Example sentences of "[adv] be a [noun] to [noun] " 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 | Ryan 's final chapters show that progress in this field will not so much be a threat to novelists , as a potentially rewarding challenge for narratologists . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 6 | But with careful management the carp can still be a boon to water authorities . |
| 7 | Governments have to govern people , and not only do their policies have a direct impact on the population at large , and are likely to be shaped to some degree by an awareness of what that impact might be , but policies can also be a response to pressures or problems that emerge out of society . |
| 8 | There might well also be a memorial to Dowd on the tiny island of Tafahi , in the northern part of the Pacific Ocean 's only remaining monarchy , the kingdom of Tonga . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | This would now be a reference to s 55 of the 1990 Act . |
| 11 | And er so it really was a hand to mouth existence and going without . |
| 12 | This may well be a reference to Psalm 22:18 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | As long as I refuse to recognize my part in the fallenness of the world around me , I will never be a blessing to others . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He too is a newcomer to Portrush , but who would have guessed it from a three-under card that showed 16 pars , one eagle and one birdie . |