Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] be an [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edward Saul , in An Historical and Philosophical Account of the Barometer or Weather-glass ( 1735 ) says : ‘ it may perhaps be an Inducement to some of the Gentlemen of Lincolnshire , to deal with Mr Jonathan Sisson … ; that he is their Country Man , and eminent for his great Skill , Accuracy and Fidelity , both in the Construction of his Barometers , and in whatever Work , he undertakes , or delivers out of his Hands . ’ |
| 2 | He repeated the Government 's support for Mr Patten , who embarked on his reforms last October , and said that publication of the plans was only a first step which should not be an obstacle to talks with Beijing . |
| 3 | Homoeopathic treatment , as described here , should always be an addition to whatever advice you would normally seek . |
| 4 | There must surely be an end to the crazy system which pays most to those who drive the furthest , in the biggest cars . |
| 5 | If the competition commissioner , Sir Leon Brittan , has his way , there may soon be an end to the state energy monopolies that dominate electricity and gas production in the European Community ( EC ) . |
| 6 | Erm I think if it , in this file menu there 'll probably be an option to er t to specify |
| 7 | ‘ If they can maintain that enthusiasm they 'll certainly be an asset to the League . ’ |
| 8 | Further , as will be seen below , the interpretation of the duty of the directors sanctioned by the traditional legal model forbids the subordination of shareholder interests to those of non- owners , though as will also emerge it is arguable that there may now be an exception to this principle . |
| 9 | I think there is a tendency erm for local authority planners to have horizons set by the end date of the current plan period , and work , try and work in that , sort of around the real world I think , where nothing happens , or nothing is conceivable , beyond that time period , erm , this particular approach , er does not work in the case of new settlements , there is no need when having established your design size for a new settlement that it necessarily all has to be built within current plan period , and I think this sort of approach is recognized in Cambridgeshire where , in case of the A forty five new settlement , a view was taken at an early stage that a new settlement of three thousand dwellings was needed to meet long term development needs in Cambridgeshire , an area where the planning issues and problems where very similar to those of York , and the approved structure plan in policy proposed that new settlement to be designated as three thousand , of which two thousand portion would be built within the current plan period , so it seems to me that the the question of size need not be an impediment to erm designation of a new settlement if the existing requirement and need are adjudged not to require the sort of new settlement size that we are creating . |
| 10 | In chapter 9.27 there may even be an allusion to an agreement between Antiochus and the Hellenizers ( " and he shall make a firm covenant with many for one week " ) . |
| 11 | If , on the other hand , it records a genuine act by Cnut , Lyfing 's complaint about the uselessness of existing charters may well be an allusion to the activities of those same officials . |
| 12 | Such consent would not be an answer to a charge of assault , and the policy reasons that forbid consenting adults to engage in fighting for the purposes of assault should apply equally in the case of an affray . |
| 13 | ‘ This would not be an alternative to , or instead of , full entitlement to training allowances and post-16 grants for education . ’ |
| 14 | I think what I imagined erm Miss Whittaker and Chairman is that erm if you get the criteria right then this exceptions policy would also be an exception to I eleven , but it would have to pass this criteria . |
| 15 | On recounting the tale to a journalist , the victim is asked if he thinks there will ever be an end to this cycle of violence , to which he answers , ‘ No , as long as they keep shitting in our shoes , we 'll keep pissing in their Bovril . ’ |
| 16 | But it 's unlikely there will ever be an equal to the play for which Christie collected a special award at the age of 82 . |
| 17 | It will undoubtedly be an advantage to governing bodies to have more control over the resources of their schools and greater flexibility in the deployment and use of staff , premises and materials . |
| 18 | Thus even if an actor , following Stanislavsky , allows himself to become emotionally engaged during a performance his emotional response , mediated by dramatic form , can only be an approximation to the character 's supposed emotional state . |
| 19 | Eating can also be an antidote to anxiety . |
| 20 | Not only are time-cost recording systems useful in measuring ultimate job profitability , they can also be an aid to mid job evaluation ( see fig. p. 95 ) . |
| 21 | They can also be an input to a range of information-gathering activities . |
| 22 | The integration into mainstream training , of topics that are no immediately recognised by bureaux workers as important , can often be an answer to fulfilling policy requirements . |