this that they can play the role ascribed to them in this form of empiricism ; beliefs about our present sensory states can be our basis — can stand on their own two feet and support the rest — because they are infallible .
14 I must tell you that I see no advantage to them in this situation .
15 He wrote it and handed it to me for this newsletter and I ran out of space .
16 a nonsense to me for this reason , that there is in society the payers of wages and the receivers of wages .
17 Cilla Black wo n't speak to me to this day because when I was a critic , I wrote a very warm piece about her , but during the course of it , I said , ‘ She 's quite good-looking , but she does have the nose of a rather careful boxer . ’
18 ‘ You 're a sex object to me at this moment , ’ said Surkov .
19 That is not a matter where the parties are sufficiently advanced for it to be addressed to me at this stage .
20 Elizabeth wrote to me at this time .
21 However , it is unclear to me at this time what recommendations one could put in the form of legislation to be put before the House that would command the majority needed to make sensible legislation , to allow the country to move forward in the 1990s .
22 Perhaps it was a great help to me at this time that the RAF introduced a new trade into the Service — Metal Rigger — and to the horror of the old " Chippie Rigger " who fashioned the ancient wooden aircraft , and claimed " we used to have men of steel and kites of wood … sadly now the process has been reversed " .
23 Yes I I was erm the additional information that was available to me at this time , er Sergeant the er having left me the previous night er had actually , had gone to the premises erm , gone to the flats erm and had er put himself in the area of the flat and was able to tell me that he had heard voices , two male voices coming from within the flat .
24 If you have any comments you would like to make to me on this exercise I shall be most grateful to receive them .
25 PAMELA : Why do you impute jealousy to me on this score ?
26 I am most grateful , therefore , to James Freeman , chairman of the PLC who spoke to me on this matter .
27 If we could get Laura saying nasty words to me on this tape !
28 Now what is God saying to me through this passage ? … and you find yourself ruminating on the things you are anxious about , and you start to relate this to the person you are .
29 One young teacher working in a more conservative college spoke to me of this period with some amusement .
30 ‘ And now , if we could get back to the point , I believe you were about to explain to me about this proposition of yours ? ’
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