Example sentences of "be [adv] [noun sg] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And you 're actually godmother to the child . |
| 2 | They can be extremely irritant to the skin and have a very low degree of bio-degradability in purification plants . |
| 3 | These are known to be extremely irritant to the skin and can cause asthmatic reactions in some people . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Do you realize that according to some strange Scottish law about dynasties , Cora-Beth is now heir to the title and the Kinmuire estate ? |
| 13 | Richard was now heir to the throne of the Angevin Empire . |