Example sentences of "[is] a [noun sg] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There 's a memorial to the dog in the grounds . |
| 2 | Jane says it 's a tribute to the player 's determination that he ever played again . |
| 3 | But if the polls are wrong and it 's a fight to the finish , the verdict may not be known until the West Coast results are in . |
| 4 | But there 's a plea to the public wanting to come along and cheer on their promotion-winning heroes to stick to the areas for their use . |
| 5 | Erm looking interestingly enough , at the Hambleton figures of I understand these are new purchases , which is a bit surprising perhaps , but over a two year period there erm this is table three in Hambleton 's submission , there 's a reference to the number of erm the origin of house purchases from Cleveland in Hambleton , and it would be seen from there that Cleveland erm produced a hundred and fourteen dwellings , that 's purchases of Cleveland residents in the Hambleton area erm in nineteen ninety one to ninety three . |
| 6 | That 's right and that 's a credit to the education system of Leicestershire . |
| 7 | She becomes one with her instrument , lifting her head occasionally to smile at one or all of the band , or someone in the audience , but there 's a flow to the music that in my experience , is almost without parallel . |
| 8 | But there 's a moral to the story : never threaten anybody . |
| 9 | Finally he said , ‘ I think the police have the porch key but I seem to remember there 's a key to the vestry door in the north transept . |
| 10 | I 've never used a yardage in my life ; all I know is that it 's a 7-iron to the middle of the green . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Yes , it jolly well does , because it 's a compliment to the bride to dress up on her special day . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Just over a kilometre there 's a track to the left with an arched entrance gate . ’ |
| 13 | Some Tories think it 's a sop to the right from a weakened premier , the Government insist that the sell off is the best way to attract investment from the private sector into the railways , but there are signs that the break up of B R is n't proving as attractive to outside investors as the government hoped . |
| 14 | It 's a reaction to the past and to the fact that voters are fed up with ‘ isms ’ . |
| 15 | It 's a reaction to the war . |
| 16 | I tell what is urgent is a message coming down to you , you 've had a delivery team , they 're going to destroy cases of whatever , so that 's urgent , that has to be done there and then because it 's a danger to the public or whatever . |
| 17 | He 's a convert to the power of positive thinking . |
| 18 | So this is not a power here , this is again it 's a recommendation , as with the appointment it 's a recommendation to the congress . |
| 19 | Though there is a dictum to the contrary in Seymour , above , this definition still applies to ss18 and 20 : W v Dolbey [ 1983 ] Crim LR 681 ( CA ) , Lynch [ 1985 ] 14 January , LEXIS ( CA ) , Morrison ( 1989 ) 89 Cr App R 17 , Rainbird [ 1989 ] Crim LR 505 ( CA ) and Farrell ( 1989 ) 89 Cr App R 376 . |
| 20 | This is a reference to the case concerning Eddie and the two submarines . |
| 21 | It is a reference to the hole at Augusta on which he clinched both his Masters titles in play-offs . |
| 22 | … fixing the price of a property may be " arbitration " … but … an arbitration is a reference to the decision of one or more persons … of some matter … in difference between the parties … |
| 23 | ( 2 ) … in relation to an institution in respect of which a payment falls to be made under section 58(2) above any reference in this Act to a depositor 's protected deposit is a reference to the liability of the institution to him in respect of — ( a ) the principal amount of each sterling deposit which was made by him with a United Kingdom office of the institution before the making of the administration order and which under the terms on which it was made is or becomes due or payable while the order is in force ; and ( b ) accrued interest on any such deposit up to the time when it is or becomes due and payable as aforesaid ; but so that the total liability of the institution to him in respect of such deposits does not exceed £20,000 . |
| 24 | This is a reference to the prophet Jeremiah ( 31:31 ) , where the prophet says that the agreement made with God will be written on people 's hearts . |
| 25 | The ‘ blood of the covenant ’ is a reference to the time of Moses . |
| 26 | It is quite likely , however , that there is a reference to the author in the young man who escaped and ran away naked ( 14:51 ) at the arrest of Jesus . |
| 27 | City life , even in the environs of Kensington Palace , is a trial to the Prince ; he feels suffocated by London and longs to escape to the country and be at one with nature . |
| 28 | The middle bedroom of our three bedroomed cottage is a thoroughfare to the bathroom and end bedroom . |
| 29 | J. Chalan is a supplier to the Hotel Unicorn . |
| 30 | On 1 September 19 — A. Creditor , who is a supplier to the Atlas Hotel , was owed by the hotel the amount of £85.00 . |