Example sentences of "[am/are] a [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | they 're a danger to life are n't they ? |
| 2 | It is also influenced by the fact that the company is incorporated in the US and has dual US and UK residence for tax purposes , a refinement that may actually preclude investment by some UK funds ; more generally , complications of this nature are a deterrent to investors . |
| 3 | ‘ You are a menace to society — a pest . |
| 4 | By the next Christmas , the message was blunter still : ‘ If you drink and drive you are a menace to society . ’ |
| 5 | They are a menace to farm animals and a threat to children . |
| 6 | Legislators recently told the government to make the request because crocodiles have proliferated and are a menace to people near rivers . |
| 7 | It may , however , be a useful tool where certain establishments ( e.g. a local club or bar ) hold overcrowded late-night ‘ parties ’ which occur on a regular basis and are a nuisance to occupiers in the residential area where the establishment is situated . |
| 8 | We live in an increasingly competitive world where good qualifications are a passport to success . |
| 9 | They are a threat to world peace … a social embarrassment . ’ |
| 10 | Advertorials are a godsend to PROs who have the unenviable task of promoting everyday products such as soup , shampoo , paint , weedkiller or garden tools . |
| 11 | With cash for extra books and other materials so short nowadays these packs are a godsend to schools . |
| 12 | Government grants to Docklands are a subsidy to property development , most particularly in the Isle of Dogs Enterprise Zone , but also elsewhere . |
| 13 | Such high rates , it is held , are a disincentive to investment which is needed to sustain world economic growth . |
| 14 | Does my hon. Friend accept that high interest rates are a disincentive to investment ? |
| 15 | But we have to understand that sects are a response to modernity that works . |
| 16 | The Law Society [ the solicitors ' governing body ] has set up a specialist panel of solicitors to represent children where they are a party to court proceedings . |
| 17 | Such poems are a summons to conversation and Bohea . |
| 18 | If other cities are a guide to Milan then it also served as a useful quarry for the inhabitants . |
| 19 | With growing awareness of the hazard caused by the accumulation of elevated levels of radon in buildings , these maps are a guide to radon emission at surface related to different lithologies . |
| 20 | There is nothing new in the notion that physical attributes are a key to character . |
| 21 | The ideas of the phrenologists contained much sound common sense even though they were built on the false premise that bumps on the skull are a key to personality . |
| 22 | Clearly , that point is reached if the conditions in the old person 's household are a danger to others or cause grave offence . |
| 23 | Their habit of feeding on rubbish tips can be hazardous to us — they could spread pathogens from tips and sewage farms to the reservoirs where they roost , and large flocks near airports are a danger to aircraft . |
| 24 | ‘ These drinks are a danger to children 's teeth and could cause enormous damage , ’ said a spokeswoman for the regional health authority . |
| 25 | So monopoly profits are a reward to innovation and entrepreneurship and a signal to competitors rather than a ‘ welfare loss ’ . |
| 26 | We all know that the privatised monopolies have become virtually unaccountable and are an embarrassment to Ministers , who try to put a bold front on enormous salary increases . |
| 27 | I 'm a bitch to C. No mercy . |
| 28 | It sounds as if your engine may have glazed bores and too much crank case pressure if the cap is blowing off I suggest you have a compression check I do not know of an auxiliary tank for a Ninety Indeed , I have the same problem as yourself I 'm a newcomer to Land Rover and recently bought a 1975 Series III88 inch . |
| 29 | ’ But if I 'm delivering what I think I 'm delivering , your lordship , I 'm an accessory to theft and corruption . |