Example sentences of "[is] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In inviting the JTO 's to Baron 's Court in 1989 for discussions of the development of the junior programme , the LTA were seeking to include all those worthy volunteers who have contributed so much for so many years to the running of junior tournaments in this country . |
| 2 | ‘ Here 's to indecency , ’ Jane said . |
| 3 | The damage done by the V1 's to life and property was so serious that ‘ Heavy rescue ’ had to come to help . |
| 4 | ‘ Here 's to life , health and happiness , and the time to enjoy them . ’ |
| 5 | Yes , it 's to kind of forestall Martha , before she has a chance to get in there . |
| 6 | Sometimes there is no use of quotation marks , in which case the transition from author 's to character 's voice has to be deduced purely from the wording . |
| 7 | That 's to Mum 's , you talking about me ? |
| 8 | Their victory encouraged other " names " to take grievances against Lloyd 's to court and several sought court injunctions to prevent Lloyd 's drawing from deposits to cover losses . |
| 9 | I think in terms of public order and violence on the streets , then it 's to court disaster to wait until the disruption actually happens . |
| 10 | There 's to work for you my girl . |
| 11 | ‘ Here 's to freedom ! ’ he said . |
| 12 | " Here 's to luck , " he said . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , I took my friend from Olivera 's to lunch , which will cost you a couple of quid or a night out at the weekend . |
| 14 | ‘ Here 's to friendship . |
| 15 | For as Ambrose Bierce said , ‘ Here 's to woman . |
| 16 | On Christmas Day , 1921 , all the family went to Uncle Ern 's to tea . |
| 17 | I 've got a small networking job which needs doing quickly in Dr Pankhurst 's room — basically it 's to network in two additional PCs , one of which already has a network card . |
| 18 | Oh , yes , but they 're going on that 's to sake of free , at the moment so the last thing that they 're interested in doing is talking to me about if I know what I 'm doing . |
| 19 | And he 's at it again when Downes hits him with whatever 's to hand ; kills him ; wonders where he 's going to dump the corpse ; ca n't dress him — far too difficult dressing a corpse — ’ |
| 20 | So facilitating an increased volume of business insurance cover , such as that provided by Lloyd 's to industry , also increases employment in some cases dramatically . |
| 21 | Or it 's to hell in a handcart . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Here 's to Crystal Springs , the most beautiful hotel I have ever seen . |
| 23 | And I shall quote to you from er a message of Lincoln 's to congress in eighteen sixty one and from some of his er private correspondence . |
| 24 | Daddy swore ! that 's to grandma . |
| 25 | WHAT J.D. Salinger is to literature and Bobby Fischer was to chess , Van Cliburn is to classical music — the great success who gives it all up , without anyone understanding exactly why . |
| 26 | Often the quickest solution is to sand off the excess paint , using a foam sanding block with medium-grade wet-and-dry abrasive paper . |
| 27 | The text book cure is to sand or wire-brush the rusty areas until you expose bare metal , then apply a rust treatment , followed by primer , undercoat and top-coat , as for wood . |
| 28 | The church is part of a wider society and it is to society 's attitudes that we now turn . |
| 29 | Their sense of social responsibility is to society at large . |
| 30 | I think the best way of looking at this is to kind of take an open-ended version of what the Vienna settlement is all about . |