Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [noun] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should not be forgotten that in general , statistical tests of this kind are aids to interpretation . |
| 2 | Housing association is time to rent arrears . |
| 3 | Speed was man to man marked by John Wark , who won the MOM award on Sky . |
| 4 | Reforming the British Army to operate as a potential expeditionary force on the Continent was anathema to pacifist opinion . |
| 5 | ( Smoking and drinking were sins to Auntie . ) |
| 6 | Full length waders are essential as it is generally accepted that the best depth to work is knee to waist deep . |
| 7 | A well-lit position and dryish compost are keys to success with poinsettia |
| 8 | Such a tactic would make sense , because the difficulty Anis faces in raising capital is that its business is back to front . |
| 9 | A closed van was coming fast from the other direction , and the Montego was nose to tail with the car in front of it . |
| 10 | Among proposals to combat noise pollution are alterations to road surfaces , reductions in aircraft and vehicle noise , controls over burgular and car alarms , better sound insulation in buildings and a " quiet neighbourhood " scheme are proposals to be examined to combat noise pollution . |
| 11 | Caribbean cruise is trip to paradise |
| 12 | Damage to business property Producers who supply products solely for business use where the only likely consequence of a defect is damage to business property or financial loss , are unaffected by Pt I of the CPA 1987 . |
| 13 | One measure which has been proposed as a quality of care indicator is readmission to hospital . |
| 14 | Self-sufficiency is anathema to capitalism and , despite the already mentioned exhortations , is not what is required . |
| 15 | Eighty three percent of communication in a in a sample organisation was face to face rather than with memoranda . |
| 16 | Instructions are required to jump to a specified store location conditional on the value in the top element of the stack ( which may be removed by the jump instruction ) ; an example is Jump to location A if top of stack is positive On the KDF9 computer various stack manipulation instructions were provided , such as to duplicate or erase the top element or to rearrange the top few elements . |
| 17 | But , according to Habermas , implicit within the form of communication are claims to validity at a number of levels : ‘ truth ’ ( representing facts ; referring to the extended world of nature ) , ‘ rightness ’ ( establishing legitimate interpersonal relations ; referring to our world of society ) , ‘ truthfulness ’ ( expression of the speaker 's subjectivity ) and ‘ comprehensibility ’ ( the domain of language ) . |
| 18 | The radicalism of the young people in his office consists in this : that they want to create an ideal world flowing with milk and honey , where man is brother to man , and lives in harmony with nature ; where ice is warm to the touch , and no ocean is too wide for a child to wade across , bucket and spade in hand . |
| 19 | Earl is host to TV team |
| 20 | Style is truth to thought . |
| 21 | Although this metaphor of style as some kind of " adornment " or " covering " of thought or meaning is no longer widely current , it frequently appears in Renaissance and rationalist pronouncements on style , and is implicit , for example , in Pope 's well-known definition of wit : True wit is nature to advantage dressed , What oft was thought but ne'er so well expressed . |
| 22 | On the question of whether as adviser he had been privy to confidential information , he said : ‘ Any ( management ) buyout is party to information other buyers wo n't have . ’ |
| 23 | Looking at the question from an economic standpoint , the key justification for a continued British presence in the Middle East was access to oil . |
| 24 | The best route is east to west , as following the sun results in the treat of trying to glimpse the sea and watching the sun set . |
| 25 | Many were adventurers , seeking any opportunity to advance themselves , and little constrained by either principle or higher political commitment : slogans and culture were means to advancement . |
| 26 | For an ascent of the Whymper Couloir of the Aiguille Verte for instance , a midnight start and a six hour target time are prerequisites to success . |
| 27 | ‘ Things of value are death to peace of mind . ’ |