Example sentences of "[pos pn] name to the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Philistines , who via the Greek came to give their name to the land of Palestine , settled in the southern part of the coastal plain from , in contemporary terms , the Gaza Strip to Tel Aviv . |
| 2 | In the early years of the fifth century the Roman province of Belgica , west of the Rhine frontier , was invaded by the Germanic-speaking Franks , the people who were to give their name to the country in which they settled . |
| 3 | They remained long enough to give their name to the region of Italy where they settled , and to create the marcher duchy of Friuli as a buffer zone against attacks on their kingdom by the occupiers of the Sava-Danube lowlands — the Slavs and their overlords , the Avars . |
| 4 | ‘ The same gentleman ’ persuaded her not to put her name to the pamphlet for fear of the ‘ Malice ’ of men who ‘ greedily … suck in anything to the prejudice of A Woman ’ . |
| 5 | The idea of law is central to the Pentateuch and , as we have seen , it gave its name to the book as a whole . |
| 6 | It drifted the globe for just over two years looking for a port to discharge the ash , and even changed its name to the Pelicano in an attempt to escape detection . |
| 7 | In the final phase of our advanced courses development programme , the Diploma in Public Administration will change its name to the Diploma in Public Services Management . |
| 8 | Friends of the Earth has added its name to the list of environmental groups which have condemned the government 's " set-aside " programme for redundant farmland , initially given a broad welcome by green campaigners . |
| 9 | The name Fleet was an Anglo-Saxon word meaning ‘ tidal inlet ’ and the principle sources of the water flowing into the River Fleet , were the heights of Hampstead Heath , also the grounds of Kenwood House at Highgate , all joining just north of Camden Town , and flowing south to join the River Thames , close to the Blackfriars monastery which gave its name to the bridge over the Thames at that point . |
| 10 | William Wallace of Elderslie , son of a Renfrewshire landowner , was one of the lesser gentry who had not put his name to the document of submissions , known as the Ragman 's Roll because of the ribbons dangling from its seals . |
| 11 | Here you remember that Common Law would not recognize the assignment ; Equity in effect would , by compelling the assignor to lend the use of his name to the assignee for the purpose of suing the debtor , or , in the last resort , allowing the assignee to sue directly against the debtor , but requiring him , as a rule , to make the assignor a defendant . |
| 12 | Kerry ) , deliberately developed the breed as a small animal able to fatten as well as to give house milk , probably by selection from the local mountain dairy cattle , and gave his name to the breed by the early nineteenth century . |
| 13 | It was also fitting that former London Marathon winner Hugh Jones , pictured should take the title to add his name to the list of marathon superstars who have conquered the event . |
| 14 | Can he lend his name to the petition without compromising his professional integrity ? |
| 15 | Although many of the teachers who qualified from the Bournemouth training course have since deserted the area , Audrey Archer ( a founder member in the Sidcup group ) and her daughter Sandra Williams keep our name to the fore in DORSET . |