Example sentences of "to whom [pers pn] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One powerful source of fresh blood came from new men to whom we shall return , the Sussex ironmasters , like the Bowyers of Cuckfield who disputed so effectively with Bishop Curteys . |
| 2 | Something ancient is surfacing here , in other words , and it is tempting to believe that some French critics , especially those who are hostile to the English a cappella tradition ( to whom we shall return ) , can hear in English choral recordings the voice of their ancient Protestant adversary all too clearly . |
| 3 | Now , he thought , there is none to whom we may entrust a message . |
| 4 | The organists of the ‘ Imperial ’ group ( see pp. 180 and 183–5 ) , to whom we may add Buchner 's pupil , the St. Gall organist Fridolin Sicher ( 1490–1546 ) , were still active through much of this period . |
| 5 | The only person to whom we can give any credence is Manningham ; doubtless any delay in embalming the body was caused by Cecil 's dilemma whether to obey the late Queen 's wishes or not . |
| 6 | We do not have great writers any more , men to whom we can turn for enlightenment and discussion of the most engaging problems . |
| 7 | ‘ The money I get for the scrap is paid into the Finance Department , and when the fund has built up to a worthwhile sum I 'll be calling for suggestions for a local charity to whom we can donate the cash . ’ |
| 8 | It is the younger age range to whom we must make ourselves more attractive and appealing . |
| 9 | We are told the way in which MPs have voted on certain controversial cross-party issues such as abortion and hanging ; we are given the names of those to whom we must say farewell and those we should welcome , but no details whatsoever as to the make up the corps of MPs ' secretaries , that body of sirens from whom the more susceptible among us should be protected . |
| 10 | Could you please let me know where you would like the cheque sent , and to whom we should make it out ? |
| 11 | we are trying to identify the appropriate person in their organisation to whom we should write concerning a business opportunity which may be of interest to them . |
| 12 | Is it not Lord Lane to whom we should direct our innermost yearnings ? |
| 13 | They could therefore intercede with him for the living , to whom they might appear , and for whom they might still work miracles . |
| 14 | For instance , bereaved adults experience higher than expected levels of illness in the year following the death of their spouse , and among those most at risk of lasting psychiatric problems are people without a network of friends or relatives to whom they may turn for consolation ( Parkes and Brown , 1972 ) . |
| 15 | In contrast , in this case , what is involved is not discriminatory treatment on grounds of nationality but a condition for the grant of nationality , and the member states are free to determine to whom they will grant or refuse their nationality , in the case of natural persons and ships alike . |
| 16 | The problem for the Scots this time , whatever their varying political and religious persuasions , was that there was no-one to whom they could turn as a counter-weight . |
| 17 | Where our Investigation Department operations involved shipping and small craft we were the specialists to whom they could turn for practical assistance . |
| 18 | Customers were unable to find a manager in Lockheed to whom they could take their problems and queries about their particular orders , and Lockheed found it necessary to employ ‘ project expediters ’ as customer liaison officials . |
| 19 | Not only were the subjects told of what Dement thought might be the probable results of the regime , but they were provided with a psychiatrist on duty all the time to whom they could report any unusual sensation . |
| 20 | The most vital resource for stressed professionals is at least one other person , preferably but not necessarily a colleague , to whom they can tell the truth . |
| 21 | Children must be heard , and must feel confident that they have an independent person to whom they can complain . |
| 22 | We have taken steps to draw to the attention of all children who go into a home the fact that there is a telephone number , a contact point and a named officer separate from the home to whom they can complain if they feel the need . |
| 23 | The successful companies take risks because they have Profitbosses to whom they can delegate , whom they can trust to make " risk-decisions " on their behalf . |
| 24 | Until very recently housing associations have been able to have their own policies as to whom they can house , as well as housing a certain proportion of people from the housing waiting-list as part of their financial agreement with the local authority . |
| 25 | But in the Catholic Church , unlike the Protestant churches , they at least have another woman to whom they can pray . |
| 26 | So mining companies are reluctant to waste years — and much cash on legal fees — in determining to whom they should pay royalties once they have found a deposit . |
| 27 | It turns out that like the vervets , birds will also learn to whom they should respond . |
| 28 | As for the pattern of voting in the by-election in the hon. Gentleman 's constituency , there may be others besides myself to whom he might address that question . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , as I understand it , the individual may be striving towards mature object relations but finds himself in situations where those in authority to whom he may want to relate may cause him to regress towards infantile dependence . |
| 30 | And as the market process unfolds , with one period of market ignorance followed by another in which ignorance has been somewhat reduced , each buyer or seller revises his bids and offers in the light of his newly acquired knowledge of the alternative opportunities which those to whom he may wish to sell , or from whom he may wish to buy , can expect to find available elsewhere in the market . |