Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [noun sg] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When I returned to England , ’ he continued , ‘ I asked Bishop Thomas to recommend me for ordination to the priesthood . |
| 2 | The most serious offences are ‘ triable on indictment only ’ , which means that the magistrates ' courts must commit them for trial to the Crown Court . |
| 3 | The sellers of the securities will deposit these cheques with the commercial banks , which will present them for payment to the Bank . |
| 4 | I managed to get a police car to rush me through security to the shopping precinct . |
| 5 | My record will stand alongside his in relation to the future of mining in Scotland or in relation to any miners in Midlothian . |
| 6 | Her trembling body was curving and lifting itself to the hardness of his in obedience to the quickening in her loins , a fierily hollow quivering , the force at the centre of a storm of sensation . |
| 7 | And it is for us surely to open ourselves without prejudice to the shape that it will take in the future . |
| 8 | Defendants who ‘ could n't care less ’ may have had thoughts about consent which through indifference to the matter , they fail to pursue . |
| 9 | The bone will give plenty of flavour to the soup during cooking and should be removed before the soup is seasoned prior to serving . |
| 10 | Both Courtauld 's and Messrs Jay 's of Regent Street could rest assured , for not one undertaker concerned himself with buying-in to the mourning warehouses , thereby turning the tables on the mercers and upholders . |
| 11 | Throughout his career , Gaunt was conspicuous for his loyalty to the king , and even when Richard II spurned that loyalty for a time , Gaunt did not associate himself with opposition to the court . |
| 12 | Weightman and Bullen Ltd were appointed by the Governors to undertake the re-development of the St. Vincent Road site with a brief , which in addition to the specialist and general teaching requirements , incorporated the need for essential modifications , specifically , increased staff accommodation/toilets , improved Administration facilities and a general improvement in pupil toilet provision , to cater for the increased population of the School . |
| 13 | Nephew of John Moores , founder of the Littlewoods pools empire , he had had little to do with the business when he found suddenly himself in line to the throne . |
| 14 | He would need to be continually finding opportunities to put himself on display to the populace : walkabouts , tours of business premises and factories and farms , appearances in pubs and clubs , visits to colleges and hospitals and homes for the elderly , attendances at all sorts of social functions and ceremonies — the list could be endless . |
| 15 | He found himself on loan to the faculty of the National Intelligence Academy ( NIA ) in Fort Lauderdale as director of Video Operations . |
| 16 | The principal charges against him related to ship money and his conduct concerning the forests ; he saved himself by flight to the Continent . |
| 17 | The actual title of the course matters a lot less than the content , but a word of caution is necessary here to help you differentiate between programmes designed to prepare you for re-entry to the profession , and those which may be open to nurses currently practising , namely ‘ refresher courses ’ . |
| 18 | It had not been contended in the course of the case that there was not a sale , until during the debate in your Lordships ' House that suggestion was made , and I think that , beyond doubt , anyone , who in answer to the advertisement acquired a record , would say that he had bought it and would be surprised that any doubt should be cast upon what he regarded as an obvious fact . |
| 19 | Where that can not be achieved , the formation of separate partnerships under a single firm-name may be a more successful method of preserving unity ; ( 2 ) the rivalry mentioned above will commonly show itself in relation to the profitability of each office . |
| 20 | With the outbreak of war the ILP put itself in opposition to the trade-union leaders by its refusal to support the war and by its criticism of those Labour Party members who either joined the government after 1916 or gave it their loyal parliamentary support . |
| 21 | In those days , if you were ill in England , the doctor visited you , rather than expecting you to stagger to the surgery . |
| 22 | A subscription entitles you to entry to the Sportcentre , and to view any sport or game for which there is no separate entrance fee . |
| 23 | It is the duty of the trustee to report to the committee all such matters as appear to him or as the committee have indicated to him to be of concern to them with respect to the administration of the estate ( r 6.152(1) ) . |
| 24 | In the middle of his harrowing report he let slip a sentence , and we hear from that monster of objectivity inside every artist who sees everything as grist to the mill . |
| 25 | It is a perfectly good contract if a person accepts an offer to supply goods if he ( a ) does something of value to the supplier and ( b ) pays money : the consideration is both ( a ) and ( b ) . |
| 26 | And I do not see why it should be different if he has to show that he has done something of value to the seller . |
| 27 | But where the qualification is the doing of something of value to the seller , and where the qualification only suffices for one sale and must be reacquired before another sale , I find it hard to regard the repeated acquisitions of the qualification as anything other than parts of the consideration for the sales . |
| 28 | He must have realized that his dignity was in danger for he said something in German to the clerk and never spoke to me again . |
| 29 | The foundation is the duty to take care , and whether such a duty exists depends upon a relationship existing , or coming into existence , between the parties which is capable in the particular circumstances of the case of imposing a duty on the one in relation to the other . |
| 30 | I had decided to leave everything in trust to the cat . |