Example sentences of "[is] a [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It 'll mean cleaner air and fewer road accidents , and although farmers do n't like the new law , the green lobby says it 's a chance to practice organic farming on a wide scale . |
2 | This stratagem 's a godsend to recluses |
3 | It 's a blow to University students who 've had to cancel performances they 've worked hard to produce . |
4 | Still no goals , it 's play to Gascoigne , Gascoigne now still going forward , Gascoigne on the edge of the penalty , looking for the one two , he gets the one two , great tackle there by Les Robinson , there 's still a chance to Spurs Steve Foster , chance now — and it 's a goal to Spurs . |
5 | He put it away , a bit of hesitation there in the Oxford United defence , and it 's a goal to Spurs scored by Gary Mafford , in fact he 's put the ball in the net ; mistake from Andy Melville gave Spurs a corner , the ball was n't cleared , Gascoigne played a one two , was blocked by United , it came out to Mafford in the end and the goal 's in so Spurs take the lead after eight minutes . |
6 | No it is n't because it 's a day to day activity . |
7 | ‘ That 's a reference to Ash 's Incarcerated Sorceress ? ’ |
8 | Er the reference to surface water presumably that 's a reference to flooding and the the need to avoid areas at risk from flooding . |
9 | Meanwhile back on the ward , Doctor Beri 's bleep goes again … this time it 's a call to casualty … and the weary house physician has to run half a mile from one end of the building to the other … along the new corridor linking the old part of the hospital with the new.By the end of the morning , he 's covered six miles … one day recently he covered eighteen miles : |
10 | It 's a back to front way of running an acting career . |
11 | It 's a throw-in to David of Blackburn , down the right hand side , that one 's headed on by Stewart , the clearance from , is picked up by David who nipped in there ahead of and now here 's once more down the inside left channel , pushing it up towards the edge of the penalty area where holds it up well , they 're working well at the moment down that left hand side as gets it across , a snatched header comes in and it 's pushed behind by Chris for a corner kick , and we 're at the midway point of the second half , with Shrewsbury leading three two , Alan will describe it for you . |
12 | Oh that one look 's a bit to bit to tight does n't it ? |
13 | The other thing is it 's a question to Councillor Poole I mean why should the people of Nottingham give any credibility to anything said by someone who is quoted in the Daily Sport of all newspapers as saying and I quote , Surely the County Council could erect something more in keeping with the City 's heritage like a little old lady in a shawl . |
14 | It 's a gift to people in this business , I 'll tell you . |
15 | ‘ Outside Dundalk here , there 's a shrine to St Bridget where they hold Novenas . |
16 | Typically , there 's a flight to New York , LA or some exclusive Bahamian retreat . |
17 | She says that it is vital that the work is carried out as soon as possible — there 's a danger to groundwater and the environment . |
18 | She says that it is vital that the work is carried out as soon as possible — there 's a danger to groundwater and the environment . |
19 | She says that it is vital that the work is carried out as soon as possible — there 's a danger to groundwater and the environment . |
20 | She says that it is vital that the work is carried out as soon as possible — there 's a danger to groundwater and the environment . |
21 | It 's a sin to back nags says Pope |
22 | It 's played upfield and headed away by but into Shrewsbury 's possession nearside , good ball , forward down the right flank and it 's knocked back by , is the second chance , now level with the edge of the penalty area , 's available once more , is tackled and the ball is out of play despite 's rather erm annoyed look , it is a throw-in to Shrewsbury Town and of course gets booed , but then he gets booed everywhere . |
23 | The inclusion of the toy theatre is a reference to childhood memory , but it is one which lacks the comfort of Boyce 's flowered lap . |
24 | The historic past is a reference to Alexander Wilson , a Paisley weaver , poet and famous ornithologist , whose statue stands in the Abbey grounds . |
25 | Second , where there is a reference to time , for instance the past reference of former in ( 36 ) , it does not apply to the putative referent of the noun phrase , who still lives ; nor does it apply to the intensional entity , which is still available to any speaker of the sentence ; rather it applies in some way to the status of the property inherent in the noun ( king , in this example ) . |
26 | This is a reference to Gargouille , the great French DRAGON who ransacked Rouen in the seventh century . |
27 | William Rubin has suggested that the Gilles-like figure in the watercolour studies is a reference to Douanier Rousseau , clad most characteristically in his beret , and that his presence is still evoked in the left-hand side of the still life through stylistic allusions to his work in terms of insistently if softly modelled forms , smoothly rendered in nuances of Douanier-like greens . |
28 | The reference to ‘ the Principles ’ is a reference to statements of principle issued by S.I.B . |
29 | The name is a reference to Mr Donovan 's evidence that he sometimes applied lemon juice to lighten his hair , although never bleach . |
30 | This is a drive to loiter over , a spot or series of spots to invest a fine day in . |