Example sentences of "to whom they [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 They could therefore intercede with him for the living , to whom they might appear , and for whom they might still work miracles .
2 For instance , bereaved adults experience higher than expected levels of illness in the year following the death of their spouse , and among those most at risk of lasting psychiatric problems are people without a network of friends or relatives to whom they may turn for consolation ( Parkes and Brown , 1972 ) .
3 In contrast , in this case , what is involved is not discriminatory treatment on grounds of nationality but a condition for the grant of nationality , and the member states are free to determine to whom they will grant or refuse their nationality , in the case of natural persons and ships alike .
4 The problem for the Scots this time , whatever their varying political and religious persuasions , was that there was no-one to whom they could turn as a counter-weight .
5 Where our Investigation Department operations involved shipping and small craft we were the specialists to whom they could turn for practical assistance .
6 Customers were unable to find a manager in Lockheed to whom they could take their problems and queries about their particular orders , and Lockheed found it necessary to employ ‘ project expediters ’ as customer liaison officials .
7 Not only were the subjects told of what Dement thought might be the probable results of the regime , but they were provided with a psychiatrist on duty all the time to whom they could report any unusual sensation .
8 The most vital resource for stressed professionals is at least one other person , preferably but not necessarily a colleague , to whom they can tell the truth .
9 Children must be heard , and must feel confident that they have an independent person to whom they can complain .
10 We have taken steps to draw to the attention of all children who go into a home the fact that there is a telephone number , a contact point and a named officer separate from the home to whom they can complain if they feel the need .
11 The successful companies take risks because they have Profitbosses to whom they can delegate , whom they can trust to make " risk-decisions " on their behalf .
12 Until very recently housing associations have been able to have their own policies as to whom they can house , as well as housing a certain proportion of people from the housing waiting-list as part of their financial agreement with the local authority .
13 But in the Catholic Church , unlike the Protestant churches , they at least have another woman to whom they can pray .
14 So mining companies are reluctant to waste years — and much cash on legal fees — in determining to whom they should pay royalties once they have found a deposit .
15 It turns out that like the vervets , birds will also learn to whom they should respond .
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