Example sentences of "[is] [adv] to [art] " in BNC.

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1 Its wings were folded when the building collapsed and so the damage is mostly to the wing tips .
2 This exercise is valuable not only to enable the draftsman to produce a set of conditions which is most to the advantage of his client ( whether his client be buyer or seller ) , but also to enable him to understand the motivation of the other side when he is in negotiation with their advisers .
3 639 to ‘ this day ’ , that is , Adomnán 's time of writing , c . 700 , which is some time after the power of the northern Angles beyond the Forth had been shattered at Nechtanesmere in 685 , and the reference is rather to the failure of the kings of Scottish Dál Riata to regain control of Irish Dál Riata in Antrim .
4 The Tenant shall on the making of this Agreement pay to the Landlord the sum of £ ( pounds ) as a contribution towards the legal and other professional costs incurred by the Landlord in relation to this agreement Obviously , the tenant should try to avoid paying the landlord 's costs if possible as the transaction is presumably to the equal benefit of both the landlord and the tenant .
5 Hitachi Ltd has put a tiger team from its Network Products Group in Silicon Valley on developing local network-based multisystem electronic mail products , hoping to have them all gussied up in time for a third-quarter roll-out : Hitachi reckons that it 's on to a good thing because veca : International Data Corp predicts the worldwide market will be 77m users in 1996 ; Hitachi is expected to make a point of integration , management and directory synchronisation likely using the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol .
6 Hitachi figures it 's on to a good thing : IDC predicts the worldwide market will be 77 million users in 1996 .
7 She 's on to a good thing and she knows it .
8 I hoped he 'd leave her in peace but he knows when he 's on to a good thing . ’
9 The ski lake at the Watermark Club has been described as one of the finest in Europe , and Barry 's sure he 's on to a winner …
10 The daily conference over , it 's on to the main activity of the day for me , which is a Long Northwind Patrol .
11 Having finished a job , they do n't sit around enjoying the results — it 's on to the next .
12 And when one house is improved to the limit , it 's on to the next there too .
13 A zero fret sits in front of the large nut , then it 's on to the real love-it-or-loathe-it Höfner feature : the headstock .
14 He 's on to the ball before anyone else , but he conserves the energy of his horses . ’
15 Smash 'em all and it 's on to the next level .
16 Then it 's on to the weights and rowing apparatus .
17 Then it 's on to the state of Massachusetts for today 's destination , Boston .
18 Oh and there 's one thing I did n't tell you : Moscow Centre 's on to the pattern .
19 Sharon 's done hers , she 's done the green one , she 's on to the pink one
20 So any cream or potion which implies ( the advertising standards authority objects to claims that can not be proven ) that your skin will look more radiant and youthful is on to a good thing .
21 And for once , the troubled premier is on to a winner .
22 The hon. Gentleman is on to a weak point .
23 A Government planning inspector commented that site access is on to a road where motorists speed , and the reflected light from so many caravans could distract motorists using the nearby A66 flyover .
24 But my guess is that the Festival is on to a real winner in the merchandising stakes , having seen bits of the logo featured in imaginative guises on clothing , stationary , mugs , and even Festival cheques .
25 As soon as any outbreak of violence , however mild , occurs in society , then damage is done , if it 's only to the social fabric of society , because one or two people can not go about their business , can not go about their pleasure , in the way in which they would wish to .
26 The nouveau hippy thing you see on the surface is down to a trend .
27 There is no doubt that Ibanez 's current high profile is down to a marketing policy which borders on genius .
28 Yet only 30 miles or so away the " Purbeckian " is down to a mere 3 feet , with no obvious breaks , on the French cliffs near Boulogne .
29 In the end , it is down to a person 's individual choice whether to be bad and to commit crime .
30 This is down to a local council 's Engineers Department who provide the street names for new developments .
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