Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [noun sg] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alford distinguishes the lay popular interest in development of services as the third and largely repressed force : it is not organized as a permanent lobby and is not party to the agenda setting between the monopolists and the rationalizers . |
| 2 | Inn many cases this is what they get , However this is not consolation to the user who , having been misinformed by an out of date roadside timetable , spends , say , fifteen minutes at a windswept bus stop , in pouring rain , awaiting a bus that is less than clean , being driven so badly that the ride is uncomfortable by a brusque and unhelpful driver . ’ |
| 3 | The Vendor can not be expected to anticipate what is and what is not material to a Purchaser . |
| 4 | The worst thing about infidelity is that it 's usually death to a relationship . |
| 5 | Hit for Six is full of statistical detail , but the number is still second to the moment and a fascination with the really big hit , the occasions when , as Mike Gatting told him : ‘ Something happens magically and the ball goes for miles , and you have no idea why or how . ’ |
| 6 | If after that the prime manager finds that there is still opposition to a management plan , losses must be cut and the required action put in hand , come what may . |
| 7 | It can also be made to sound so sharp that any movement of the fretting hand on the strings causes a loud squeak , but even set with this much top there 's still quality to the tone . |
| 8 | If the predicate adjunct to the subject is felt to qualify the support of the verb in She was alone , it would seem plausible that in ( 9 ) alone is also incident to the support of the verb ( used here in the infinitival form ) , even though there is no subject pronoun to identify this support 's ordinal rank . |
| 9 | Wearing another hat , he is also secretary to the Board of Finance , the most powerful of the five diocesan boards ( the others are responsible for education , the ministry , missionary work at home and abroad , and social responsibility ) . |
| 10 | ‘ The project has allowed us to make substantial progress in understanding young people 's relationship with television , and their needs and demands regarding programme content , ’ said CENECA 's Director , Valerio Fuenzalida , who is also Secretary to the Executive Council of Chile 's National Television . |
| 11 | Not only does he or she have the authority to appoint and dismiss or advance or relegate ministers , but there is also access to the patronage system for honours , awards and selection of candidates for high public office . |
| 12 | There is also opposition to the principle that companies can bid for more than one commercial television licence : the IBA has warned the government this will make management of the network between now and 1993 very difficult . |
| 13 | Do you realize that according to some strange Scottish law about dynasties , Cora-Beth is now heir to the title and the Kinmuire estate ? |
| 14 | And this restriction is ultimately anathema to an institution of higher education , which must be founded on a continuing conversation about its ends and its values , and their fulfilment through its internal human transactions . |