Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are obviously improvements to be made ; more science should be taught , and there is a great need for more specialists in the class-room , even if they have to be peripatetic teachers , shared between a number of schools . |
| 2 | Recognise that alcohol , cannabis , cocaine , LSD , heroin , Methadone , minor tranquillisers , sleeping tablets and many other mood-altering substances are all cross.addictive to sufferers from addictive disease and that all these drugs feed the disease regardless of whether they are legal , illegal or medicinally prescribed . |
| 3 | We must get the situation straight that the County Council is the ruling authority , we are only a subsidiary as a county and we get our problems on our traffic and our highways as we are only agents to the County Council , and the County Council control the education of Social Services . |
| 4 | Very little apart from his outward appearance , and when he had n't been teasing her he 'd been carelessly kind to her when they met . |
| 5 | Poverty and hardship are merely obstacles to be overcome . |
| 6 | In many cases , the traits of resignation and the low inspirations that Lewis describes are merely responses to the situation in which the poor find themselves and will therefore change if the situation changes . |
| 7 | Lovers are normally face to face , absorbed in each other ; friends are side by side , absorbed in some common interest . ’ |
| 8 | It may have been largely thanks to Lewis that Williams became something of a cult figure , idolized by pious lady dons , aspirant mystics and others . |
| 9 | Elsewhere there are just clues to former occupancy : foundations , a silted mill-race , or the remnants of a weir , as described by Edward Thomas : |
| 10 | In the first attempts to write words the letters are just shapes to be copied like any other shapes . |
| 11 | I just you 're just names to me , do you know what I , I mean , I still do n't know who , which one you are , now even though you said . |
| 12 | And you 're actually godmother to the child . |
| 13 | There may be demands in the sense that there are always obstacles to be overcome but these stem from the nature and the variability of the situation he is in ; that is , the materials he has to deal with or the environment he has to move through . |
| 14 | No system in the world can be wholly immune to bad weather conditions , but there are always lessons to be learnt . |
| 15 | There are no ‘ best ’ methods with hashing , there are always trade-offs to be considered between computer storage space and search times . |
| 16 | The they , there are always exceptions to the rule . |
| 17 | ‘ There are always exceptions to the rule , ’ he said flatly , taking the laden tray from her hands and turning to go along the terrace to the dining-room . |
| 18 | Her way of supporting Greenpeace 's campaign to save the whale was to demonstrate that there are always substitutes to be found in nature and that there is no commercial excuse for hunting an endangered species out of existence . |
| 19 | But if the objective of the advertising for such a brand is , in fact , to talk to newcomers to the market ( and there are always newcomers to any market ) , or to the unconverted , or to disloyal users of other brands , there is , obviously , a very clear , specific case for ads which carry quite a lot of information , presented in a suitably attractive way . |
| 20 | Have n't we been home loads to times to where Granny and all your cousins … |
| 21 | Researchers are usually outsiders to the situations they study . |
| 22 | All talk of plunder , piracy and plagiarism in a shopworn discourse of ‘ irreverence ’ and boisterousness , as if Westworld kick up some kind of a rumpus on pop 's trash-heap of efflorescences , as if there are still grandmothers to be shocked and purists to be cheeked . |
| 23 | The BMC , therefore , urges all climbers interested in Range West to note that there are still matters to be cleared up and if they wish to obtain a pass to climb legitimately within the Range , then they will have to attend the safety briefings which have been organised for their benefit . |
| 24 | There are still matters to be agreed on the monetary union treaty , but in both cases we are making progress . |
| 25 | With two rooks and a bishop for the queen , Speelman has a nominal material advantage , but there are still threats to his king . |
| 26 | THERE are still bargains to be found among the terraced property and this one on the books of J Trevor & Sons looks to be worthy of closer inspection . |
| 27 | But it is clear from decisions since Fleet Street Casuals in which standing has been denied that there are still limits to the rights of individuals to challenge government decisions . |
| 28 | Top promoters say there are still lessons to be learnt . |
| 29 | After the meeting Haughey declared that " there are still hurdles to be overcome , but I believe we are moving towards a satisfactory outcome " . |
| 30 | The human spirit is trundled on to reassure them that they are still party to the heroic , which cynical people might think has departed the suburbs some time ago . |