Example sentences of "be [adv] to [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | English fans feel that the emphasis on fast bowling in the last fifteen years has been greatly to the game 's detriment , leading to the continuing decline of the spinner , a lack of variety , slow over rates , broken bones and a situation where batting is more about courage than skill . |
| 2 | But there may have been more to the Chancellor 's remarks than meet the eye . |
| 3 | Another good predator is the arrow crab Stenorhyncus seticornis , which is safe in reef aquaria so long as they do n't contain small shrimps , which are also to the crab 's taste . |
| 4 | Of course , saying that , I am assuming these instruments are up to the company 's usual standard and not just the poor man 's alternative . |
| 5 | Face crushed face , but even the humiliated ones , the ones pushed away , the third-raters and the defeated ones , even those — from a certain distance imposed by the law of hierarchy , it 's true — still moved toward the front , showing here and there from behind the first-rate , titled ones , if only as fragments : an ear , a piece of temple , a cheek or a jaw … just to be closer to the Emperor 's eye ! |
| 6 | ( 4 ) Are there to the seller 's knowledge any adverse rights or informal arrangements or licences affecting the property not disclosed in the draft contract ? ( 5 ) If the property has central heating : ( a ) approximately when was it installed ? ( b ) when was it last serviced ? ( c ) is it working satisfactorily ? ( 6 ) Please confirm that all fixtures and fittings referred to in the selling agents ' particulars , if any , are included in the purchase price . |
| 7 | Then again , his fast-bowling policy , more than any other factor , has hastened the decline of the spinner , a decline that has been hugely to the game 's detriment ; and with a seemingly inexhaustible supply of young speed men reaching the Test team and creating further successes , there is little sign that the decline might be halted . |
| 8 | In the end , it is down to a person 's individual choice whether to be bad and to commit crime . |
| 9 | It is obviously to the husband 's advantage in such circumstances to seek to persuade the first mortgagee to offer the wife a further advance of sufficient amount to repay the second charge . |
| 10 | If , for example , the local authority is unable to find a suitable placement for the child because of a shortage of foster parents the court may decide that a care order is not to the child 's benefit despite the shortcomings of his own parents . |
| 11 | But as the replies from Collingwood and Parris make clear , there is more to a tutor-organiser 's success than this : for success has to be measured by different criteria according to the context of the work . |
| 12 | It 's up to the landlord 's discretion . |
| 13 | Erm , it 's up to the magistrate 's clerk and sometimes the first |
| 14 | Graphically the game is up to the Codies ' usual high standards , the sprites being extremely cutesy ( I hate that word , it 's so barf-worthy ) . |
| 15 | It is up to the testator 's son to decide whether he is sufficiently satisfied to do what his father suggested . |
| 16 | Since it is up to the NVOCC 's agent to obtain the goods , control of the goods by the consignee or his creditors is uncertain . |
| 17 | His telephone rang almost at once ; he was through to the chief 's personal assistant , a grey-haired lady of vast experience who monitored and sometimes modulated communication ( other than face to face ) between the chief and the outside world — including his policemen . |
| 18 | Even here , as the fact of policing came to be established , opposition was not to the police per se , but to specific operations or tactics . |
| 19 | After the show had ended , the black Cizeta on display was off to the company 's first client in Singapore , who 'll be $630,000 lighter for the privilege of owning the world 's only V16-engined production car . |
| 20 | This was more to the Swedes ' liking , taking 5 of the first 8 places , including the top 3 . |
| 21 | Obviously this flexibility was frequently to the client 's advantage , but it was also open to abuse . |