Example sentences of "devote [pn reflx] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For almost twenty years Stutchbury devoted himself to the museum . |
| 2 | During this period he was active in public service in Wales , and devoted himself to the development of scouting , and became a friend of Sir Robert Baden-Powell , the founder of the Boy Scout movement . |
| 3 | Barnard inherited a large fortune from his father : over a period of fifty years he devoted himself to the formation of a collection of prints , drawings , and paintings , becoming one of the foremost connoisseurs of his day . |
| 4 | ‘ He simply devoted himself to the sport and was never in any doubt about what he wanted to be , ’ adds Sid . |
| 5 | Once again the meeting was a great success ; the Emperor had long conversations with the Prince Consort , Lord Palmerston and the Foreign Secretary , Lord Clarendon , while the Empress devoted herself to the Queen and the royal children . |
| 6 | She joined the Community of the Resurrection in 1940 and devoted herself to the training of Primary and Secondary school teachers at Grahamstown Training College . |
| 7 | When monks from France and Flanders were settled in the Border abbeys in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries they introduced new skills , and also devoted themselves to the expansion of sheep rearing to provide the necessary basic material . |
| 8 | The Women 's Industrial Council ( a group of primarily middle class women who devoted themselves to the investigation of working women 's problems ) went so far as to suggest that such a form of provision was inappropriate for women and merely intensified the ‘ regrettable tendency to consider the work of a wife and mother in her home of no money value ’ . |
| 9 | The Fabians , Sidney and Beatrice Webb in particular , devoted themselves to the analysis of social and economic conditions . |
| 10 | To explain the-timidity of these people , we need look no further than the example of Arthur Jensen , who , after devoting himself to the study of educationally significant individual differences , is declared by the press to be an advocate of segregated schooling for ‘ poor and black children ’ . |
| 11 | One woman derelict told her that after living with three husbands for twenty-five years she had decided to give them up and devote herself to the task of viewing the Cathedrals and Abbeys of the British Isles . |
| 12 | ( e ) Duties generally ( NB Clause 13 ) The matters which would normally be recorded in the partnership agreement under this head include : ( 1 ) the standard form " just and faithful " obligationstrictly unnecessary in view of the overriding nature of the equivalent statutory provisions and the implication that will always be made that such duty exists , but invariably spelled out in writing ; ( 2 ) a requirement that the partners devote themselves to the business of the firm . |
| 13 | " Women can give attention to detail and because we were not married we used to devote ourselves to the place . |
| 14 | The reason Gandhi gives for choosing to become a vānaprasthin is that he wanted to devote himself to the service of the community . |
| 15 | He returned to England on succeeding his father as second Baron Northwick in 1800 , and was able to devote himself to the formation of the collection for which Northwick Park became famous . |
| 16 | Sandra had virtually given up her career to devote herself to the task of keeping house and raising a family , though , in that respect , the relationship did not mature as she had hoped . |
| 17 | How much easier and publicly commendable it is to devote yourself to the parish , however demanding , than to a wife having a nervous breakdown at home . ’ |
| 18 | When he was engaged in writing The Cocktail Party , he was asked how long he would devote himself to the theatre rather than to poetry ; he replied , " Until I can convince people that I know how to write a popular play " . |
| 19 | In the last resort the only satisfactory answer to the question , ‘ Why do you devote yourself to the attempt to understand ? ’ is , ‘ Because I derive so strong a satisfaction from doing so . ’ |