Example sentences of "of [pos pn] [noun] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For native English speakers I would give a quite different kind of lecture , and I did not want to be judged by the standards of my lectures to the Japanese , which were nearly always basic and very simple in expression . |
| 2 | In one of my lectures to the Staff Colleges , The Bombing Years — A View from the Cockpit , I can say as pertinently as I can that my first bombing tour was a complete and utter waste of time . |
| 3 | The very next morning I arose and , without any premeditation , any thought at all , for the first time in adulthood I went though my morning toilet not noting the precise conformity of my actions to the schema of habit . |
| 4 | On one of my patrols to the end of Putney Bridge I found the body of an elderly woman , almost at the end of her life . |
| 5 | I sent one of my boys to the Guildhall , they sent down constables of the ward . |
| 6 | Revelation came and sat in the shade of Masquerade 's bows where she plucked two chickens that I suspected had been killed in honour of my return to the island . |
| 7 | er comment about erm the chap not getting any any work , erm I think I can attribute most of my work to the fact that I do have a bald head . |
| 8 | I also enclose a copy of my letter to the Local Government Commission asking for information on what opportunities there will be for Parish Councils to make their views known on any proposed boundary changes . |
| 9 | However , I would like to keep you fully informed of our intentions , and for this purpose I enclose a copy of my letter to the BWB engineer , G. , together with a copy of the working drawing . |
| 10 | It was not however , until I arrived in the country , and found myself surrounded by objects as strange as if I had been transported to another planet , that I conceived the idea of devoting a portion of my attention to the mammalian class of its extraordinary fauna . ’ |
| 11 | As the delegated head of this wonderful club , I see my duties as follows : firstly to my wife and children ; secondly to other members of my family ; then to consolidate my assets in any profitable manner I choose ; and then to devote the rest of my time to the welfare of this club . |
| 12 | Firstly , that as chairman of Athletico Whaddon I will never devote less than 36 per cent of my time to the club and , secondly , there are , this season , substantial discounts to any supporter spending over £20 at my Superette . |
| 13 | ‘ A draft copy of my report to the King . |
| 14 | During the close season I will be contributing no less than 119 per cent of my energy to the club . |
| 15 | During one of my trips to the USA in the 1960s , Shaheen telephoned my hotel one day to say that he had arranged for me to have lunch with Richard Nixon , who at the time had not yet declared that he would run for the presidency in the election of 1968 . |
| 16 | I did n't have a Valium injection and I did n't have laughing gas ( who needs that when you 've got an entertaining toothbrush ? ) , and I did n't cry or faint or bite the hygienist or do any of the things normally associated with one of my trips to the dentist . |
| 17 | For instance when in a dream she was conducted by me over a market garden in Aegina , one could guess that she had been reading Angus Wilson 's The Middle Age of Mrs Eliot , in which a market garden figures ; or when I dreamed of a detective novel by her , with a detective bearing her own name and very uncharacteristically dressed there were signs of my addiction to the detective novels of Gladys Mitchell . |
| 18 | Under the terms of my statement to the House of 26 March 1991 , which set in motion the talks that we held , it is open to any party to raise any issues — including constitutional issues — that it considers relevant . |
| 19 | I decided to delay informing him of my visit to the Orne and speaking to the Artillerymen who were sending the shells over our heads . |
| 20 | They call me the Bard of the Boulevard on cause of my devotion to the immortal works of Master Will Shakespeare . |
| 21 | The person undertaking , if required to sign , states : " I understand the undertaking that I have given , and that if I break any of my promises to the court I may be sent to prison for contempt of court " . |
| 22 | So out of the 16,000 Pathfinders I personally recruited from the very first day of my appointment to the Pathfinder Force , to the last day of the war , I am not aware of one occasion on which a member of aircrew , whatever his category , was dealt with under the terms of the AMO . |
| 23 | Three ICI Pharmaceuticals scientists have received the Society for Drug Research 1991 award for drug discovery in recognition of their contribution to the discovery and development of Zoladex , ICI 's treatment for prostate cancer and breast cancer . |
| 24 | It might also involve staff in duplicating much of their contribution to the decision-making process — for example , making ‘ presentations ’ to the governors ' sub-committees when relevant agenda items were being discussed . |
| 25 | Greater involvement may lead to increased job satisfaction and security for all staff , but it also follows that as support staff become more aware of the value of their contribution to the school economy , they acquire a more powerful bargaining position . |
| 26 | Science staff also spent other money as part of their contribution to the general Challenge topic . |
| 27 | encourage and reward groups on the basis of their contribution to the organization as a whole , or at least , to large parts of it , rather than on individual group results ; |
| 28 | In order to obtain the most benefit from intergroup competition , organizations need to reward groups on the basis of their contribution to the common good , encourage intergroup communication and collaboration , and avoid win-lose issues between groups . |
| 29 | They are proud of their contribution to the essential safeguarding of our country . |
| 30 | Dalton found that in industrial plants conflict between line managers and staff specialists arose from the ambition and individualistic behaviour of staff officers , their efforts to justify their existence and gain acceptance of their contribution to the work of the organization , and their dependence on approval by line managers for access to higher staff positions . |