Example sentences of "[vb -s] [be] a [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 31 | My right hon. Friend the Leader of the Opposition would have liked to be here this evening because I know well that he has been a tremendous support to my hon. and learned Friend and his family in many small and touching ways , which I know have been deeply appreciated . |
| 32 | There has been a tremendous response to the new system . |
| 33 | Fatima has been a good wife to you . |
| 34 | It has been a good year to be at Stirling . |
| 35 | There has been a good response to Bishopton/Redmarshall School 's appeal for supplies for the needy children in the Russian town of Kostrama . |
| 36 | There has been a mixed reaction to the appointment . |
| 37 | That the restrictions are at last to be lifted in part reflects universal acknowledgement that terror of the communications revolution has been a prime contributor to the technological backwardness of the country . |
| 38 | I do not share the view that there has been a limited addition to the powers of the European Parliament . |
| 39 | During the 1980s there has been a gradual return to more democratic government . |
| 40 | The oil price drop has been a particular blow to the economics of solar energy . |
| 41 | Against this background , it has been a difficult start to the year but some improvement is forecast for the second quarter when further price increases will recover the impact of higher raw material costs . |
| 42 | This practice is also not unknown elsewhere , but the preferential treatment for corporate dividend receivers where the effective tax rate is ‘ close to zero ’ ( Aoki 1984 p.238 ) , has been a clear incentive to intercompany stockholding . |
| 43 | First , he is wrong to assume that the policy to which he refers is espoused only by the Government : until now , there has been a bipartisan commitment to ensuring that mentally ill people receive care and facilities that are properly attuned to their needs . |
| 44 | From a December 1990 price of 240p there has been a handsome gain to 445p . |
| 45 | He added : ‘ Eldorado has been a brave venture to which many people have given huge energy and commitment . |
| 46 | He added : ‘ Eldorado has been a brave venture to which many people have given huge energy and commitment . |
| 47 | We would wish to stress again , with the district council 's support I suspect , that that overshoot really it 's to sites within the urban area , as in windfall sites in general planning terms we have seen to be acceptable er in planning terms , but we would wish to stress that part part of that approach has been a continuing resistance to development on greenfield sites on the edge of the the urban area . |
| 48 | This has been a considerable help to the many students who finance themselves through their HCIMA studies . |
| 49 | Reliance on the nature of local commitment has been a considerable obstacle to lessening dependence on the mental hospitals . |
| 50 | Bob Stevenson has been a worthy successor to Methodist leaders who stamped their personalities on the county . |
| 51 | Ever since , your father has been a constant visitor to Drennan 's house . |
| 52 | There has been a wonderful response to the call to action in aid of Johnson Matthey 's Charity of the Year featured in the last issue of Assay ( Spring 1993 ) . |
| 53 | ‘ What has happened recently has been a big shock to them and they have now got to knuckle down . ’ |
| 54 | There has been a sensitive reaction to the teasing of national stereotypes . |
| 55 | The revival of psychoanalytic criticism , usually in its Lacanian version , has been a disconcerting surprise to someone who came to intellectual maturity in the 1950s , when Freud seemed a figure of increasing remoteness . |
| 56 | There has been a navigable waterway to Exeter , in fact , since the sixteenth century . |
| 57 | There has been a common approach to South Africa , the middle east and the Salman Rushdie death sentence . |
| 58 | Since its restoration at Duxford several years ago , this Dridekker has been an infrequent visitor to airshows and was most welcome flying alongside the other replicas in the Great War Combat Team . |
| 59 | Nor can it be claimed very convincingly that socialism has been an effective counter-ideology to nationalism , or that the socialist movement has in any substantial way curbed the actions of nation states . |
| 60 | where there has been an extraordinary resolution to the effect that the company can not meet its liabilities and should therefore be wound up . |