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

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1 From all over Europe , it 's only hours to 1001 Nights .
2 It 's only thanks to the efforts of walkers that we 've got so far . ’
3 After all , it 's only thanks to him you have the chance . ’
4 It 's only thanks to Clark 's quick thinking that Richard did n't lose his sight and the pellet from the airrifle went into the back of his head rather than his eye .
5 This interpretation makes it quite clear that the disposition in the will has failed , and that it is only thanks to the trust clause that the nurses do obtain this additional income .
6 It is only thanks to this close control that maximum use can be made of the water available to generate electricity .
7 1991 has been a marvellous year for Good Housekeeping and it 's largely thanks to you .
8 A Rotherham lad with a residual accent , he is already PPS to the Chancellor .
9 You you hear of tragedies , perhaps in , i in in the Far East where hundreds , thousands of people are killed in flooding and in the like , and it 's just numbers to us .
10 It is largely thanks to this one moment of history that there currently exists an unbroken line of Spanish-speaking nations through 90° of latitude from Tijuana in northern Mexico to Punta Arenas in southern Chile .
11 It is largely thanks to the perseverance of a former CO of the RAF Institute of Aviation Pathology , Group Captain Mason ( now Professor of Forensic Pathology at Edinburgh University ) , that there is international recognition of the contribution of the aviation pathologist in aircraft accident investigation by way of a specification recommending their positive involvement in formal investigations written into Annex 13 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation .
12 This is partly thanks to the free insurance provided by one of the World Cup sponsors and partly historical perspective .
13 It is chiefly thanks to the Drunken Poet — another new arrival in the 1693 quarto — that the score , another of his haunts , has been dated 1693 with such conviction .
14 This success is unquestionably thanks to the goodwill and support of voluntary donors , to whom we are all very grateful .
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