Example sentences of "[noun sg] of loyalty to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hickson and Jacques severed direct contact with each other ; Shearman and Pateman had a major disagreement over a question of loyalty to the WEA , and the two new university resident tutors were not informed of the proposed developments nor invited to comment on the proposals which might affect Essex and Norfolk . |
| 2 | This kind of teaching , it was argued , implicitly if not explicitly , was unacceptable because it would lead to an undermining of loyalty to the nation and government in minds too tender truly to comprehend the import of what was happening to them . |
| 3 | There is a place for the social PTA ‘ faggots and peas evening ’ or ten pin bowling at the George and Dragon , though it needs to be understood by all that attendance by staff at such social evenings is purely a matter of personal choice and not to be taken as an indicator of loyalty to the school . |
| 4 | In order to obtain such vital things as a ration card or a job , it was necessary to be able to provide evidence of loyalty to the regime , by means of an official certificate or a letter signed by a person who was , in turn , accredited as " approved " by the regime . |
| 5 | Among the Cossacks , traditionally the epitome of loyalty to the throne , there was evidence that accumulating financial grievances and resentment over inadequate land grants were fuelling disenchantment with the regime . |
| 6 | Naturally , therefore , Ceauşescu insisted that a large family was a sign of loyalty to the regime : ‘ a house with many children is proof of a good citizen 's concern for the nation 's future . ’ |
| 7 | It was also partly because of a sense of loyalty to the United States as leader of the Western alliance . |
| 8 | With his players , Chapman 's aim was to inspire confidence in themselves and a sense of loyalty to the club . |
| 9 | Eleven members of the Democratic Progressive party elected to the National Assembly have been barred from taking their seats because they will not take an oath of loyalty to the Republic of China ( the official name for Taiwan ) , only to the Republic of Taiwan . |
| 10 | For such people any contact with the Court would have been the ultimate in defilement — though it should be noted that some of the husbands showed less scruple in accepting governmental places , even to the extent of standing for elections and taking the oath of loyalty to the Emperor and the Constitution . |
| 11 | Upon appointment each commissioner was to take an oath of loyalty to the EEC including ‘ neither to seek nor to take instructions from any Government or body ’ . |
| 12 | As this self is debated and discussed , the individualist sometimes seems to be demanding that a ceteris paribus clause should be included in all explanations of social phenomena — a murmured oath of loyalty to the freedom of the will along the lines of ‘ … and the individuals involved could have done otherwise ’ . |
| 13 | Servicemen would have to swear an oath of loyalty to the people of Ukraine by Jan. 20 , and those who refused would transfer to another state of the CIS . |
| 14 | Speaking on television he declared that he " could no longer fulfil the obligations of the oath of loyalty to the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic and its Constitution in a way which would be compatible with my nature , convictions and conscience " . |
| 15 | Speaking on television he declared that he " could no longer fulfil the obligations of the oath of loyalty to the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic and its Constitution in a way which would be compatible with my nature , convictions and conscience " . |
| 16 | Most strikingly , in 1213 , the five teachers of law were ordered to take an oath of loyalty to the city . |
| 17 | In such an event , Radice , one of the leaders of the Italian Communist Party , summed up , ‘ If there is an imperialist aggression with the avowed objective of rolling back socialism , we would feel entirely absolved of any obligation of loyalty to the defensive character of NATO and take the side of the Soviet Union . ’ |
| 18 | For that reason , by some arguments , he owed a continuing obligation of loyalty to the sovereign after he left the shores of England . |
| 19 | But the Mesopotamian Jews had a firm tradition of loyalty to the Seleucids , whereas the Palestinian Jews had become part of the Syrian state only about 200 B.C. The Seleucids gladly used the Mesopotamian Jews as soldiers , and the contribution of the Babylonian Jews to the defence of their city during an enemy attack was regarded as being so famous by the author of II Maccabees that he did not think it necessary to specify the circumstances ( 8.20 ) . |
| 20 | There is plenty of material about Jacobite activity from those hostile to a Stuart restoration , but since this was a time when immense political advantage was to be gained by tarnishing one 's opponents with the stigma of loyalty to the exiled royal family , such sources must be treated with immense scepticism . |
| 21 | Although Heseltine published his own plans to amend the poll tax , he felt obliged , in the same week , to issue yet another declaration of loyalty to the Prime Minister , thus apparently ruling himself out of a leadership contest in 1990 . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's not so bad , ’ said Constance , suddenly stricken with a shaft of loyalty to the culinary customs of her loved one 's fatherland . |