Example sentences of "is a [noun sg] [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In terms of the fiction , ’ said Rozanov , ‘ she is a sex object to Rozanov , clearly . |
| 2 | The summit is 2373 feet above the sea , not a great altitude , but to the many pilgrims who climb to it time and time again , it is a stepping stone to heaven . |
| 3 | There is a colour guide to Smiths ( Willie Anderson 's idea ) which reminded me of the Louvre , although it is more simple , and there are lifts to all floors . |
| 4 | It is a twenty-mile drive to Loch Hourn at the end of this road , and twenty back , but it should be done at least once in a lifetime , the scenery being outstanding . |
| 5 | One of her best-known works is a marble memorial to Bishop Prideaux which is in Worcester cathedral . |
| 6 | The entrance to it is now covered over , and beside it there is a memorial inscription to Loubens and to another speleologist who has been killed there since . |
| 7 | This is a return train to Leeds in 1987 , hauled past the remnants of Victoria by class 31 No. 31445 . |
| 8 | Trainer Philip Hobbs said : ‘ The dam is a half sister to Bula but unfortunately many of the others have been disappointing . |
| 9 | In the example , G is a linking pin between the group led by B and his own group of N , O and P. similarly , B is a linking pin to decisions at the top level — ie. A's group of A , B , C , and D. |
| 10 | There is a ferry service to Rotterdam . |
| 11 | HOW much is a train ticket to London ? |
| 12 | Does the Minister agree that agriculture is the backbone of the rural economy and that the loss to the Angus economy of more than £1 million due to the closure of Anglia Canners in Brechin is a body blow to agriculture , transport , ancillary industries and the whole community ? |
| 13 | Moreover , there is a safety aspect to water as a hazard — the last thing you want as a rider is for your horse to side-step a puddle into the path of an oncoming or passing vehicle . |
| 14 | In such circumstances the purchaser is likely to insist that the obtaining of these critical consents is a condition precedent to completion of the acquisition and it is difficult for the vendor to oppose this if the consents are truly critical . |
| 15 | This Australian CD is a class introduction to Parsons and his time , from his homespun days with The Shilos , through to the genesis of country rock and closing on some hard-to-get live takes , plus a few epics from ‘ Grievous Angel ’ — his final , whacked-out testimony . |
| 16 | It is a signal tribute to Denning that he was able to conduct his inquiry in a typical homespun fashion , without any unfair imputation against anyone being made . |
| 17 | And , conversely , a part of the point for Scots has always been that Scotland is a nation equivalent to England , not merely the equivalent of an English region . |
| 18 | ‘ Art is a harmony parallel to nature ’ Paul Cézanne |
| 19 | The pied flycatcher is a summer visitor to Europe , having spent the winter months in Africa . |
| 20 | The great snipe is a summer visitor to Norway and the Baltic provinces , and is hard to come by in Britain , where it is a vagrant winter visitor . |
| 21 | In other birds a size difference is the giveaway : the wheatear is a summer visitor to Shetland , generally leaving in August or September , and it is only when birds of the race which breeds in Greenland , which are distinctly bigger , are seen that we know strangers are passing through . |
| 22 | From Wiggen there is a postbus service to Marbach and Schangnau ( Official Timetable No 460. 50 ) and this also continues along the road which turns off sharply left at Schangnau , leading along the bank of the Emme to Bumbach and Kemmeriboden . |
| 23 | There is a bus service to Harewood village every 30 minutes from central Leeds and Harrogate . |