Example sentences of "[is] a [noun] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There 's a memorial to the dog in the grounds . |
| 2 | Naaah , it 's a tribute to the Pixies , definitely . |
| 3 | ‘ Some people reckon they could n't distinguish between the mascots and the players before kick-off , and that 's a tribute to the youngsters who took care of Liverpool . |
| 4 | That 's a tribute to the British work force and do n't let the honourable gentleman forget that we now have one point four million more in work , in the U K than we had ten years ago . |
| 5 | Jane says it 's a tribute to the player 's determination that he ever played again . |
| 6 | Oh it 's a tribute to the |
| 7 | Then after the elections , the elections are to have a constituent assembly and that constituent assembly will work out our new constitution in the country and from that constituent assembly we hope also to form a national government of unity , of national unity and that 'll continue maybe for five years in order to give stability to the country and this of course also means a concession because it 's a concession to the existing power structures to have some kind of stability . |
| 8 | I do n't know this afte , well it 's it 's a pretence to the |
| 9 | But if the polls are wrong and it 's a fight to the finish , the verdict may not be known until the West Coast results are in . |
| 10 | But what good 's a brick to a drowning man ? |
| 11 | But there 's a plea to the public wanting to come along and cheer on their promotion-winning heroes to stick to the areas for their use . |
| 12 | It 's a return to the old way of the community helping to fight crime . |
| 13 | Then there 's a homage to the Barbie Doll which goes : Blue eyes , blonde hair , long legs/ she 's glamorous , she 's welcomed by boys . |
| 14 | Erm looking interestingly enough , at the Hambleton figures of I understand these are new purchases , which is a bit surprising perhaps , but over a two year period there erm this is table three in Hambleton 's submission , there 's a reference to the number of erm the origin of house purchases from Cleveland in Hambleton , and it would be seen from there that Cleveland erm produced a hundred and fourteen dwellings , that 's purchases of Cleveland residents in the Hambleton area erm in nineteen ninety one to ninety three . |
| 15 | No we do n't , that 's a reference to the old style er , Covermaster , by the way actually . |
| 16 | That 's right and that 's a credit to the education system of Leicestershire . |
| 17 | She becomes one with her instrument , lifting her head occasionally to smile at one or all of the band , or someone in the audience , but there 's a flow to the music that in my experience , is almost without parallel . |
| 18 | But there 's a moral to the story : never threaten anybody . |
| 19 | I mean when is it it 's a disgrace to the social service workers is n't it ? |
| 20 | ‘ Well , it 's a key to a flat in Islington . |
| 21 | Finally he said , ‘ I think the police have the porch key but I seem to remember there 's a key to the vestry door in the north transept . |
| 22 | As it 's a p it 's a pound to a penny |
| 23 | It 's a fiver to a cracked piss-pot that some irresponsible sod — ’ Suddenly Morse stopped , the old tingle of high excitement thrilling strangely across his shoulders . |
| 24 | It 's o onl only a thought anyway , we just , as I say we 're just erm we 're mulling it over and it has n't the jobs have n't even come up yet , but erm it 's , it 's it 's a means to a |
| 25 | peasant economy is only a short , i it 's a means to an end essentially . |
| 26 | The only way you can justify it is by saying it 's a means to an end . |
| 27 | I 've never used a yardage in my life ; all I know is that it 's a 7-iron to the middle of the green . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Yes , it jolly well does , because it 's a compliment to the bride to dress up on her special day . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Just over a kilometre there 's a track to the left with an arched entrance gate . ’ |
| 30 | Some Tories think it 's a sop to the right from a weakened premier , the Government insist that the sell off is the best way to attract investment from the private sector into the railways , but there are signs that the break up of B R is n't proving as attractive to outside investors as the government hoped . |