Example sentences of "his [noun sg] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A clear , confident speaker , who kept his head up and conveyed his enthusiasm to the audience . |
| 2 | His attempt failed , and on the Monday afternoon he tendered his resignation to the Queen . |
| 3 | EDWARD HEATH LEAVES 10 DOWNING STREET ON 4TH MARCH 1974 TO PRESENT HIS RESIGNATION TO THE QUEEN AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE . |
| 4 | The press was clamouring for blood and Lord Harris told Robertson that he would have to tender his resignation to the academic advisory council . |
| 5 | Lloyd George announced his resignation to the Commons on 17 March in a speech that was close to tears , and the reaction of Unionist MPs was equally emotional , testament to Law 's great standing in his party . |
| 6 | He had dictated his resignation to the first secretary he encountered . |
| 7 | He offered his resignation to the meeting . |
| 8 | Sharon formally submitted his resignation to the Cabinet on Feb. 18 , and it became effective two days later . |
| 9 | Bhattarai tendered his resignation to the King on May 14 but was asked to stay in office until the formation of a new Cabinet . |
| 10 | On Jan. 16 , Prime Minister , Dashiyn Byambasuren tendered his resignation to the Great Hural and proposed a government reshuffle , claiming that his economic reforms no longer had the support of the people . |
| 11 | By the end of May , Vagnorius , refusing to explain his resignation to the Supreme Council , was still Prime Minister , albeit in an acting capacity . |
| 12 | Waldemar Pawlak , appointed Prime Minister after the fall of the Olszewski government on June 5 [ see p. 38972 ] , offered his resignation to the Sejm on July 2 after his failure to form a government . |
| 13 | Suddenly , on 8th January , he telephoned me to say that he was going to Sandringham to tender his resignation to the Queen . |
| 14 | Piqued , Falkenhayn tendered his resignation to the Kaiser , but it was rejected . |
| 15 | Only his progress to the second round of Wimbledon last year proved more lucrative . |
| 16 | Could it be that he was aware of Van Butchell 's intentions and saw this as a means of bringing his technique to the notice of the public , being able , at the same time , to lay any charge of indecency at Van Butchell 's door , if it arose ? |
| 17 | George , playing at No. 3 to Brian Daly , turned in another five star performance when helping his rink to a rather one-sided 27-6 win over the Dunluce four skipped by Malcolm McMullan . |
| 18 | Doctors gave his liver to a 15-year-old boy , his kidneys to a 43-year-old mother of two and a man of 60 , his heart to a woman of 45 , and both lungs to a woman of 47 . |
| 19 | He has dumped down the notes for a greyhound , has given his heart to the beast , and is derided for this by his friends in the pub . |
| 20 | At his funeral Rev Leslie had to offer his arm as well as his heart to the young lady , who only six weeks previously he had married to Ivor . |
| 21 | But apart from hunting , he seems to have left the business of government to his earls , although he continued to enjoy the society of churchmen , especially of foreign churchmen , gave his heart to the building of Westminster Abbey , engaged in the royal works of mercy , stood meekly through divine office and mass , and — a special note of conscientiousness — ‘ at these times , unless he was addressed , he rarely spoke to anyone ’ . |
| 22 | Guillem , or Guillaume de Cabestanh , or Cabestaing , or Cabestan , had loved the lady of Roussillon , Soremonde , Sermonde , or Marguerite , wife of the seigneur Raymond of Roussillon , who , in a fit of jealous rage , had the troubadour slaughtered and had served his heart to the lady in a dish . |
| 23 | He he 's already opened hi up his heart to the Lord , there 's a lot that he 's got ta learn , there 's a lot he 's got ta let go of , there 's a lot of his old life still there , but is n't that true of every one us ? |
| 24 | Peter Blake , the skipper of Steinlager 2 , has pinned his course to the 50th Parallel , doubtless in an effort to avoid the icebergs ; Dalton seems willing to take greater risks . |
| 25 | Rassendyll accepts the plan in a spirit of adventure and with some reluctance sacrifices his beard to the need of the moment ( a practical detail which helps veracity at the right time ) . |
| 26 | It ‘ betrayed ’ Isildur to the arrows of the orcs ; it ‘ abandoned ’ Gollum , says Gandalf , in response to the ‘ dark thought from Mirkwood ’ of its master ; it all but betrays Frodo in the Prancing Pony when it slips on to his finger and proves his invisibility to the spies for the Nazgûl then present . |
| 27 | His removal to the USA was a violation of Panamanian law prohibiting the extradition of its nationals , and , as a foreigner who had committed his alleged crimes outside the USA , the US claim to jurisdiction to try Noriega was far from certain , although some legal experts suggested that sufficient precedents existed to circumvent any such defence . |
| 28 | The latter attributed his removal to the ongoing disagreement within the government coalition about legislation to allow former owners to repossess or receive compensation for lands and property confiscated under communist rule [ see p. 37790 ] . |
| 29 | Nor is this right of the possessor based on any responsibility on his part to the owner . |
| 30 | David Rowley spoke with Clayton about his route to the top |