Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Natural fibres are much to the fore and you can find the most splendid colours in wool and mohair , though there is also a strong feeling for the velvety look of chenille — it 's easy to knit too ! |
| 2 | Left : Another good predator is the Arrow Crab Stenorhyncus seticornis , which is safe in reef aquaria so long as they do n't contain small shrimps , which along with juvenile crabs are greatly to the Arrow Crab 's taste . |
| 3 | All the increases that he has just quoted — in the number of pupils staying on to the fifth and sixth years and in the number of social workers — are down to the fact that all the regional authorities in Scotland are controlled by the Labour party and they see as their spending priorities the need to create educational opportunities for young people and to provide home helps for old people . |
| 4 | It 's Twickenham once more for Bicester RFC who are through to the final again after seeing off Altrincham Kersal in the semis . |
| 5 | Cricket — Northamptonshire are through to the final of the Natwest Trophy . |
| 6 | And the ice men from Milton keynes are through to the final of the Autumn trophy they beat Swindon in the semi-final |
| 7 | Alternating periods of flood and drought are not to the liking of any plant , certainly not to roses . |
| 8 | But now we 're down to the bottom of the barrel . |
| 9 | Yeah , cos we 're not to the end of Feb yet are we ? |
| 10 | another rugby side on the road to Twickenham are Bicester … congratulations to them … they 're through to the semi-final of the Provincial cup where they 'll be playing Altrincham Kersal … let's kick the round ball next … and what about Oxford United on saturday … they beat promotion chasing Cambridge … one-nil … did n't they do well |
| 11 | ‘ We 're off to the hotel , ’ he said . |
| 12 | first action on Goals Extra tomorrow tea-time … the live game on sunday comes from Filbert Street … it 's Leicester against Peterborough … we 're off to the rugby next … the big local game tomorrow is at Kingsholm … its Gloucester against Bristol … |
| 13 | But first , at the start of one of racing 's biggest events , we 're off to the opening day at Cheltenham to join Tim Russon . |
| 14 | We 're off to the world of eventing now … |
| 15 | We 're off to the Newsroom now . |
| 16 | from the wilds of whitewater we 're off to the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire for the start of our action round up … there we 're meeting up with greyhound trainer Tony Meek … and his two dogs … |
| 17 | if you think that was muddy … you ai n't seen nothing yet … because on Friday we 're off to the Forest of Dean with the Mad Dogs of Gloucestershire |
| 18 | … welcome back … later on we 'll meet the ex con who 's doing time treading the boards … but first … sport and we 're off to the sunshine of Australia … to the heart of the outback to join Tim Russon |
| 19 | They 're up to the roof are n't they ? |
| 20 | It would have made it more difficult , but the way that Maxwell used to involve himself in bulk transfers , you know and move , move two hundred pensioners from there to there and er no money followed and this sort of thing , I think that er that he could of quite frankly done exactly the same thing and we really feel that the , that the role of the pension regulator and the and the opposing role with I M R O that , that you really if we 're not careful , we 're going to put in another layer of bureaucracy and have a pension regulator who 's got the task of of checking a , a hundred and twenty eight thousand pension funds , when really there 's probably out of those a hundred and twenty eight thousand , ninety-nine point five per cent of probably being very well well run and , and quite safe and what , what we ca n't really see in the report is a is a method of identifying the determined fraudster at a at a very early stage , you know and we 're just terribly disappointed that er that Good has just thrown the whole of , of the matter back at I M R O who we feel have proved to tha that I do n't think they 're up to the task , I think that the that the whole question of er of the power of a self regulatory body which to us works on blowing the whistle , you know the whole the whole effect of a self regulatory body is that it 's members that it , it 's really like a club is n't it , you know and we 're all members of this club and if one of us er is gon na do something wrong , then the rest of us are gon na have to pay for it . |
| 21 | It 's actually and that 's the most absorbent time , your mind 's most absorbent where you 're up to the age of five which is when you should when you 're at nursery school . |
| 22 | Right we 're nearly to the vegetable stall are n't we ? |
| 23 | I know Wavebreaker 's got more electronic toys than a battleship , but if the electricity fails then you 're back to the sextant and the sharp pencil . ’ |
| 24 | So we 're back to the anointing there are n't we ? |
| 25 | But then you 're back to the centimetre argument . |
| 26 | WELL , we 're back to the time of year when , hopefully , it will be warm and dry enough to get a barbecue organised . |
| 27 | Well I do n't think it is because you 're again you 're back to the line that everyone is bullying and I do n't believe that everyone is bullying . |
| 28 | ‘ Anyway , ’ she said , ‘ I am off to the pub . |
| 29 | After the meeting of the Cabinet held that same Sunday evening , when it became apparent that agreement could not be reached on the economy package , MacDonald , on his way to the palace , told Sir Ernest Harvey , the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England : ‘ I am off to the Palace to throw in my hand . ' |
| 30 | Had he not left them the night before , exclaiming : ‘ I am off to the Palace to throw in my hand ’ ? |