Example sentences of "[to-vb] to the [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The secretary was therefore directed to write to the Duke of Northumberland , asking permission to nominate him as president . |
| 2 | I enclose copies of letters I have been obliged to write to the Managers of InterCity , Regional Railways , and ScotRail , and I would be grateful if you could take up these issues with British Rail on my behalf . |
| 3 | Please could I ask you to find a few minutes to write to the Secretary of State for Wales , Welsh Office , Cathays Park , Cardiff CF1 3NQ , urging him to persuade his cabinet colleagues of the importance of finding time for an Environment Bill which includes these measures . |
| 4 | We recently joined with other organisations to write to the Secretary of State for the Environment urging him to change the rules set out in Minerals Planning Guidance Note 3 . |
| 5 | Putting my point across verbally at meetings without notes has never been my forte , which is why I decided to write to the editor of Gay Scotland in the hope that the situation would change for the better . |
| 6 | Saltburn/Marske and New Marske parish council wants to form a junior version of its council and is to write to the headteachers at Bydales , Marske and Huntcliff , Saltburn , schools to drum up interest . |
| 7 | It was further agreed that Joe McGhee be asked to write to the association of Chaplains to invite them to send a representative . |
| 8 | Immediately after The Builder published its report about Hall 's conclave on 30th August , 1856 , architects began to write to the Office of Works asking for details . |
| 9 | Moreover , when in 1870 urban administrative councils ( dumy ) analogous to the rural zemstvos were established , even the most prominent commoners tended to defer to the minority of nobles represented on the councils . |
| 10 | Apart from the Society of Friends , there was no established organisation ready to come to the help of children under threat in Czechoslovakia . |
| 11 | An appeal by Landsbergis for Lithuanians to come to the defence of parliament was answered by several thousand people who formed a cordon around the building . |
| 12 | Their work is more likely to come to the attention of headquarters staff ‘ in practice … ’ , as a senior man put it , ‘ only when there 's a cock-up ’ . |
| 13 | In his speech Kozyrev had accused Western powers of interfering in the former Soviet Union , claimed the right to use military action in the area , and threatened to come to the aid of Serbia . |
| 14 | ‘ It is reasonable for the telecommunications industry to come to the aid of law enforcement . |
| 15 | Whereas , under Thorkel Fóstri , under his sons of Orkney and Moray , Thorfinn might well command the north to come to the aid of Alba the south and might well be obeyed . |
| 16 | According to the terms of a collective agreement signed by Russia and five other Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) member states in Tashkent on May 15 , Russia would be obliged to come to the aid of Armenia in the event of a threat to that country 's security . |
| 17 | She was taking a long time to come to the attempt on Marek 's life that morning . |
| 18 | But when the long hard Chinese winter was nearly over , the villagers began to come to the house of Dai Huang . |
| 19 | What matters is that Ministers should be ready and willing to come to the House of Commons when expected to do so in order to answer questions from elected representatives on matters of genuine public interest and importance . |
| 20 | After a short , complicated conversation in our melange of languages , she left me to battle with my clothes and the shower , returning only to tell me to come to the house of Sheikha Grandmother . |
| 21 | Largely due to Bernard , they were to come to the forefront of politics and to find a place within the papal court . |
| 22 | Delays in decision-making can be a difficulty as it takes time for problems at the bottom to come to the notice of people at the top , and for ideas at the top to percolate to the bottom . |
| 23 | We are delighted that the BBC Big Band has been able to come to the Festival as part of BBC 's ‘ Radio Goes To Town ’ — they will return briefly for a lunchtime programme with David Jacobs in the Ulster Hall on Wednesday ! |
| 24 | A chance mention in a letter written in the 820s shows that one card in a Carolingian king 's hand was the existence of a " solemn custom " whereby any recipient of a benefice had to come to the palace in person and ritually " commend " himself to the king . |
| 25 | The easiest task for Emma was learning to come to the table for lunch when called and once she had started to receive stickers for this she became aware of how to earn them . |
| 26 | Participants may swim faster or indeed may sink , much depends on the willingness and abilities of firms to adjust to the increase in competition . |
| 27 | In June 1964 a law transformed RTF into O ( for ‘ Office ’ ( RTF's ' This law had more to do with the organizational needs of a body attempting to adjust to the expansion of broadcasting than with the issue of political control . |
| 28 | Portugal 's overriding concern in late 1989 and early 1990 was to adjust to the implications of changes in Eastern Europe . |
| 29 | Naturally this can radically affect her choices , as to whether she takes her job back again , for instance , or gives herself time and space to adjust to the demands of motherhood . |
| 30 | This was even more so for the special programmes developed by the Community , such as the Integrated Mediterranean Programmes which were established to enable the southern regions of France , Italy and Greece to adjust to the accession of Spain and Portugal into the EC . |