Example sentences of "[adv] be a [noun sg] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Getting readers to renew the subscription can-celled on holiday in August had long been a challenge to circulation managers . |
| 2 | The absence of a market rate of interest will obviously be a disincentive to lending but the law deals with this too : ‘ If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates … thou shalt not harden thine heart nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother : But thou shalt … surely lend him sufficient for his need , in that which he wanteth ’ ( Deut. 15:7–8 ) . |
| 3 | Soviet interest in foreign technology therefore has not been a response to detente , but to perceptions of internal need , and increases in trade flows have not always coincided with greater political relaxation . |
| 4 | Because the merchant bank or sub-underwriters are buying existing shares there will normally be a charge to stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax ( SDRT ) on the sale . |
| 5 | This was also in the field of contempt of court and the rule which had been evolved was that Form N78 ( Notice to show cause why there should not be a committal to prison ) had to be signed by ‘ the proper officer ’ of the county court and that unless this was done , it was an invalid notice . |
| 6 | Survival figures indicate that age alone should not be a bar to specialist referral or treatment . |
| 7 | So that poverty should not be a bar to membership , the original subscriptions of 2s 6d p.a. " for gentlemen and honorary members and 1s for ladies " was reduced to a minimum of 1s in 1913 . |
| 8 | His inexperience over hurdles should not be a bar to victory here . |
| 9 | But she would still be a traitor to grief , watching and listening , even as she spoke the formal words of condolence , for the flicker of an eyelid , the tensing of hands and face muscles , for the unwise word , for any sign that for someone in that waiting house in Campden Hill Square this might not be news at all . |
| 10 | But with careful management the carp can still be a boon to water authorities . |
| 11 | There may also be a charge to inheritance tax with regard to that property which was a potentially exempt transfer ; it never in fact became exempt in the end because he ( Mr X ) did not survive seven years . |
| 12 | And er so it really was a hand to mouth existence and going without . |
| 13 | This may well be a reference to Psalm 22:18 . |
| 14 | They want me to insist that the company sacks the foreman before they go back , but I 've told 'em I wo n't be a party to victimisation either way . ’ |
| 15 | What you really want then is a way to sort of happenings or embarrassments because you 're a bit stuck of where you want to go . |
| 16 | Conversely , music that is ill-chosen or ill-performed can actually be a hindrance to commitment , as can a service or preaching which is poor . |