Example sentences of "[be] [adv] to their [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most long-firm fraudsters manage quite successfully in prison , although its entertainments and amenities are hardly to their taste … |
| 2 | The gentle stress on the word ‘ did ’ made it clear Blanche expected there to be more to their relationship than a glancing acquaintance at work . |
| 3 | The colour may not be quite to their liking but they may be very hungry for example . |
| 4 | ‘ Luckily we were on to their plan and switched off the power before we moved in . ’ |
| 5 | Added upset came in the same year from a speech by Dr W. Starkie , the commissioner of National Education in Ireland , who attacked school managers for not being up to their job . |
| 6 | People were back to their drinking , drugging and whoring . |
| 7 | That , however , is to ignore the efforts of several bishops over many years to secure some lasting settlement between a wilful king and his resentful subjects ; the lateness of their conversion to deposition — under duress or in despair — is rather to their credit than otherwise ; as for the fiercest episcopal opponents of the king , their experience gave them good grounds for believing that the church 's liberties would be better protected under another king . |
| 8 | It is obviously to their benefit that the specification reflects the strengths and capabilities of their products rather than competition . |
| 9 | When a baby cuckoo , for example , screams its equivalent of ‘ feed me ! feed me ! ’ at its foster parents , it is not to their benefit . |
| 10 | Both Alix and Liz are of the opinion that Esther 's relationship with her niece , with whom she shares her flat , is very odd indeed , but it is not to their advantage to discuss this with one another , or with Esther herself , and they never mention it . |
| 11 | For some specialised yarns , say those with knops , or the hairy yarns , you will probably need to work at a looser tension for the cables to show but this is not to their disadvantage since the cables , loosely worked , frequently add to the richness of the finished look . |
| 12 | It is a truism , but worth stating for all that : as teachers , academics ’ first responsibility is to their teaching ( i.e. to their students ) ; it is not to their research . |
| 13 | However , I am assured by those who know that public persons — premiers in particular — do not become reconciled to criticism , and despite affecting not to be , they remain immensely conscious of what is being said and are troubled if what is said is not to their liking . |
| 14 | However , landlords usually calculate the rent on what they consider to be reasonable use of shared facilities , which is already to their advantage . |
| 15 | It is hardly to their credit , after all . |
| 16 | But there is more to their work than meets the eye . |
| 17 | If other bands have chosen to see Nicky Ryan as bossy and refused his advice , it is clearly to their cost . |
| 18 | War is financed by industry , and the power in any land , behind any throne , behind Hitler or behind our own democracy , is a body of immensely wealthy men whose allegiance is ultimately to their wealth , and perhaps to each other . |
| 19 | However , we believe that for children not to be taught anything about language is seriously to their disadvantage . |
| 20 | I hoped they were not to be disappointed by the rest of their tour and wondered whether that residue of egalitarianism which their culture had instilled in them , for all its dreadfulness , might not in time lead them to question whether unification was wholly to their advantage . |
| 21 | Yet it is difficult to see why employers in all countries would behave in this way if it was not to their advantage . |
| 22 | Their fear of Communism and the domino effect , had touched the entire country , and the US citizens felt it was up to their country to sort out the ‘ Reds ’ once and for all . |
| 23 | Then you got to er the picture house er that happened just before the First World War that was put up as far as I can remember , I know I used to go there and see erm the Broken Coin which was a serial picture and it was you know er where somebody was up to their neck in water one week and it would say that the continuation of this picture would be shown in this theatre one week from today and you . |
| 24 | He brought control and organization to a large labour force , which was ultimately to their benefit as well as his own . |