Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second place is that probably one of the reasons that physicians feel threatened by these kind of laws is that , without the law , I can cruise along and maintain my patients ' comfort and my sanity to the best of my ability . |
| 2 | As an Englishman I express my subordination to the political authority under which I live by paying a certain fraction of my money income to the appropriate official . |
| 3 | I had lost my heart to the little , golden flowers that brightened the meadows like a thousand suns . |
| 4 | When I had told my story to the minister , he introduced me to Ivan Feigelson ( known to his friends as Ika ) , a young medical student of Russian emigré parentage . |
| 5 | The gentleman who saved me suggested I tell my story to the French authorities . |
| 6 | My exposure to the energy and subtle abilities of my Subud brothers in Java had so ignited my optimism and sense of wonder concerning our hidden natures that I had wangled my way into Lancaster University 's Department of Comparative Religion to write a doctorate on transformational consciousness , in a field which was later to be referred to as psycho-anthropology . |
| 7 | At a very early stage in my career I learned that a sympathetic response on my part to the child 's needs within the family setting made my work as a classroom teacher considerably easier . |
| 8 | He would fight my case to the bitter end , he vowed . |
| 9 | The fact that it has been written about so perfectly inhibits my response to the place : I have no feelings about Tipasa , only to what Camus has written about it . |
| 10 | And so it came to pass that when we broke up for the summer holidays in 1941 , I set off on my bike to the farmer 's new settlement . |
| 11 | ‘ And this is my present to the bride , ’ said Syl . |
| 12 | He took my money to the bank for me yesterday — after Madge 's house being broken into . |
| 13 | ‘ I sent my money to the treasurer . ’ |
| 14 | In his desire to make sure that I do justice to the Masai cosmic vision , the professor overestimates my attachment to the logical . |
| 15 | A week later I was invited to take a look at the finished model , discovering then to my horror they had reproduced my sketch to the letter . |
| 16 | When I took my knitting to the window and sat working there , I thought of Mother . |
| 17 | I 've never made athletics my route to the top . |
| 18 | I 'm gon na go and shoot that woman cos I gave my cheque to the office . |
| 19 | My plea to the Government , therefore , is that they concentrate on what they can do , and that is to improve the long-term prospects for the economy . |
| 20 | But the , the fact is , that what I , my plea to you today , and and my plea to the committee yesterday is , that I do n't want this to be in the political arena , it is in the political arena , but I think we do need to er er er take it out of the political arena , for the benefit of of all the people that that put us here . |
| 21 | That 's right , that 's right , I , I tend to keep my watch to the minute if I possibly can , but that 's bad habit or really habit from the days when I was catching trains every day , and I 'd never caught a train with any time to spare , erm |
| 22 | What we have said and we will be referring my recommendation to the Planning Committee today is if they 're minded to approve it and subject to a legal agreement and subject to conditions , we will refer it as a departure to the Secretary of State . |
| 23 | I developed cramp from my neck to the tip of my toes . |
| 24 | I brought my face up and put my head back , baring my neck to the wind like a lover , to the rain like an offering . |
| 25 | I shut my mind to the consequences , positioned my hands , and pushed . |
| 26 | I shut my mind to the apocalypse and opened it to the complexities of marriage on the lower Gulf . |
| 27 | The answer seems to be — persons who are so closely and directly affected by my act that I ought reasonably to have them in contemplation as being so affected when I am directing my mind to the acts or omissions which are called into question . ’ |
| 28 | I shut my mind to the facts and thought , idiotically : " I 'll put my trust in love . " |
| 29 | Then I shut my mind to the picture that her words had conjured , for after all — what did it matter ? |
| 30 | I closed the door and propped a piece of wood against it , then stood for a while , letting my eyes adjust to the gloom and my mind to the feel of the place . |