Which preposition to use with statements

of Occurrences 1545%

The statement of an ecclesiastical system of doctrine may not be the absolutely true one, nor the final one.

in Occurrences 198%

He made a statement in the House of the line of policy he intended to adoptand was absolutely approved and encouraged.

to Occurrences 107%

But how is it that this heart has in it what is equal to the attainment of the Royal sway?" Mencius said, "Suppose a man were to make this statement to your Majesty, 'My strength is sufficient to lift three thousand catties, but is not sufficient to lift one feather; my eyesight is sharp enough to examine the point of an autumn hair, but I do not see a wagon-load of fagots,' would your Majesty allow what he said?"

as Occurrences 84%

" Goldberger did think it over; he realised the danger of trying to punish a paper so powerful as the Record, and he finally decided to accept Godfrey's statement as a mitigation of his refusal to answer.

about Occurrences 73%

Dr. Stirling thinks he is offering a valid criticism, when he says that my valued friend Professor Stricker gives a somewhat different statement about protoplasm.

from Occurrences 67%

" He listened as a lawyer would be apt to listen to such statements from the man who had summoned him to his aid.

on Occurrences 54%

As this is a matter peculiarly interesting to many of your readers, all of whom, I have not the least doubt, are interested in your welfare, I would advise some statement on your part, respecting it.

by Occurrences 51%

I will amend my statement by saying that I will send a second to see you.

with Occurrences 46%

She had followed his statement with breathless interest.

for Occurrences 22%

The debts of the various allied countries' to Great Britain on March 31, 1921, according to a schedule annexed to the financial statement for 1921-22, published by the British Treasury, came to £1,777,900,000, distributed as follows: France 557 millions, Italy 476 millions, Russia 561 millions, Belgium 94 millions, Serbia 22 millions, Portugal, Rumania, Greece and other Allies 66 millions.

at Occurrences 20%

Much was made of the fact that the poor girl had said she thought it was an accident, but I had to call the learned counsel's attention to the statement at the end of her examination, which was this: "I thought at first it was an accident, for I could not believe he could be so cruel, but after the second shot I believed he meant to kill me.

before Occurrences 11%

The connection between the little miniature cross of the Order of St. Anne and that red and yellow ribbon in his button-hole struck me forcibly at that moment, and I said: "I have no desire to make any statements before a second person.

without Occurrences 11%

He was not so as to suppose that his would be accepted and his statements without some investigation.

into Occurrences 9%

R expresses "uncertainty" or "incompleteness," and is employed to convert a statement into a question, or a relative pronoun into one of inquiry.

like Occurrences 6%

I called her particular attention to the bag, and told her it was for books from Mudie's!" "Positive statements like that are a mistake."

against Occurrences 5%

This statement against the abolition was making its way so powerfully, that Archdeacon Paley thought it his duty to write, and to send to the committee, a little treatise called Arguments against the unjust Pretensions of Slave Dealers and Holders, to be indemnified by pecuniary Allowances at the public expense, in case the Slave Trade should be abolished.

under Occurrences 3%

Isidore Bamberger's own doctor had satisfied himself of this, and had signed his statement under oath, and Bamberger had instantly thought of a certain thin steel letter-opener which Van Torp always had in his pocket.

through Occurrences 3%

You made that statement through fear of a certain individual; you were frightened into telling a lie.

between Occurrences 2%

[Footnote 6: Requesting a statement of the privileges and restrictions of the commercial intercourse of the United States with foreign nations and a comparative statement between the tariff of the United States and other nations.

than Occurrences 2%

The abrupt and energetic expressions of Jackson on this occasion indicate his profound sense of the injustice done Lee by these criticisms; and it would be difficult to imagine a stronger statement than that here made by him.

throughout Occurrences 1%

Right regulation of the actions of so complex a being as man, living under conditions so complex as those presented by a society, evidently forms a subject-matter unlikely to admit of specific statements throughout its entire range.

above Occurrences 1%

"As, however, you have neither acceded to my request for a conference nor had the courtesy to reply to my letter, I now have the honour to forward you herewith a communication which embodies a reply to the false statement above referred to and at the same time conveys information as to what is actually being done at the San Lazaro Hospital.

until Occurrences 1%

Why in the name of all the devils have you withheld this most astonishing statement until now?" "Monsieur surely remembers.

within Occurrences 1%

The statement within that 791 men prefer to be mustered out rather than serve under white officers is based upon the alleged reports that each First Sergeant stated to his Captain that all the men of the company were of that opinion.

along Occurrences 1%

Taking these statements along with others in Irenaeus, Tertullian, and Epiphanius, modern critics seem to be agreed that Marcion settled in Rome and began to teach his peculiar doctrines

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