Example sentences of "to [noun sg] [prep] [noun prp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE hamlet of Gawthrop ( the village of the crows in Old Norse ) clusters round the road that makes up from Dentdale to course down Barbondale below the impressive sweep of Barkin Fell . |
| 2 | A church must regularly identify those coming to faith in Christ from a non-church background or with minimal previous church contact ( McGavran 1970:87 ) . |
| 3 | It found that most adults come to faith in God through the help of a friend , a relative or a minister . |
| 4 | He joined up in the spring of 1940 and spent the next two years moving from camp to camp around England with the Royal Engineers . |
| 5 | Despite his boasts of political eminence in England , the Leader of the British National Socialist Party had a dread of being bundled off to internment in Silesia as an undesirable alien . |
| 6 | Then , in a light haze of vodka in a Toronto hotel room , came the moment that would finally lead to recognition for Nicholson as an actor . |
| 7 | Arafat 's decision to side with Iraq during the Gulf War had incensed the Saudis , who had previously been among his strongest financial backers . |
| 8 | His father intended him for an army career , but that and a project for farming in the colonies came to nothing ; and by 1885 he was living hand to mouth in Chelsea as an illustrator and journalist . |
| 9 | They went to lunch at Fiesole on a perfect autumn day . |
| 10 | Someone needs to take a long hard look at what has happened to tennis in Ulster over the last 20 years . |
| 11 | The LVA claim that pubs converted to management in Winchester in the past have seen a rapid turnover of staff and a substantial decline in trade . |
| 12 | She had an unhappy childhood in Weston-super-Mare , and was briefly sent to boarding-school in Devizes at the age of eight . |
| 13 | In the fifties Khomeini attempted , vainly to obtain clemency for members of the Islamic fedayeen ( the precursor of Islamic jihad and Hezbollah which came to prominence in Lebanon in the 1980's ) who had been sentenced to death for assassinating prominent members of the Shah regime . |
| 14 | A former Sarajevo University professor who entertained his students by brandishing a pistol during lectures , Mr Seselj came to prominence in Belgrade as a critic of communism , though he himself is an ex-communist . |
| 15 | They say they are entitled to compensation against BNFL under the Nuclear Installations Act . |
| 16 | WHEN he was 28 , Dick Trafford went to work in Ormskirk as an ambulance driver in a workhouse , where the elderly poor worked for their keep . |
| 17 | Thus in 1296 he consulted his council of magnates who advised him that a certain papal provision would prejudice the crown ; and in 1299 he contested the pope 's claim to sovereignty over Scotland as a threat to the dignity of his crown . |
| 18 | Fernand was employed by the previous owner and does not always see eye to eye with Alain on the way the estate should be managed , but no … ’ |
| 19 | Those who would like to be considered for the 1992 placement should send their curriculum vitae , together with a covering letter explaining why they feel they would benefit from the scheme , and enclosing samples of written work , to Chemistry in Britain at the RSC , Burlington House , Piccadilly , London W1V 0BN . |
| 20 | Willie was nominated by Michael Bonallack and Joe Carr to caddie for Nicklaus in the 1963 Open , but , due to a misunderstanding , never took over the bag . |
| 21 | One train , the 15.4 hrs from Quainton and the 16.15 hrs from Aylesbury on Sunday was cancelled on Sunday for several reasons while the gauging run for King Edward was only carried out an hour prior to departure from Aylesbury of the first ACE . |
| 22 | So Brunner rejected the possibility of an independent natural theology in which man could attain to knowledge of God through the general revelation in nature ; for the defacing of the image of God in him had made that impossible . |
| 23 | He finished second to Duke Of Monmouth in the Triumph Hurdle at Cheltenham in March , and will be spot on after finishing fifth on the Flat in the Leopardstown November Handicap . |
| 24 | The nettle — rash cleared up promptly and has not returned , suggesting that it was due to overgrowth of Candida in the gut as the specialist had suspected . |
| 25 | PHILIPPE ROZIER , who has just finished a three-month ban after Oscar Minotiere was found over the permitted limit of the painkiller , butazolidine , rode the same horse to victory for France in the Euro Horse Trophy in Gothenberg yesterday , writes Alan Smith . |
| 26 | Army6pts Royal Air Force18 THE greater efficiency of the Royal Air Force 's back row and the all-round kicking ability of their outside-half , Paul Hull , carried them to victory at Twickenham against the Army in the final match of this season 's Inter-Service tournament . |
| 27 | Hans Waldman , another great Zurich burgomaster , led the Swiss forces to victory at Morat during the Burgundian war in 1476 , defeating the formerly all-conquering Charles the Bold . |
| 28 | He led his side to victory over Prescot in the FA Vase last week , and was happy to give credit where it was due . |
| 29 | Clubbe 's 18-year-old son , Charles Junior , is a highly promising batsman and last Sunday he hit a brilliant 123 his maiden century to steer Flintshire Colts to victory over Caernarvonshire in the North Wales County championship . |
| 30 | He is determined to lead his injury-stricken outfit to victory in France for the first time in 22 years and last night insisted : ‘ I 've had to fight for respect in rugby league . |