Example sentences of "to the [noun sg] of [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the epitomist added the two letters to his summary of the history of Jason , his epitome must be dated after 124 B.C. The only possible alternative is the assumption that a later interpolator added the two letters to the epitome of Jason . |
| 2 | Moreover , it has been claimed ( e.g. by Burton-Roberts forthcoming ) that whereas the phenomenon in [ 7 ] is restricted to the juxtaposition of NPs , the phenomenon of loose apposition extends to the juxtaposition of other categories . |
| 3 | It is a sequel to The Barber of Seville by the same author ( later to be turned into an opera by Rossini ) . |
| 4 | It then goes on to the Shoulder of Mutton Hill , noted for its flower rich grassland . |
| 5 | Not only was the boy outnumbered in this predominantly female household — he had the additional problem of having to contend with a rather cumbersome and unusual first Christian name : Marwood James Henry Titford had presumably been named as such by way of homage to the vicar of Curry Rivel , the Rev. Charles Marwood Speke Mules . |
| 6 | ‘ Attention was called to the Company 's payment of £50 per annum to the Vicar of Stantonbury for managing these schools , seeing that they are about to be handed over to a School Board and it was agreed that the payment be continued as in respect of Sunday School management , but during the pleasure of the Board and to the present incumbent only ’ . |
| 7 | At the same time allowance must be made for local preferences in the matter of terminology : annuities were not specified in Gloucestershire , nor were pensions in Worcestershire where , for example can be found payments of £5 from Kidderminster to John Rooke , serjeant at law of Bristol , £4 from Droitwich to another layman , and £1. 6s. 8d. from Cradley to the vicar of Halesowen . |
| 8 | In the middle of this furore the manager at Hinkley Point wrote to the vicar of Combwich offering to contribute £2,000 towards a fund to restore the church 's organ . |
| 9 | During that year a directive was issued by the Bishop of Carlisle to the vicar of Crosthwaite ; the 18 sworn men ; the churchwardens ; and a number of dignitaries , were to assemble in committee at Crosthwaite Church and elect 18 sidesmen , and new churchwardens for the ensuing year — these to take an appropriate oath office . |
| 10 | ‘ I went to the vicar of St Mary Le Bow to arrange Sir Thomas 's funeral . ’ |
| 11 | Mr John Redwood , 40 , who moves from Trade and Industry to become Minister of State Environment , is a member of the No Turning Back Group , dedicated to the pursuit of Mrs Thatcher 's policies . |
| 12 | Orbits in Schwarzschild space–time are of general interest , and so the opportunity will be taken to include a number of comments not directly relevant to the calculation of Mercury 's orbit . |
| 13 | AI believes that he is being made to answer for his active involvement in the Sudan Doctors ' Union and left-wing politics , his role in the non-violent protests which led to the overthrow of President Nimeiri in April 1985 and his outspoken criticism of the current government . |
| 14 | However , following Noriega 's formal assumption of power on Dec. 15 as head of state , a United States military invasion of Dec. 20 led to the overthrow of Noriega and the immediate installation of Guillermo Endara Galimany ( widely believed to have won the May elections ) as President [ see pp. 37112-13 ] . |
| 15 | At the English Reformation Tyndale naïvely hoped that , after provision had been made for the surplus clergy , the revenues misused by the Church would be devoted to relief of the poor , not to the enrichment of Henry VIII 's courtiers . |
| 16 | In the nearest modern marketing has come to the skin-flintery of Ebenezer Scrooge , a growing number of American shopping malls have picked the Christmas season to ban the Salvation Army from ringing its bells and asking for money for its traditional Big Red Kettle collection boxes . |
| 17 | More prominence was given to the evidence of Alec Chipstead than to that of the Home Office Pathologist , Dr Aubrey Helier . |
| 18 | In section 5.8 , we examine these patterns in Belfast vernacular in a degree of time-depth by appealing again to the evidence of Patterson ( 1860 ) . |
| 19 | There is some debate as to the omission of Lloyd 's of London from the FSA , given the nature of such recent scandals at Lloyd 's ( and the fact that to some extent these scandals prompted the FSA ) . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Brooke of the College of Arms to the editor of Archaeologia gave an account of her funeral : ‘ As the funeral of this princess has been hitherto unpublished , I have sent , for your entertainment , the procession , from my collection of ceremonials , No . |
| 22 | The Regent had led his army round to the north of Berwick , to the vicinity of Halidon Hill , about three miles north-west of the town , and between that hill and Mordington had halted , in quite a strong position , with marshy ground in front . |
| 23 | What brought a king of Gwynedd on such a far-flung military campaign along the banks of the Humber and north to the vicinity of Hadrian 's Wall ? |
| 24 | But thanks to the ingenuity of Edward Adeane , who planned it all , no one found them . |
| 25 | He was still king in 779 when he granted land to the bishop of Rochester ( CS 228 : S 36 ) and it is not until 784 that a new king , Ealhmund , appears , granting land to the abbot of Reculver ( CS 243 : S 38 ) . |
| 26 | Could he on the other hand have borne to consign them all to Hell for ever , like Alcuin , the deacon of York , in a now notorious letter to the abbot of Lindisfarne , written about AD 797 : ‘ What has Ingeld to do with Christ ? ’ he asked scornfully — Ingeld being a minor character in Beowulf . |
| 27 | All Cluniac abbeys and priories were directly subject to the abbot of Cluny and to the pope and did not come under the supervision of the diocesan . |
| 28 | Amanieu VII was an executor of Régine de Goth , countess of Armagnac , in 1325 and his son Bernard-Ezi , who began his career as a clerk , was especially favoured under Clement V. In August 1305 , for example , the pope recommended him to the abbot of St Denis and the deans of Bordeaux and Bourges . |
| 29 | The -tun element of their place names suggests they were hamlets once , while many of the place names indicate their former owners : Maddington belonged to the ‘ maidens ’ , the nuns of Amesbury Abbey ; Shrewton to the Sherrif ; Addestone to the Abbot of St Peter 's , Winchester . |
| 30 | Carleton 's father was receiver to the abbot of Westminster and later deputy receiver-general to the dean and chapter , a connection which secured his son a Westminster exhibition at Christ Church , Oxford , whence he passed to Gray 's Inn in 1552 . |