Example sentences of "is [adv] a [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ hystery of the eye ’ is presumably a reference to Bataille 's story ‘ L'Histoire de l'oeil ’ , a story of enucleation , which is , of course in Freudian terms equivalent to castration . |
| 2 | ‘ It is merely a password to freedom ! ’ |
| 3 | This is only a bar to registration if the first mark is registered in respect of " the same goods or description of goods " . |
| 4 | A summer breeding visitor to most of eastern Europe , it is only a vagrant to Britain . |
| 5 | We are not convinced that the attraction of out-of-town shopping is entirely a response to consumer demand . |
| 6 | It is perhaps a tribute to Klemperer 's stature that all the recordings featured here continue to stimulate well after the CDs are returned to their place on my shelves . |
| 7 | 239 is thus a counterexample to assertion ( ii ) , Actually there is only one other positive integer which is not expressible as a sum of eight cubes . |
| 8 | It is thus a contribution to biography , not to criticism . |
| 9 | Prison is just a word to Robyn , a word in a book or a newspaper , a symbol of something — the law , hegemony , repression ( ‘ The prison motif in Little Dorrit is a metaphorical articulation of Dickens 's critique of Victorian culture and society ’ — Discuss ) . |
| 10 | In context this is just a reply to Pippin 's remark that the song ‘ does not sound altogether encouraging ’ . |
| 11 | Offset is usually a government to government agreement . |
| 12 | As is usual in such cases the myth seems to be somewhat remote from the historical facts but , for what it is worth , Wilberforce is supposed to have remarked that : " Whatever certain people might believe he would not look at the monkeys in the Zoological Gardens as connected with his ancestors ' , to which Huxley replied : " I would rather be descended from an ape than a bishop " , which has merits as repartee but is hardly a contribution to science . |
| 13 | If having babies is partly a response to unemployment , it also becomes one of the causes of continuing unemployment . |
| 14 | This does not mean that they speak with one voice — the press has often either been critical or published critical opinions — but there is clearly a limit to government tolerance . |
| 15 | This is potentially very strong language but it is also a plea to God to remove her from her misery . |
| 16 | If I am right , Notre Dame is really a temple to Mammon . |
| 17 | But there is inevitably a claim to truth involved and the critical content of theory alone is not sufficient to justify its acceptance : |
| 18 | Such is the dearth of tutor presence on wards , that the arrival of someone from ‘ the school ’ is often a surprise to students and clinical staff alike . |
| 19 | Having passed over the wave there is often a tendency to catapult fall , so it is sometimes necessary to sheet out . |
| 20 | A fall in rates is often a signal to investors of better times ahead , raising expected returns , shifting the MEI curve to the right , and raising investment ( and conversely ) . |
| 21 | Food is often a comfort to people . |
| 22 | Hence the geographer usually chooses to classify climate on a vegetational basis , assuming that vegetation is mainly a response to climate . |
| 23 | Perhaps the real purpose is then a response to fears of a Leviathan in local government . |
| 24 | Like many new disciplines , the manner of its explication is sometimes a barrier to understanding . |
| 25 | ( Of course if there are resurrections , then my point is proved and there is again a regularity to nature ; but then there is no particular reason for saying that Jesus is unique as Christians believe . ) |
| 26 | The title of the poem , ‘ An Essay on Woman ’ , is certainly a reference to Pope . |
| 27 | Within the neo-classical framework profit is essentially a return to capital investment as a reward for the risk borne by its owners . |
| 28 | Consent is essentially a response to initiatives taken by someone else . |