Example sentences of "[be] [adv] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may seem that the movement just discernible towards " spirituality " would be wholly to the benefit of religion , yet it is not necessarily so . |
| 2 | But if we have everything ready to leave as soon as I get back from chess and I 'll make sure I leave promptly if we can come straight away then , with a bit of luck we 'll be on to the M twenty five b by half past four so we might |
| 3 | One can reckon that to be all to the good , from a stranger . |
| 4 | His presence , of course , will make things rather difficult for Canaris which will be all to the good . ’ |
| 5 | The overriding criterion — that the service of a summons is impracticable or inappropriate — does not even have to be based on objective grounds ; it is enough that it should appear to be so to the constable making the arrest . |
| 6 | The international consensus seems to be that any return will be only to the West Bank and Gaza Strip . |
| 7 | It was to this latter end that Wilson 's journeyings were largely devoted , while the emphasis of his argument was that acceptance of the union 's position , far from creating a tyranny of trade unionism , would lead to greater discrimination in recruitment and to higher standards of seamanship and greater efficiency which would be greatly to the advantage of the shipowners themselves . |
| 8 | Does he agree that if — in his admirable phrase — we are to prevent the Commission interfering in the nooks and crannies of everyday life , it would be greatly to the advantage of all European countries if there were a thorough overhaul of the mechanics for the administration of the Commission ? |
| 9 | Any rethink by the NRA would be down to the persistence of the members , he said . |
| 10 | It must be down to the record companies . |
| 11 | Of course , some of the LSE II 's bass response must be down to the rosewood back and sides ; the chances are the mahogany version would be toppier-sounding , but both would make equally top-notch recording guitars . |
| 12 | I drove it both times in similar test conditions , so any change would be down to the car . |
| 13 | On 8 March 1779 he wrote to his ambassador , ‘ We can provide plans which will be sufficiently to the taste of M. de Florida Blanca ’ , and a small planning group , which included the French Minister of War , the Prince de Montbarey , and of Marine , Gabriel de Sartine , was set up . |
| 14 | They almost , almost be over to the window , saying , look at those minus three cars |
| 15 | However , there seems to be more to the formation of a child 's personality at birth than these two viewpoints — that we are either born as a blank sheet or that the formation we have is via our mother , and begins prior to our birth . |
| 16 | The virtue of artists ' writings for the reader of criticism is that it can often serve as a touchstone for judging the worth of mediators , particularly those presenting views of what the artist intended ; what the artist said may be more to the point . |
| 17 | Indeed it would be more to the point had her will of 1784 been retitled ‘ Funeral Instructions ’ as most of its wording relates specifically to the funeral . |
| 18 | Or even an indecent one , which would probably — certainly — be more to the point . ’ |
| 19 | The more energetic will be off to the King Alfred Leisure Centre to risk their dignity on the Wild Waters and on the three 100-metre slides . |
| 20 | It will be up to the engineers to spread what resources there are as far as possible . |
| 21 | It would be up to the scientists to decide which is the viable option and which belongs to the realm of science fiction . |
| 22 | It will now be up to the Archbishop of Canterbury to decide if the church should take disciplinary action . |
| 23 | Whether or not this second series will be something the crew can be proud of , will be up to the viewers to decide . |
| 24 | Judging from the photograph , Joseph Noel Paton 's Crimean War weepie ‘ Home ’ is one of the very few narrative pictures which might be up to the standard of this ideal exhibition . |
| 25 | Because then you you would n't certainly up , be up to the standard would you ? |
| 26 | Mr Small said : ‘ Our normal opening hours will be 9am-5.30pm but it will be up to the tenants ’ association if they want late night shopping . |
| 27 | However , the Government has proposed changing this so that the final decision would be up to the DoE . |
| 28 | He said what he thought teams could end up playing on the pitches without paying for them , and it would be up to the council whether it called police to remove the players . |
| 29 | It would be up to the courts to decide on the matter , ’ says her local trading standards officer , Mr Slater . |
| 30 | The Institute has been given legal advice to the effect that there is a possibility that the defence of qualified or absolute privilege might be available , but it would be up to the courts to decide and the only way of finding out would be a test case . |