Example sentences of "their [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lord Balfour thought it was Asquith 's duty to keep Baldwin in power , Lord Long that the Conservatives should offer their support to Asquith . |
| 2 | Key business figures , members of professional and trade organisations and financial institutions have already met and offered their support to Essex TEC to help potential Superstart candidates develop and grow their business ideas . |
| 3 | But the rest of Mr Foster 's vote looks soft , with many of the 1987 intake of Labour MPs switching their support to Mr Davies in protest at what they see as Mr Foster 's lax disciplinary regime over the parliamentary party . |
| 4 | The affair came to a head in a series of by-elections in the early 1930s in which the press barons gave their support to Empire Crusade candidates in their fight against the official Conservative central office candidates . |
| 5 | And again , because of the nature of the modern economy , these groups would in turn lend their support to pressures for further integration . |
| 6 | As a matter of fact , most of the London publishers send their printing to Edinburgh to get it done at half cost by sweated labour . |
| 7 | Indeed , internal dissensions between different groups of local people may lead to indifference on their part to government personnel and their efforts , but the causes and remedies of the two explanations are different . |
| 8 | Here both pilots tell their story to Paul Hughes . |
| 9 | On the contrary it seems on the face of it to be likely that with some learners a conscious awareness of how language works and the subjection of their experience to analysis would suit their cognitive style , increase motivation by giving added point to their activities , and so enhance learning . |
| 10 | The old arc contrasted with the young in a number of ways , for example in their attachment to tradition , access to opportunities , churchgoing or even self-control ( the young are presumed to have less than the old ) . |
| 11 | Because of their attachment to Judaism 's holy places , the religious parties have often seemed closer to the Greater Israel policy of the Likud than to Labour , with its belief in exchanging territorial concessions for peace . |
| 12 | To the foral provinces their attachment to Spain was a contract dependent on the maintenance of their liberties and economic advantages : enlightened despotism and liberalism , refusing to accept the contractual status of the foral provinces , were by definition anti-Basque . |
| 13 | A common application is their attachment to photocopiers and fax machines , so that file numbers have to be keyed in before the machine will operate and thereafter the cost incurred can be electronically tracked and shown on printouts . |
| 14 | In Chiswick , in 1904 , the Royal Horticultural Society , which had occupied the area south of Horticultural Place back to Barrowgate Road , off Sutton Court Road , completed their removal to Wisley . |
| 15 | Commander Fairley saw at once the wisdom of keeping the two children of his first marriage together for the last years of their progress to maturity . |
| 16 | Jasper knelt up on the seats with the rest of them to observe out of the window their progress to Kensington High Street . |
| 17 | Investment banks , hungry for the fat fees that go with global equity offers , have done their bit to rev up interest in them . |
| 18 | Each such pupil also receives a personalised letter reminding them of their entitlement to education and training , and guaranteeing them both an interview with an officer of the Careers Service and an offer of a place on a training scheme , in a job or in continued education . |
| 19 | First , there was a need for a broadly based and accessible advisory facility so that claimants could receive independent and impartial advice on their entitlement to state benefits . |
| 20 | Our new clause 17 would establish their entitlement to rebates , which would benefit them greatly . |
| 21 | Classroom teachers might find their entitlement to leave of absence curtailed . |
| 22 | When an employee exhausts their entitlement to sickness allowance , the Director of Management and Information Services , in conjunction with the Director of Social Work , will submit a report to the Personnel Committee concerning the possible extension of sickness allowance . |
| 23 | Once their entitlement to unemployment benefit expires ( after twelve months ) , they are totally dependent on income support . |
| 24 | Mr Mullin said that any attempt to persuade clubs to end discrimination by blocking their entitlement to rates relief was illegal . |
| 25 | Those which live in areas regularly covered in snow may also change the colour of their fur to white . |
| 26 | This was followed by the start of their rise to prominence as agricultural engineers . |
| 27 | He told her of the coming to Ireland of her Norman ancestors , the de la Houssaies , and of their rise to power in Corcaguiney . |
| 28 | When the Toronto-based journalist Leo Heaps wrote a book detailing the secrets of their rise to power , pressure from the brothers helped ensue it never appeared . |
| 29 | ‘ We go to Wembley where Denmark began their rise to fame . |
| 30 | The different survival rates reflect the diverse types of leukaemia and their resistance to treatment . |