Example sentences of "to [pers pn] the [noun] of [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If children are allowed and encouraged to work in areas which interest them , this ought to be a useful means of demonstrating to them the usefulness of developing their reading skills . |
| 2 | The Führer has given to me the honour of organizing the conference and , of course , responsibility for his safety . |
| 3 | BELVILLE : As human life is uncertain I have disposed my affairs so as to secure to you the power of living as a person ought who is my widow . |
| 4 | She pointed out to him the attraction of publishing so surprising a paper and urged him to do it as quickly as possible . |
| 5 | They handed over to him the task of evaluating those reasons . |
| 6 | They described him as the " enemy of all chastity " and ascribed to him the intention of founding an abbey of prostitutes in which the offices of abbess , prioress and so on would be distributed according to the professional skill of the inmates . |
| 7 | A fortnight with her parents , he was thinking now , on their many acres of damp earth , must surely bring home to her the advantages of living on Lord Jim . |
| 8 | He had cultivated Marcel Mauss , Durkheim 's nephew , so that he could personally convey to her the importance of understanding the springs of human action . |
| 9 | Last year 's assembly remitted to us the task of working out the consequences for the service known as confirmation if children are admitted to the sacrament of the lord 's supper . |