Example sentences of "[be] a [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was seen to be a reference to Iran 's standing position calling for the death of Salman Rushdie for the anti-Islamic " blasphemies " contained in his novel , The Satanic Verses . |
| 2 | This may well be a reference to Psalm 22:18 . |
| 3 | This would now be a reference to s 55 of the 1990 Act . |
| 4 | But this development of local state institutions can be a hostage to fortune . |
| 5 | A court might refuse to treat as a disability any condition unlisted , while a failure to exemplify indicative impairments could be a hostage to fortune as courts will tend to construe the protected class narrowly . |
| 6 | Can I suggest that the again the employment needs of Greater York could be a hostage to fortune . |
| 7 | If there should be a call to briefing and Rob was n't there … |
| 8 | Its secession , however , would be a blow to Serbia because it controls the narrow strip of Adriatic coast that includes the rump federation 's only commercial port and naval base . |
| 9 | He said the closures would be a blow to youngsters in deprived areas . |
| 10 | Experts have forecast that even a partial ban will be a blow to Taiwan 's fishing companies , which are already facing recession and rely on driftnetting as the most profitable method . |
| 11 | These systems require frequent attention and expense , and even the most up-to-date can be a nuisance to neighbours . |
| 12 | " Well , you might turn out to be a nuisance to Edward . " |
| 13 | It would be a trespass to goods and it would be usurping the owner 's rights , for only he would have any right to do such an act and no one could contend that there was any implied consent or authority to a customer to do any such thing . |
| 14 | Survival figures indicate that age alone should not be a bar to specialist referral or treatment . |
| 15 | So that poverty should not be a bar to membership , the original subscriptions of 2s 6d p.a. " for gentlemen and honorary members and 1s for ladies " was reduced to a minimum of 1s in 1913 . |
| 16 | His inexperience over hurdles should not be a bar to victory here . |
| 17 | At the same time , it can be a temple to art : in the tower of the Fridericianum ( the tower as metaphor of holiness and imprisonment ) we shall be presenting six artists who , in our view , have revolutionised art and won a place in the collective memory : David , Gauguin , Newmann , Giacometti , Beuys , and a living artist whose identity you will discover in due course . |
| 18 | ‘ The first half will be a tribute to women like Mae West , Doris Day and Madonna . |
| 19 | Possibly , I mean aggression could be a response to lack of self-confidence you 're quite right . |
| 20 | Some of the depression may be a response to bereavement . |
| 21 | Governments have to govern people , and not only do their policies have a direct impact on the population at large , and are likely to be shaped to some degree by an awareness of what that impact might be , but policies can also be a response to pressures or problems that emerge out of society . |
| 22 | Liam thought long afterwards of the strangeness of those few days , and how he was brought back from what was to be a trip to America , just in time to arrange his own father 's funeral . |
| 23 | Mum Julie , 31 , who will go with him , said : ‘ I always said he 'd win something with his trainers , but I did n't think it would be a trip to America . ’ |
| 24 | Clearing the house after a relative died , I came across what purports to be a passport to Hay-on-Wye . |
| 25 | During the hundred years or so after Constantine Christianity could be a passport to office , power , and wealth . |
| 26 | And , as I stooped to get back under cover , I recalled that there would , even from the sanest , be a concession to superstition that would be gone by the morning , a belief that the beginning of the year foreshadowed the character of the rest . |
| 27 | But there is a way through and in spite of how the sufferer may feel at the time , there will be a return to normality . |
| 28 | It implies that there will be a return to normality , to the philosophy of the pig-trough . |
| 29 | There was a period when cyclists disappeared from the Meet altogether but they have started to return in the last few years and among the highlights of this year 's event — May 22–25 — will be a return to races on the old grass cycle track around the perimeter of Richmond Cricket Club 's ground and a road race for penny-farthings . |
| 30 | Finally , as will be seen below , a restrictive view towards the use of companies may be a disincentive to expansion in so far as the corporate form permits greater flexibility in the raising of outside finance . |