Example sentences of "to [Wh pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Within that framework the committee believes that it is not clear , firstly , whether external auditors are independent of the directors of the companies they audit , secondly , whether external auditors should be accountable to a wide range of stakeholders or only to primary stakeholders , and , thirdly , for what and to whom external auditors are financially liable if they fail in any of their duties . |
2 | On the other hand , there is the lay congregation , to whom biblical scholarship is totally unknown territory . |
3 | He has the advantage of having devised a series of self-contained but effectively linked novels , full of properly casual back-references , in which he can show his hero changing with circumstances from the exuberance of a young lieutenant , to whom personal courage , seamanlike skills and informed opportunism have brought reputation and wealth , to a middle-aged man still exuberant but oppressed with financial cares and by the continual malice of personal enemies . |
4 | The EP will also appoint an Ombudsman to whom European citizens and residents will have access for redress in cases of maladministration . |
5 | Throughout the period of the Royal Tournament the Association stand , sponsored by British Telecom , was staffed by members from branches in the South Eastern Area , to whom Central Council extends its grateful thanks . |
6 | The one who submits he calls the ‘ slave ’ and the one to whom that person submits him/herself becomes the ‘ master ’ . |
7 | 13 , the definition of sale by retail was considered and it was held that the sale was defined by reference to quantity sold , not to the person to whom that quantity was sold . |
8 | If the law is to imply an obligation to hear representations , then it must also specify with precision to whom that obligation is owed . |
9 | If the law is to imply an obligation to hear representations , then it must also specify with precision to whom that obligation is owed . |
10 | Thus to insert a lecturer record , it is necessary to choose a senior lecturer to whom that lecturer reports . |
11 | The Court of Appeal upheld the judgment that the accountants owed no duty of care to the plaintiff , but Lord Denning dissented from this decision and in doing so , discussed at some length the types of statement in respect of which accountants owe a general duty of care and the people to whom that duty extends . |
12 | The deviant is the one to whom that label has been successfully applied ; deviant behaviour is behaviour that people so label . |
13 | It was a strong probability that the Guardian still retained in their archives a numbered copy of the minutes which would have told us immediately to whom that copy had been issued and therefore the name of the informant . |
14 | The second point is on correspondence , I 'm absolutely certain that when a member of public writes in to any department , not necessarily highway , he expects and needs an immediate response , now I know you have , you have started the acknowledgement of our system , but I think it 's , it does n't go far enough , an acknowledgement card that simply says the thing is received and is receiving attention , needs to then indicate the individual to whom that matter has been passed for attention and that leads me to the third point and I think the general complaint on the public is that local government is seen as faceless people and I think we have to get in our mind to name people within our department , there 's not one mention about it in our promise , I think we need , unless I 've not read it , but I think , I think we , yes , but I think we need to mention people by name , senior people within the department who will respond to particular things and certainly where public comes into contact within the offices we must get around to wearing a name badge who says who that person is , people want to relate to a person and I think we can do that if we try . |
15 | This is not the same as being someone to whom other people often bring their problems ; that does not guarantee the instinctive knowledge of whether something is real or merely a " try-on " , or whether something that is being glosssed over is really something that should be dug out and gone into in depth , or whether the time has come to say and do nothing other than give encouragement to the sufferer to work something out for himself or herself with the assistance of other sufferers in the group . |
16 | It has long been recognised by the courts that the protection of business secrets is a legitimate ground for the imposition of restrictions on persons to whom such secrets have been disclosed . |
17 | But it is particularly ironic that this body of teaching on to which Christian mysticism was grafted was élitist in its view of those to whom such knowledge was possible . |
18 | Thiercelin , to whom first impressions were important , sensed that beneath the gushing stream of words she was not altogether at ease . |
19 | The EC customers to whom VAT-free charges are made will have to account for VAT under the reverse charge mechanism in their member states . |
20 | On the other hand , others , like Joseph Parker , to whom Gladstonian Liberalism and Protestant Christianity were one faith , were not therefore accused of preaching the ‘ social gospel ’ . |
21 | Martyn referred to Miller 's use of works by those better versed in scientific aspects of gardening , to whom due acknowledgment is given , and concluded with an appreciation of the author 's own industry : ‘ As to the practical part , he has given t is hardly anything but from his own knowledge and of the great number of plants mentioned in his book there are scarce any which he has not cultivated with his own hands . ’ |
22 | As a result of rebellion by their own Moslem vassals , to whom religious unity was less important than political power , these rulers were frequently faced by Frankish armies called in as allies by the rebels . |
23 | As with all subsequent " Unity " campaigns , the Communists stressed temporary grievances and short-term aims in the hope of attracting those to whom Communist ideology did not normally appeal . |
24 | Assistance in making these choices is given by the Director of Studies to whom each student is assigned on joining the University . |
25 | It is believed that substantial numbers of ‘ additional ’ known drug users may have been ‘ missed ’ only in the case of GPs ( to whom 124 problem drug users were known exclusively in the first survey ) . |
26 | The most powerful groups in the local political scene are the farmers and landowners , to whom local authority housing is an unwarranted expense on the rates and a form of housing which reduces the potency of the tied cottage system . |
27 | The Ceasg is known to be dangerous and will swallow a man whole , possibly in memory of a fish-tailed god to whom human sacrifices were made . |
28 | The term ‘ buggery ’ , for example , derives from the religious as well as sexual nonconformity of an eleventh-century Bulgarian sect which practised the Manichaean heresy and refused to propagate the species ; the OED tells us that it was later applied to other heretics , to whom abominable practices were also ascribed . |
29 | He was a man to whom fair dealing came naturally and he was a just , if firm , master . |
30 | The occurrence of food intolerances were assessed after induction of remission with elemental diet in 42 eligible patients to whom single foods were introduced over five days . |