Example sentences of "[pron] [be] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Molecular evidence has shown that the old concept of great apes ( family Pongidae ) , as distinct from humans ( family Hominidae ) , is no longer valid because the African apes and humans are more closely related to each other than any of them are to the orang-utan . |
| 2 | I been to the country once with Annie . |
| 3 | I am much more sympathetic to that proposal than I am to the opt-out proposal advanced by the hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland ( Mr. Wallace ) . |
| 4 | ’ My leftie grandchildren think I 'm to the right of Genghis Khan , but I really believe that you have to show people you ca n't do this sort of thing and get away with it , ’ she says . |
| 5 | I should like to say how grateful I was to the kind gentleman who pulled me clear . |
| 6 | So perfect , I had to keep parting the hop bines and leaves to see how close I was to the farmhouse . |
| 7 | Eventually I reach the road and follow it to its top , surprised by how close I was to the summit of the pass . |
| 8 | The issues addressed are those which are to the fore in the care and education of couples during pregnancy , childbirth and the neonatal period . |
| 9 | They are concerned with a statutory form of control rather than the common law , and did not mention the House of Lords ' decisions which are to the contrary . |
| 10 | The emphasis here is rather less upon the calculation of personal advantage , and rather more on the kin group as a co-operative unit , taking collective decisions which are to the advantage of all . |
| 11 | It seemed , in that brilliant silence , to be flinging open all the pores and cells of its being to the Light that poured into it . |
| 12 | It is only by putting some distance between himself and them that he can discharge his prime responsibility , which is to the country : decisions taken in the House of Commons affect all of us . |
| 13 | The main distinction I think you will find when you tour round Greater York is is that the distinction is between areas of intensive agriculture where of course you have the w which is to the west and to the south of the city , where you in fact have the highest quality of agricultural land , and the areas to the north where you have the lower quality agricultural land and therefore you have greater retention of cover . |
| 14 | Can I can I say that in my opinion that the county council 's current budgeting strategy which effectively imposes a two percent efficiency saving which I might add in figures come to something like one point five million erm is , is of concern but what is of greater concern is the further possibility of a four percent er reduction which is being sought in blocks of three percent and one percent next year for ninety four ninety five which is to the amount of two point eight million at the current prices will in my opinion decimate the present level of service provision in policing . |
| 15 | which is to the detriment of the victim because he or she can not comply with it ; and |
| 16 | Philip , tetrarch of the lands of Ituraea and Trachonitis which was to the north east of the Sea of Galilee . |
| 17 | The contention of the prosecution , which was to the effect that , following Heston-Francois [ 1984 ] All E.R. |
| 18 | is to be found in an obiter dictum of Dixon C.J. in Mason v. New South Wales , 102 C.L.R. 108 , 117 , which was to the effect that he not been able completely to reconcile himself to the view that , if the weight of a de facto governmental authority manifested in a money demand , the money belonged to the Crown unless the payment was made under compulsion . |
| 19 | Lord Hope did not accept the first submission on behalf of the pursuers , which was to the effect that when the completed application form was sent to the building society the pursuers had accepted an offer made by the society to consider the application , as , unlike in Hunter v General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Co , 19O9SC ( HL ) 3O , the building society in the present case had not given any undertaking to consider the application and were under no obligation to do so . |
| 20 | Has n't she been to the hospital since or something ? |
| 21 | Have you been to the toilet ? |
| 22 | How are you doing love , have you been to the toilet Christopher ? |
| 23 | ‘ Have you been to the Skein of Geese since you took Clare there last year ? ’ |
| 24 | Have you been to the movies ? |
| 25 | Have you been to the islands ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You been to the tea ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Have you been to the polis ? ’ |
| 28 | Incidentally , have you been to the kibbutz library yet ? |
| 29 | ‘ Had you been to the spot before ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Have you been to the hospital ? ’ asked Jenny . |