Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [adj] [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a time of poor recruitment , the introduction of personal radios , computerized command-and-control systems and the increased use of vehicles produced , by the late 1970s , police forces whose main tactic was rapid response to incidents , known as ‘ reactive ’ or ‘ fire brigade ’ policing . |
| 2 | She wondered if the boy was any relation to Mrs Olga Stych . |
| 3 | Saul Judge was first cousin to Eb and Josh . |
| 4 | The site is next door to Honda 's engine plant . |
| 5 | Dessie Burns , whose hardware shop was next door to Kennedy 's , gave her a shout of approval . |
| 6 | In accordance with equations ( 10.8 ) , is the small-signal , complex , input impedance ; when the output is open circuit to signals so that . |
| 7 | Similarly is the ratio of the small , input , signal voltage to small , output , signal current when the input is open circuit to signals and is the ratio of the small , output , signal voltage to small , input , signal current when the output is open circuit to signals . |
| 8 | jct contact was evidential bar to employer contending against contractor that work was defective after final certificate was issued . |
| 9 | The other development was budgetary delegation to schools ( LMS ) under the 1988 Education Reform Act ( DES 1988b , 1991d ) , which appeared to reduce the scope for enhanced staffing , despite the Secretary of State 's approval of PNP-style weightings for social disadvantage , ethnic minority groups , special needs , and small schools in the Leeds LMS formula ( Leeds City Council 1989c ) . |
| 10 | The tomb is next door to Bob 's old home , housed in a building like a little cottage . |
| 11 | Almost nothing is known of his family , childhood , or early education except that his father was private messenger to George IV and William IV , and that he had one sister and two brothers . |
| 12 | ( One suspects that Boiotia 's real misfortune in this respect was mere proximity to Athens . ) |
| 13 | By early 1990 the European Commission was co-ordinating aid to Poland and Hungary , the two East European countries regarded as having satisfactory democratic credentials . |
| 14 | John Major insisted at question time : ‘ The paper was private advice to ministers and will not be published . ’ |
| 15 | Their very insistence of trying to make sense is eloquent testimony to assumptions that are powerful though silent . |
| 16 | A fair sample of his style is this retort to Brunner 's appeal to the tag gratia non tollit sed perficit naturam , ‘ grace does not destroy nature , but perfects it ’ . |
| 17 | We saw in Chapter 6 how Marxists argue that military spending is one solution to under-consumption ; at the same time Marxists would also argue that Keynesian demand management and social welfarism is another instrument for creating higher effective consumer demand , which also serves to create further false consciousness among the working class and defuse threats to the legitimacy of the state . |
| 18 | The superintendent 's personal life was alien territory to Dexter , one that she guarded fiercely , even though it was the sergeant who suffered the consequences when Blanche emerged from it wounded . |
| 19 | The presence of malice or envy is one spur to redistribution and is a theme taken up by those offering the more positive accounts of redistribution ( see below ) . |
| 20 | Italy 's 1.5bn dollar Eurobond is largest issue to date |
| 21 | A drawback of being a private company is limited access to capital ‘ so we also have to look to investment income as a way to increase shareholders ’ funds for development ’ , Davidson said . |
| 22 | The two-dimensional behaviour of electrons in the MOSFET structure was exciting news to experimentalists because they could test some of the unusual and potentially useful properties that theory predicted . |
| 23 | The Grant Hall Hotel was next door to Zion United Church where I still spent many weekday evenings in boys ' work , and it was now handy to finish at the church and then cross over to the radio station for the late night shift . |
| 24 | His principal qualification was total loyalty to de Gaulle . |
| 25 | The injunction is another blow to Birmingham 's live music scene , following the recent closure of the city 's main indie venue , The Barrel Organ . |
| 26 | Then again , it 's worth noting the heart throbs of the British parliamentary throng : the Davids ( Owen and Steel ) , and Michael Heseltine , Cecil Parkinson ; power is one answer to George Michael ( once of Wham ! ) it seems . |
| 27 | Similarly is the ratio of the small , input , signal voltage to small , output , signal current when the input is open circuit to signals and is the ratio of the small , output , signal voltage to small , input , signal current when the output is open circuit to signals . |
| 28 | Finally , is the small-signal , complex , output impedance when the input is open circuit to signals . |
| 29 | On the other hand , is the reciprocal of the small-signal voltage gain when the input is open circuit to signals so that . |
| 30 | As Macmillan at the time was political adviser to General Alexander whose army occupied that area , many felt that he bore some responsibility . |