Example sentences of "[adj] ['s] [noun] to [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The extent of the royal forests was also diminished by Henry III 's grants to members of his family . |
| 2 | James II 's marriage to Mary of Gueldres had the attraction of providing him with a queen who came from the great artillery-making centre of northern Europe . |
| 3 | The same was true in Normandy , where Henry II 's concession to Rouen between 1160 and 1170 , soon to be a model for other cities across the Angevin empire , permitted internal self-government by a mayor and town council , but also allowed the duke to choose the mayor from a list of three names submitted to him by the council , and protected the ducal right to military service . |
| 4 | The two brothers were at times united in their hostility to Chilperic 's son Chlothar II , and at one moment they reduced the latter 's kingdom to territory between the Seine , the Oise and the sea . |
| 5 | And AM Alternative presented by Johnnie Walker on Thursday at 10.40am completes Radio 5 's trip to Stockton in the week-long exhibition . |
| 6 | He was not Henry VIII 's ambassador to France for nothing . |