Example sentences of "be [adv] [noun] to [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elsewhere there are just clues to former occupancy : foundations , a silted mill-race , or the remnants of a weir , as described by Edward Thomas : |
| 2 | But if the objective of the advertising for such a brand is , in fact , to talk to newcomers to the market ( and there are always newcomers to any market ) , or to the unconverted , or to disloyal users of other brands , there is , obviously , a very clear , specific case for ads which carry quite a lot of information , presented in a suitably attractive way . |
| 3 | Over 150 states are now parties to these conventions — by far the highest number of states parties to any laws-of-war agreements . |
| 4 | It is extremely positive it sta , it clears these points up and and answers most of these questions so I would urge Mr Chairman that to on sheer education , on terms of provision of services , I 'm not party to all of the politics , I agree with what you said , absolutely crazy . |
| 5 | Gower also doubted the usefulness of cost benefit analysis , and although it should be recognised that there are indeed limitations to such a technique , as Veljanovski ( 1988 ) points out , this is not a valid excuse for the total disregard of the appraisal of the cost of alternative systems . |
| 6 | But all this brings me to the ‘ Ongoing Debate ’ of the letters page and those comments of Naomi Wolf about variety and the impossibility of being all things to all women . |
| 7 | Indeed , were there more than a handful of black presenters on TV , he would n't be burdened with the impossible task of being all things to all black people . |
| 8 | Neither was there any reference to Iraq , and it seems from the wording of one report on the proceedings , to the effect that ‘ the UN implicitly criticizes Iran ’ , that here was a resolution with human characteristics , one capable of being all things to all men . |
| 9 | An order requiring the third , fourth and fifth defendants , who were not parties to any Euramco transaction and who did not receive anything under any Euramco transaction , to repay the investors the money paid for the Euramco shares , is , he submits , a compensatory order , not a restitutionary one . |
| 10 | Merkur Island were not parties to any contract for the supply of towage services , so it was not possible to say that the purpose of the action was to prevent the supply of services between an employer who was party to the dispute ( Merkur Island ) and the employer under the contract of employment to which the secondary action related ( the tug owners ) . |
| 11 | It is difficult to believe that the historians were not party to such constructions , although Goody might justifiably envisage that such honourable men as Thucydides would have been shocked if his material had been manipulated in this way by the politicians . |
| 12 | The House of Lords held that since the ship owners were not party to any contract with the tug owners ( the arrangements had been made by the charterers of the ship ) the secondary action was , again , illegal . |
| 13 | It was on that occasion — in the strangely bare study of Darlington Hall — that Mr Farraday shook my hand for the first time , but by then we were hardly strangers to each other ; quite aside from the matter of the staff , my new employer in several other instances had had occasion to call upon such qualities as it may be my good fortune to possess and found them to be , I would venture , dependable . |
| 14 | Section 10 of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 and s.213 of the Insolvency Act 1986 together provide that if in the course of winding up it appears that any business of the company has been carried on with intent to defraud creditors of the company or other persons , or for any fraudulent purpose , the liquidator may apply to the court for a declaration that any persons who were knowingly parties to such fraudulent trading are liable to make such contributions to the company 's assets as the court thinks proper . |
| 15 | Section 2(3) ( a ) of the 1957 Act provides that where a person enters in the exercise of his calling , the occupier may expect that that person will appreciate and guard against risks which are ordinarily incident to that calling ( Roles v Nathan and General Cleaning Contractors v Christmas ) . |
| 16 | It is only thanks to this close control that maximum use can be made of the water available to generate electricity . |
| 17 | The Company is not party to any arrangement to enable any Director or his family to acquire benefit through the acquisition of any shares , debentures or loan stock of any other company . |
| 18 | It is not material to any issue before the court , but I should record that on 26 March 1991 the board of Lautro considered whether intervention remained justified in the light of information that had come to their knowledge since 30 October 1990 . |
| 19 | It is largely thanks to this one moment of history that there currently exists an unbroken line of Spanish-speaking nations through 90° of latitude from Tijuana in northern Mexico to Punta Arenas in southern Chile . |
| 20 | Among some indigenous groups there is also resistance to any kind of integration with ladino society which means denying their own culture and becoming ‘ Spanish ’ . |
| 21 | The Moor is n't kind to those lightly clad . " |
| 22 | The rainforest is a tightly knit ecosystem but one that is only vaguely understood ; which is why damage to any part of it can never be exactly limited . |
| 23 | He is infinitely kind to all the things that go into his pictures . |
| 24 | There are actually exceptions to this , and bar codes on warehouse containers are usually ‘ Jumbo ’ sized . |
| 25 | Nothing was omitted , no aspect of her being was not party to this miraculous moment of ultimate sharing , and in the final vibration of the after-shock set up by the last incredible convulsion of ecstasy , she heard Luke gasping her name and understood that she did n't hate him and never had . |
| 26 | A Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman said on July 6 , however , that Pakistan was not party to any attempt to evade export controls . |
| 27 | ‘ But he was always kind to those who were around . ’ |
| 28 | The policy they embraced was however anathema to many Conservatives , who rightly saw in it the beginning of the end of British rule in India . |