Example sentences of "to [pers pn] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We always tried to get some payment to them before a term started |
| 2 | I talk to them while the muzzle is tied in place and they then remain very docile . |
| 3 | The thrust of the privatisation campaigns has been to persuade individuals to subscribe for shares , not to hold on to them once the issue is over . |
| 4 | By what I can gather they must have lived in Durham for a time , 'cos when she was saying her prayers she brought in a Mrs Melburn , a parson 's wife , who was kind to them after the father died or whatever , an' from what I made out of her jabbering the woman and the mother have written to each other . |
| 5 | It was obvious that the air raid siren had never been much more to them than a bore . |
| 6 | To show enthusiasm for a glance with them through the pages of old photograph albums , can often give immense pleasure ; and half an hour spent like this can mean more to them than a whole evening of television , for they are warmed by memories of happier days . |
| 7 | Perhaps because of their journalistic origin , the pieces have not generally been very highly regarded , and are indeed uneven ; but as these performances show , there is more to them than a hastily dashed-off group of salon genre trifles . |
| 8 | In fact , the individual migrants who participate in this urban migration manage to generate income which is more attractive to them than the income they would have earned by remaining in the rural areas . |
| 9 | For instance , the instruction ‘ Put it over there ’ is far less useful to them than the more precise directive ‘ Put that back on the table by the door . ’ |
| 10 | And Melanie had spied on them through a keyhole , and would never get closer to them than the keyhole in the door behind which they lived . |
| 11 | The commendable objectives were ( i ) to present private investors with a document which they might find more helpful to them than the full statutory accounts , ( ii ) to reduce an appalling waste of paper , since undoubtedly a great many such investors consign the glossy brochures containing the accounts ( ii ) to their waste-paper baskets after only the most cursory of glances ( if any ) and , perhaps , ( iii ) to reduce the company 's postage — though it is unlikely that any saving on that could be commensurate with the cost of preparing an additional document and , in effect , having it audited . |
| 12 | ( We must remember that this was closer to them than the Second World War is to us . ) |
| 13 | The image of the phallus was not lewd to them but a daily reminder of abundance , happiness and the generative power of the life force . |
| 14 | They must be empowered to demand excellence in the courses that they attend and realise that their education is not a favour to them but a means of preparing them to be the sort of doctors that we want in the future . |
| 15 | Rumbelows chief Roy Campbell said : ‘ When we make deals we stick to them but the company has changed quite dramatically in the past year . |
| 16 | perhaps the assignment is not appropriate to them but the managing partner of the search firm may well feel that he or she has potential to be an executive search consultant . |
| 17 | And when these poor fools won their vote what would it really mean to them but the right to choose their own oppressors ? |
| 18 | They 've got a blue hue to them , a blue tinge to them but the lights are n't blue lights are they ? |
| 19 | It feels to them that a major event has changed their lives and yet people around them seem to be wanting them to forget it and ‘ get on with things ’ as quickly as possible . |
| 20 | As P had previously been cautioned , and also cautioned before interview on the further charge only half an hour before he came to write his statement , it might not have occurred to them that a further caution was necessary . |
| 21 | The investigators had also come into possession of what was said to be Fhimah 's personal diary , improbable though it must have seemed to them that a trained intelligence agent would keep one or put anything in writing , let alone the incriminating English word ‘ taggs ’ ( sic ) in the middle of an entry in Arabic and then , according to media reports , leave the diary behind for the investigators to find . |
| 22 | When my right hon. Friend visits the county palatine , will he hold a meeting with tenants and perhaps point out to them that a standard rate of 35p in the pound , which was described as preposterous by the right hon. and learned Member for Monklands , East ( Mr. Smith ) , was the rate levied by the last Labour Government ? |
| 23 | It seemed incongruous to them that the sweet teenager they knew was not only surviving life in the toughest of all trades . |
| 24 | It does n't matter to them that the so-called ‘ Stars ’ setting out next week on a gruelling four-month tour are no such thing . |
| 25 | It evidently did not occur to them that the people of Auckland felt the same . |
| 26 | To suggest to them that the skin is capable of absorbing essential oils by diffusing them across the fine blood capillaries ( under the surface of the skin ) and into the main bloodstream is bound to meet with a certain amount of scepticism , if not ridicule . |
| 27 | it took some time before it was explained to them that the French pronunciation of GPT sounded just like ‘ J'ai pété ’ which , as all you Europhiles no doubt know , means ‘ I have broken wind . ’ |
| 28 | It became apparent to them that the Masai did not wander haphazardly about , ignorantly destroying grazing and oblivious to the control of cattle disease , but had an indigenous system of pasture management and far more understanding of the nature of cattle disease than settlers , and even the Veterinary Department , supposed . |
| 29 | I do help if I can , but I also point out to them that the help is to members of the ( and I send them details and a membership application form — but this rarely has any effect ; I do n't even get an acknowledgment as a rule ) . |
| 30 | It was obvious to them that the word circle had sinister implications . |