Example sentences of "be [adv] [noun sg] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When a problem is based on a rule — e.g. the rule in Derry v. Peek or Rylands v. Fletcher — it is usually advisable to state the whole rule in a sentence or two , even though some parts of the rule are not material to the problem . |
| 2 | Phillipon told reporters that Quebec and Nova Scotia are not party to the framework since they had broken ranks with a 1991 provinical agreement to disdain unilateral compensation by earlier this year unveiling vastly discrepant compensation programmes . |
| 3 | This was not possible as BBA has some 325 member banks in all and most of these are not party to the agreement . |
| 4 | And you 're actually godmother to the child . |
| 5 | They can be extremely irritant to the skin and have a very low degree of bio-degradability in purification plants . |
| 6 | These are known to be extremely irritant to the skin and can cause asthmatic reactions in some people . |
| 7 | We are very willing to accept that those parts of the judges ' visitorial jurisdiction which were not incident to the administration of justice in the courts passed down through the routes suggested by Sir William and Professor Baker , but in the context of the present case , where the court has for the first time to inquire into the particular function which is being performed , we are not satisfied that the whole of the visitorial jurisdiction passed by this route . |
| 8 | That was , Lord Jauncey said , a clear undertaking by TBL not to exercise its statutory powers for a period that could last for as long as any one of the parties to the agreement remained a shareholder and long after the control of TBL had passed to shareholders who were not party to the agreement . |
| 9 | Should the man concerned think better of the relationship ( probably being more prey to the office gossips ) , not only is the woman left feeling she 's suffered a loss of face , as well as emotional hurt , but also bad feeling at the office may impair her work . |
| 10 | Alford distinguishes the lay popular interest in development of services as the third and largely repressed force : it is not organized as a permanent lobby and is not party to the agenda setting between the monopolists and the rationalizers . |
| 11 | Inn many cases this is what they get , However this is not consolation to the user who , having been misinformed by an out of date roadside timetable , spends , say , fifteen minutes at a windswept bus stop , in pouring rain , awaiting a bus that is less than clean , being driven so badly that the ride is uncomfortable by a brusque and unhelpful driver . ’ |
| 12 | Hit for Six is full of statistical detail , but the number is still second to the moment and a fascination with the really big hit , the occasions when , as Mike Gatting told him : ‘ Something happens magically and the ball goes for miles , and you have no idea why or how . ’ |
| 13 | It can also be made to sound so sharp that any movement of the fretting hand on the strings causes a loud squeak , but even set with this much top there 's still quality to the tone . |
| 14 | If the predicate adjunct to the subject is felt to qualify the support of the verb in She was alone , it would seem plausible that in ( 9 ) alone is also incident to the support of the verb ( used here in the infinitival form ) , even though there is no subject pronoun to identify this support 's ordinal rank . |
| 15 | Wearing another hat , he is also secretary to the Board of Finance , the most powerful of the five diocesan boards ( the others are responsible for education , the ministry , missionary work at home and abroad , and social responsibility ) . |
| 16 | ‘ The project has allowed us to make substantial progress in understanding young people 's relationship with television , and their needs and demands regarding programme content , ’ said CENECA 's Director , Valerio Fuenzalida , who is also Secretary to the Executive Council of Chile 's National Television . |
| 17 | Not only does he or she have the authority to appoint and dismiss or advance or relegate ministers , but there is also access to the patronage system for honours , awards and selection of candidates for high public office . |
| 18 | There is also opposition to the principle that companies can bid for more than one commercial television licence : the IBA has warned the government this will make management of the network between now and 1993 very difficult . |
| 19 | Do you realize that according to some strange Scottish law about dynasties , Cora-Beth is now heir to the title and the Kinmuire estate ? |
| 20 | Thus the signing of a Heads of Agreement relating to the interconnector , which occurred before the licence came into force , was not subject to the condition but any decision relating to the interconnector taken after March 31 , 1992 , is . |
| 21 | Rodney Toogood , chairman , said the matter was not material to the business . |
| 22 | ( See also Norwich City Council v Harvey [ 1989 ] 1 All ER 1180 where a similar clause was held to prevent the imposition of a tortious duty of care on a sub-contractor who was not party to the contract . ) |
| 23 | Richard was now heir to the throne of the Angevin Empire . |