Example sentences of "[pron] is [adv] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rainforest is a tightly knit ecosystem but one that is only vaguely understood ; which is why damage to any part of it can never be exactly limited . |
| 2 | There is conversation which is usually face to face but may sometimes involve telecommunication . |
| 3 | ‘ The project has allowed us to make substantial progress in understanding young people 's relationship with television , and their needs and demands regarding programme content , ’ said CENECA 's Director , Valerio Fuenzalida , who is also Secretary to the Executive Council of Chile 's National Television . |
| 4 | There is also benefit to be gained from a break or — better — a short sleep . |
| 5 | Among some indigenous groups there is also resistance to any kind of integration with ladino society which means denying their own culture and becoming ‘ Spanish ’ . |
| 6 | There is also trip to Hall , formerly the centre of the Tyrol 's salt industry ; on to the Swarovski crystal factory show rooms where you will see glass being blown and painted , as well as having the opportunity to buy anything that takes your fancy . |
| 7 | There is also reference to reprimands and complaints addressed by him to his subordinates ; on one occasion we are told that the generals on an unsuccessful campaign justified their failure by explaining that although his piety was noted , he was not feared and this meant that his agents commanded no respect . |
| 8 | There is also access to a south-facing balcony at first floor level . |
| 9 | Not only does he or she have the authority to appoint and dismiss or advance or relegate ministers , but there is also access to the patronage system for honours , awards and selection of candidates for high public office . |
| 10 | There is also opposition to the ‘ specialist knowledge ’ which textbook-learnt policemen and women employ , sometimes drawn from the liberal social sciences . |
| 11 | There is also opposition to the principle that companies can bid for more than one commercial television licence : the IBA has warned the government this will make management of the network between now and 1993 very difficult . |
| 12 | There is not limit to how often a shoe can be resoled or repaired , provided it retains support from the upper and midsole . |
| 13 | Here the difference is the stress upon the mother 's role as provider for her children : Orchardson 's work suggests the mother has little physical involvement with the child 's everyday material needs whereas , in Knight 's work , the close physical contact between mother and children and their dress denotes harsh necessity rather than worship — there is not time to ‘ fondly gaze ’ . |
| 14 | With three children there is barely time to shit , let alone read ! ’ |
| 15 | ‘ There is always a way through and there is always interest to be found along the way . ’ |
| 16 | There is then reference to well known authorities like Donoghue v. Stevenson [ 1932 ] A.C. 562 ; Dorset Yacht Co . Ltd. v. Home Office [ 1970 ] A.C. 1004 ; Bourhill ( Hay ) v. Young [ 1943 ] A.C. 92 ; Watson v. Fram Reinforced Concrete Co . ( Scotland ) Ltd. , 1960 S.C . ( H.L. ) 92 and Grant v. Australian Knitting Mills Ltd. [ 1936 ] A.C. 85 , and then to a South African decision which followed Montreal Tramways v. Leveille [ 1933 ] 4 D.L.R. 337 and to the Montreal Tramways case itself . |
| 17 | They say their results show there is still work to be done on professionals ' understanding of the concept of collaboration , as nurses and physicians did not agree on the amount taking place . |
| 18 | to 31,207 , but , of course , there is still work to be done . |
| 19 | There is still work to be done on maritime arms control . |
| 20 | The situation throughout the region is improving but there is still work to be done . ’ |
| 21 | In the case of the EC , however , there is still resistance to a closer union , notably by Britain , in defence of what are conceived by governments at any particular time to be ‘ national interests ’ , and even if some form of supranational political organization were eventually achieved this might result , as some critics fear , in the emergence of another power bloc in the international arena , a ‘ Fortress Europe ’ , closed in particular to the Third World . |
| 22 | For diehard election party-poopers , however , there is still time to book into the election-free break being offered on Lundy Island , the National Trust 's island in the Bristol Channel . |
| 23 | If after that the prime manager finds that there is still opposition to a management plan , losses must be cut and the required action put in hand , come what may . |
| 24 | There is certainly treasure to be found here : rings , bracelets , necklaces , neckchains , ear-rings and other items worth a total of 500 GCs . |
| 25 | Pat 's view that there is enough work to er have another complaint examiner really means instead of exec investigators . |
| 26 | It is not snowing , but there is enough wind to be chilling and the day is grey and misty , so I get little sense of where the camp is , with visibility only a few tens of metres . |
| 27 | They prefer to be unlocked but it is not prison to them . ’ |
| 28 | It should be stressed that it is not nearness to industry per se which drew agricultural wages upwards , but proximity to the expanding newer industrial regions . |
| 29 | He was , see that they are saying , it is not theft to be theft |
| 30 | It is not material to any issue before the court , but I should record that on 26 March 1991 the board of Lautro considered whether intervention remained justified in the light of information that had come to their knowledge since 30 October 1990 . |