Example sentences of "be [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may seem that the movement just discernible towards " spirituality " would be wholly to the benefit of religion , yet it is not necessarily so . |
| 2 | Given the dire state of the rouble , computer sales in Russia now tend to be mostly to those pockets of the economy still generating hard currency . |
| 3 | Yes it would , it would not be properly to , to just make one comment and that is that the next five hundred thousand that the local is therefore two point six million from the reserve fund , that is substainable for two and a half years it is not substainable beyond . |
| 4 | And , if they maintain their attitude expressed freely to the Official Solicitor 's representative and to their mother , it would be all to no purpose , since no court would make a residence order in favour of the foster mother against the wishes of the children concerned who are of an age to know their own minds . |
| 5 | One can reckon that to be all to the good , from a stranger . |
| 6 | His presence , of course , will make things rather difficult for Canaris which will be all to the good . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Émile dear , you know the success of Jean-Claude 's opera will be much to your credit , ’ I purred . |
| 8 | ‘ There ca n't be much to farm around Caldbeck , can there ? |
| 9 | £82 may not be much to a Cabinet Minister , but it is a fortune to many of our clients . |
| 10 | The overriding criterion — that the service of a summons is impracticable or inappropriate — does not even have to be based on objective grounds ; it is enough that it should appear to be so to the constable making the arrest . |
| 11 | One of the mistakes we make is to imagine that if something is harmless or beneficial to us it must automatically be so to cats . |
| 12 | The reason is obvious to you but may not be so to them at all . |
| 13 | The international consensus seems to be that any return will be only to the West Bank and Gaza Strip . |
| 14 | Most people would be only to happy to be able to enjoy such surroundings . |
| 15 | But this access would be only to an interpretation translation at the lower level ( one in which there remains a one — many mapping of commands ) but not to an ( inscrutable ) compilation translation . |
| 16 | The resale of the houses was also to be only to them . |
| 17 | If , as is the case in most households , only one room can be spared for her , it will be greatly to everyone 's advantage if it is big enough to take her bed , wardrobe and dressing-table , and other necessary items of furniture plus two comfortable armchairs and a television set and radio , so that she can be on her own when she likes , with her favourite programmes ( which may not always be yours ) and able to entertain a friend in the privacy of her own small domain when she wants to , with familiar things around her which help her to preserve her identity and links with the past . |
| 18 | It was to this latter end that Wilson 's journeyings were largely devoted , while the emphasis of his argument was that acceptance of the union 's position , far from creating a tyranny of trade unionism , would lead to greater discrimination in recruitment and to higher standards of seamanship and greater efficiency which would be greatly to the advantage of the shipowners themselves . |
| 19 | This suggestion turned out to be greatly to my own detriment . |
| 20 | Does he agree that if — in his admirable phrase — we are to prevent the Commission interfering in the nooks and crannies of everyday life , it would be greatly to the advantage of all European countries if there were a thorough overhaul of the mechanics for the administration of the Commission ? |
| 21 | Yet there may be less to this unambiguous declaration than meets the eye . |
| 22 | On 8 March 1779 he wrote to his ambassador , ‘ We can provide plans which will be sufficiently to the taste of M. de Florida Blanca ’ , and a small planning group , which included the French Minister of War , the Prince de Montbarey , and of Marine , Gabriel de Sartine , was set up . |
| 23 | Yeah well I , I think er of more value would be just to people here present going away , and between now and the seminar on the eighth or ninth is actually trying to get the negatives . |
| 24 | It pricked his curiosity but he shook his head , saying , ‘ Ah — I have to be away to Dublin . ’ |
| 25 | They 've won their way through to the first round of the FA Cup where they 'll be away to West Bromwich Albion . |
| 26 | What , I wonder , would our reactions be to-day to these junketings ? |
| 27 | The virtue of artists ' writings for the reader of criticism is that it can often serve as a touchstone for judging the worth of mediators , particularly those presenting views of what the artist intended ; what the artist said may be more to the point . |
| 28 | Without sounding too clichéd about it , there should be more to it than that . |
| 29 | There may be more to it . |
| 30 | She said there must be more to it than just worrying about wanting a small waist , and she was right : out it came . |