Example sentences of "is [adv] [noun sg] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is only reference to the gates being closed in the evening . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | The courts will not make an order with these consequences unless they are satisfied that the evidence proposed to be taken is genuinely material to the issues in the case . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | With much wider powers than its predecessor , the Secondary Examinations Council ( SEC ) , SEAC is also heir to the recommendations of another of the Secretary of State 's ad hoc working parties , the Task Group on Assessment and Testing ( TGAT ) which was set up at the same time as the first curriculum working groups and , like them , worked under enormous pressure to produce proposals for the assessment of the National Curriculum . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | As we show on page 21 , Labour is now second to the Tories in 186 seats ( compared to 145 for the Liberal Democrats ) . |
| 11 | Do you realize that according to some strange Scottish law about dynasties , Cora-Beth is now heir to the title and the Kinmuire estate ? |