Example sentences of "be [prep] [verb] to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A marriage between foreign nationals from different countries and of different religions would have been difficult enough in settled times , but it was rendered much more complicated now by the fact that whatever my family 's record might have been with regard to the Fascist party , my mother , my father and I were enemy aliens who had just lost a war . |
| 2 | Rory Finegan was reported to be considering going to the European Court . |
| 3 | My passion is for its numerous Romanesque churches , in most cases humbly proportioned but elevated into unique works of art by the richness of their exquisitely-sculpted decoration ; to go to Poitou/Saintonge and not look at any of its churches would be like going to an African game reserve and ignoring the animals . |
| 4 | If you are recalled for a second interview it is worth changing to a different outfit altogether if you can afford it or have something else suitable . |
| 5 | WHAT a spoilsport the Queen is for objecting to the Spitting Image royal puppets being displayed in the window of Liberty in London . |
| 6 | She mentions that Southmead Hospital is considering changing to a one year block contract as a means of empowering house officers and helping them to be recognised as an important part of the service provided . |
| 7 | ‘ Sometimes it is like talking to a 10 or 11-year-old . |
| 8 | Rather , it is to say that Gusfield 's theory may continue to have explanatory power , particularly with regard to the initial motivation of participants in such a movement , and that where Wallis ' work is important is in pointing to the cultural concerns that may also underpin the rise of specific moral entrepreneurial groups . |
| 9 | In the States , the emphasis is on sticking to the tried and true . |
| 10 | Just as within a state the law may be more effective in responding to armed robbery than it is at responding to a military coup d'état , so in relations between states the law may be better at laying down detailed provisions for the treatment of prisoners of war than it is at addressing the potential human catastrophe of a nuclear war . |
| 11 | Members can buy their tickets from tomorrow … while other fans can get their 's by going to the next home game against Sunderland |
| 12 | Moving together is essential , and the only reliable means of stopping a fall is by jumping to the other side of the ridge . |
| 13 | And the only true way that we can achieve that and that we can deliver that is by adhering to the emerging industry standards . |
| 14 | It was like going to the Holy Land , or being the Knights of the Round Table , Sir Perceval I think it was , and your dad suddenly said he was going to take you to see the Holy Grail . |
| 15 | But it was in talking to a fellow tourist at the airport on the return journey that we really came down to earth . |