Example sentences of "[is] to the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In early times the fashion was to cut the two shields in half down the vertical axis ( the ‘ pale ’ line ) and join the dexter half of the husband 's to the sinister half of the wife 's , thus making in many cases a very strange ‘ design ’ indeed — such as the front half of a lion joined to the right-hand portion of a spread eagle . |
| 2 | Here 's to the 800th issue , due out on Monday 17th of July in the year 2000 . |
| 3 | Thanks to Scottish Amicable and here 's to the next competition . |
| 4 | This was known as — ‘ Here 's to the next time ’ and was followed by a man 's voice which says — ‘ Good evening ladies and gentlemen . |
| 5 | He had been unopposed at Bewdley , but his two principal colleagues , the Chamberlain brothers , found their majorities uncomfortably reduced , Neville 's to the very edge of defeat . |
| 6 | He does not mention , however , the choices that have to be made during execution of such trials , the ultimate allegiance of the clinician being to each patient separately while that of the researcher is to the overall trial design . |
| 7 | This official would be to public law rather what the Director of Public Prosecutions is to the criminal law . |
| 8 | On the whole , this is to the great benefit of government , especially conservative governments which thrive on secrecy , paranoia , a paternalistic control of information and protecting us from outside harm . |
| 9 | It is to the great credit of the editors that I would not have known if they had not stated this in the preface . |
| 10 | A hole should be drilled through the outside of the plastic wheel and into the metal casting , then cut a length of wire is to the correct length and glue it into place . |
| 11 | Commentators on the New Testament have long recognised how vital , how indispensable , Judas is to the entire mission of Jesus . |
| 12 | The nearer the temperature is to the freezing point , the more continuous is the network of associated water molecules . |
| 13 | It is to the mutual advantage of both sets of banks , those over liquid and those under liquid , for those over liquid to lend to those under liquid . |
| 14 | Surely that is to the general good . |
| 15 | So you must first ensure that your approach is to the right quarter and you must realise at the outset that mutual trust is essential . |
| 16 | And thirdly , it has a very real er value in that , in going for er certification , we are actually putting checks and procedures in place which will help to ensure that what we do is the right price , is to the right time and is the right product . |
| 17 | The Convention was ratified by the United Kingdom on 8 March 1951 ; article 19 of the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ( 1977 ) ( Cmnd. 6702 ) , which was ratified by the United Kingdom with effect from 20 August 1976 , is to the like effect . |
| 18 | The best outing is to the neighbouring island of Lanzarote with its spectacular sandy beaches , extraordinary lunar volcanic landscapes , plunging cliffs , and white-washed villages . |
| 19 | Thus , it is to the financial structure that we now turn . |
| 20 | As Jonathan Culler points out , the pun is to the synchronic dimension of language what etymology is to the diachronic dimension ( 1988:2 ) , and Julia plays on this parallel by confusing the two . |
| 21 | The Journal 's final lament is to the grilled cheese sandwich or the croque monsieur . |
| 22 | The process of psychology can become like a drug with the victim as addicted to their own helpless indulgence as the therapist is to the emotional charge that they get . |
| 23 | The way is to the destructive element submit yourself , and with the exertions of your hands and feet in the water make the deep , deep sea keep you up … ’ |
| 24 | It is to the latter pole of the conflict that we must now turn . |
| 25 | It is to the latter process that I now turn . |
| 26 | Their reference is to the middle-class norm of the discontented housewife . |
| 27 | It is to the new government 's credit that , in its first budget , it has not sought to loosen the constraints , but to carry on living within them . |
| 28 | It is to the new city rulers that the origins of banking are usually attributed ; not for nothing is the home of the London banking community called Lombard Street . |
| 29 | the circumstances I wonder how well this is to the current debate as opposed to amendments which I suspect will be moved later on . |
| 30 | He referred us to a dictum of Simon Brown J. in Reg. v. Chief Rabbi of the United Congregations of Great Britain and the Commonwealth , Ex parte Wachmann [ 1992 ] 1 W.L.R. 1036 , 1040 , which is to the following effect : |