Example sentences of "[am/are] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But councillors are lokking for a more long term , solution … they 're to petion the county council for money for full time youth workers . |
| 2 | You 're to bolt and bar the house up , she says to me . |
| 3 | I am to fingerstyle bass playing what Lemmy is to pick playing — we both give it fair amounts of welly ! |
| 4 | Portugal Place was to the supply of horse shit what Wimbledon ‘ insiders ’ are to Centre Court tickets on final days . |
| 5 | Historians are to nationalism what poppy-growers in Pakistan are to heroin-addicts : we supply the essential raw material for the market . |
| 6 | But perhaps her greatest achievement with the chimps at Gombe has been to show how astonishingly close they are to humanity — and so to narrow the gap between us and the rest of the animal world . |
| 7 | Chester , who was soon to accompany Coleridge on the journey into Europe , was yet another who had been drawn to him ‘ as flies are to honey ’ , and now trotted happily beside his two talkative companions , bow-legged and awestruck . |
| 8 | Where you start will therefore depend upon where you are to date . |
| 9 | Operating in sections it 's corporals and below who if they are to encoutner problems it 's those sort of ranks who 'll have to fix it . |
| 10 | Labour 's rates proposals are to fairness what Henry VIII was to marital stability and what Basil Fawlty is to the art of hospital and hotel management . |
| 11 | New Zealand are to back attempts by India and West Indies to abolish the right of the International Cricket Council 's foundation members ( England and Australia ) to veto ICC decisions . |
| 12 | Tata for now India could become to software in the 1990s what Taiwan and South Korea are to electronics today . |
| 13 | Thus India could become for the software scene in 90s what Taiwan and South Korea are to electronics today . |
| 14 | ‘ Christenings and weddings and funerals are to life what breakfast and lunch and dinner are to the day , ’ said Lydia . |
| 15 | Dampness and lack of ventilation are as welcoming to insects as they are to wood fungi and once these conditions are rectified the beetles will feel less inclined to stay . |
| 16 | Shostakovich obviously had good reason for these references , but they are to music so well-known that I worry about finding them in someone else 's piece , even a composer of the supreme integrity of Shostakovich . |
| 17 | Oxford , as unfamiliar with failure as Cambridge are to success , left it to president Pinsent to face the instant inquests following the four and a half mile slog from Putney to Mortlake . |
| 18 | The specific role of bishops which is to be exercised in communion with the see of Peter in ensuring the unity and continuity of the faith is vital if we are to hand on the faith of Peter , Gregory and Augustine . |
| 19 | Left-over cold meat from a joint may also be added together with any vegetables that are to hand when you add the salame . |
| 20 | The shacks are constructed out of any materials that are to hand , such as planks , cardboard , canvas , thatch , mud , corregated iron and often rubbish , but these are temporary and often improved upon at a later stage . |
| 21 | The situation in Oxbridge and London is clearly less serious , since there the copyright libraries are to hand . |
| 22 | The doctors may broadcast their scripts to a drug-hungry nation like showers of autumn leaves , but they still act as an intolerable bottle-neck between manufacturers and their clients , the latter , poor sods , often not even knowing what wondrous remedies are to hand for the asking . |
| 23 | The next stop is to try and determine the best arrangement of the components on the board , and it often helps if at least the major parts ( large transformers , relays etc. ) are to hand so that the designer can visualise the arrangement of the components . |
| 24 | He or she must provide the Panel with all the available information , making sure the social background and other reports are to hand . |
| 25 | The starter kit , the cheapest way of buying the car , requires about 100 hours of work by the buyer , once all the parts are to hand . |
| 26 | The dates of these visits will be given to you as soon as they are to hand . |
| 27 | Once these papers are to hand there can be a proper consideration of whether or not there are good grounds for extending legal aid to cover the arguing of an appeal . |
| 28 | I do not expect any difficulty in getting approval for the larger sum , and can do that at the same time as tenders are to hand for acceptance , but it will remain important to contain the total project cost as far as possible . |
| 29 | There will be some water and debris in the bottom of the hot water tank — so make sure that buckets and cloths are to hand to catch the mess . |
| 30 | More details when they are to hand , as Mr Warner is going to keep us informed . |