Example sentences of "to [Wh pn] [pers pn] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Not only do they hold good against the trustee himself , and against his creditors during his life-time and his representatives after his death , but also against all to whom he may have transferred the property , and who can not show that they acquired it for value and without notice of the trust . |
| 32 | Just as compelling production of incriminating Reports in the hand of the insured may lead to a climate for settlement on the part of the defender , so a Specification properly directed to the pursuer or those to whom he may have entrusted information ( other than his solicitors ) may assist in compelling him to be more realistic . |
| 33 | Even so , that he was able to expel the powerful figure to whom he may have owed much of his victory in 1016 must say something about the effectiveness of the power base which he had succeeded in creating in England in the intervening years . |
| 34 | Many of his best-paying clients were American corporations in Europe , the sort to whom he would prefer to avoid making laborious explanations . |
| 35 | One had been an Egyptian , who had tried to keep alive the Egyptian Aten religion when it looked like disappearing in Egypt itself from about the year 1315 B.C. He had chosen the Jews in Egypt as a people to whom he would teach this religion . |
| 36 | Section 24 of the 1983 Act enables the Clerk to identify the person to whom he must send the writ . |
| 37 | ‘ I believe , ’ he wrote , ‘ that the sovereign , even when he rules by hereditary right , is only a delegate and representative of the people , for whom he exists and to whom he must devote all his care and labour … |
| 38 | John always remained very concerned about the designing of his own ballets but was never specifically credited with responsibility for their designs , preferring to collaborate with an artist to whom he could explain his ideas and from whom he expected further ideas to enhance the final outcome . |
| 39 | There must be one woman in the whole world to whom he could tell the truth . |
| 40 | If a potential philanthropist did exist , he might have found it a deterrent that there was no established leadership to whom he could talk . |
| 41 | He had never had anyone to whom he could talk about Mr Skinner . |
| 42 | Most of all , she was the only person he knew to whom he could talk without embarrassment , and it was a help that cycling side by side he did n't have to look at her as he tried to explain . |
| 43 | John — Augustus cast a sentimental eye on his retreat , convinced in his euphoria of pristine well-being that he had encountered one of nature 's radicals , someone to whom he could reveal his new true feelings . |
| 44 | Somewhere there would be a tutor waiting to see him — some easy-going , amiable man , not old , but a few years older than himself , with whom he could drink sherry on slightly deferential terms , and to whom he could apply for permission to hold parties , keep a car , and ride to hounds . |
| 45 | As co-ordinator of the council 's work he will be brought daily into contact with the council 's officers to whom he should become guide , counsellor and friend . |
| 46 | Maidstone now has a ‘ casework officer ’ scheme in which each prisoner has a particular officer on the wing to whom he can relate , as well as the services of the wing Probation Officer . |
| 47 | He is insistent that the only students who should work at doctoral level are those of first-class ability , who are independent of mind and inner-directed , so that they can work without much supervision , apart from ‘ a standing relation with a congenial senior to whom he can go now and then for criticism and advice . ’ |
| 48 | It seems that there has been no period of time during which man has endeavoured to conduct and control his affairs without providing for himself a worshipable entity or being to whom he can appeal , and to whom he has attributed powers of control over all that happens in the universe , particularly on earth . |
| 49 | Not every employer is willing to give an open ‘ to whom it may concern ’ reference . |
| 50 | There was one small towel , a piece of soap , a toothbrush , an old Bible , and an envelope with ‘ To whom it may concern ’ written on it . |
| 51 | From the same ministry contracts he was able to elicit official references — on departmental letter-heading and addressed ‘ to whom it may concern ’ — to bolster his standing with the suppliers and with other customers . |
| 52 | 10 Downing Street London W 1 21st June 1988 To Whom It May Concern This is to certify that Miss Jane " Alligator " Jones has served the British Government in a number of dangerous situations in recent years . |
| 53 | THE BRITISH COUNCIL OF CHURCHES CHRISTIAN AID CHRISTIAN VOLUNTEER To whom it may concern |
| 54 | TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN : — |
| 55 | It could have been , he argued onwards , a fort , or even an early Christian site , or even a pagan place of votive offering , ‘ for there is such a multitude of divinities , to whom it may have been dedicated , that the chance of its being a temple of Anaitis is hardly any thing . |
| 56 | What about the people to whom it will have cost perhaps a third of their lifetime ? |
| 57 | This sense of fair play might well be subdued by consideration of Mr Smith 's genocidal tax rate , at least among those to whom it will apply . |
| 58 | When the private firm is very large , and therefore subject to little domestic competition , and also produces in a sector sheltered from imports and foreign competition , it is quite likely to be a relatively sleepy monopolist unless it has regulators to whom it must account . |
| 59 | Constance was the only adult to whom she would dream of divulging Sam 's plot , since whether Constance approved or not , she would not be difficult about it : clearly , she did not approve , either because the act would be an invasion of property and privacy or because it would land them all in trouble . |
| 60 | If she had known of how the Greeks slaughtered the bearers of bad tidings she might have taken longer to decide it was her duty , but , as it was , she saw no need to fear for herself , only for the person to whom she would relate the devastating news . |