Example sentences of "[am/are] a [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | So this boy is looking at the irises and I 'm doing the VAT on a multiple despatch but I 'm also looking out of the corner of my eye and thinking , ‘ You 're a Monday to Friday . ’ |
2 | they 're a danger to life are n't they ? |
3 | 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 . |
4 | ‘ You are a menace to society — a pest . |
5 | By the next Christmas , the message was blunter still : ‘ If you drink and drive you are a menace to society . ’ |
6 | They are a menace to farm animals and a threat to children . |
7 | Legislators recently told the government to make the request because crocodiles have proliferated and are a menace to people near rivers . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | We live in an increasingly competitive world where good qualifications are a passport to success . |
10 | They are a threat to world peace … a social embarrassment . ’ |
11 | Advertorials are a godsend to PROs who have the unenviable task of promoting everyday products such as soup , shampoo , paint , weedkiller or garden tools . |
12 | With cash for extra books and other materials so short nowadays these packs are a godsend to schools . |
13 | Government grants to Docklands are a subsidy to property development , most particularly in the Isle of Dogs Enterprise Zone , but also elsewhere . |
14 | Such high rates , it is held , are a disincentive to investment which is needed to sustain world economic growth . |
15 | Does my hon. Friend accept that high interest rates are a disincentive to investment ? |
16 | But we have to understand that sects are a response to modernity that works . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | Such poems are a summons to conversation and Bohea . |
19 | If other cities are a guide to Milan then it also served as a useful quarry for the inhabitants . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | There is nothing new in the notion that physical attributes are a key to character . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | Clearly , that point is reached if the conditions in the old person 's household are a danger to others or cause grave offence . |
24 | 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 . |
25 | ‘ These drinks are a danger to children 's teeth and could cause enormous damage , ’ said a spokeswoman for the regional health authority . |
26 | So monopoly profits are a reward to innovation and entrepreneurship and a signal to competitors rather than a ‘ welfare loss ’ . |
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 . |