Example sentences of "be [adv] the [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I certainly do not doubt the sincerity of the right hon. Gentleman 's remarks , but throughout modern economic history , when any Government have sought to misdirect national resources in a manner that goes completely against the grain of the marketplace , has not the result of such a regional policy been exactly the opposite to what the right hon. Gentleman has sought to achieve ? |
| 2 | ‘ Paul , I do n't know if you have realised this yet , but I am not the understudy to the part of the father . |
| 3 | Therefore , I respectfully suggest to the Solicitor-General that a clear and simple change can be made to the law which would protect those who are not the parties to a trial — third parties outside a trial . |
| 4 | More exercises and more repetitions are not the answer to correcting poor arm development — it is better to do fewer exercises and repetitions and to take more rest . |
| 5 | It is not , any more than the swing- and quiver-tip are not the answer to everything . |
| 6 | And three physicists writing in Nature show that monopoles are not the answer to a long-standing problem of solar physics — that of the ‘ missing ’ solar neutrinos . |
| 7 | The speed humps are not the solution to the problem of speeding . |
| 8 | Indeed some recent papers in experimental psychology have appeared to conclude that the effects of emotional stress are exactly the opposite to those suggested by Deffenbacher . |
| 9 | So if you just look at this the arguments for er manufactured , or the increase in manufacturing er trade alright are exactly the opposite to erm , that explain the decrease in erm , the relative decrease in agricultural trade okay . |
| 10 | There are also the contrasts to be made between those elements of contemporary consciousness which might be shared by the same people . |
| 11 | Missile troops are often the key to a sound strategy . |
| 12 | That 's a shame because children are really the key to this |
| 13 | Increased fuel duties are , however , believed to be merely the overture to the new motoring tax regime under consideration at the Treasury , where officials have already been charged with finding a solution to a particularly difficult problem . |
| 14 | That " say I 'm all the world to you , you 're out of your mind " " I know there 's someone else and I could kiss your behind " , Those " you say I 'm terrific but your taste was always rotten " feelings , " Go away , I need you " , " Come to me , I 'll kill you " , " Darling , I 'll do anything to keep you with me till you Tell me that you love , me , oh you did , now beat it will you " blues . |
| 15 | ‘ Of course I was terrified when it happened , ’ she recalls , ‘ but I 'm not the sort to be beaten . |
| 16 | erm but I 'm not the sort to sort of push meself forward in front of other people |
| 17 | With home recording equipment so comparatively cheap these days ( you can buy quite a workmanlike setup for the cost of a decent guitar ) these video manuals could be just the answer to a layman 's prayer . |
| 18 | BA takes all the real decisions ; I 'm just the assistant to the Chairman , ’ in reality , they discussed everything together afterwards and she often managed to achieve what she wanted in the privacy of the bedroom . |
| 19 | All this could not have been achieved without Macintosh computers , but again , they were only the means to an end . |
| 20 | He went to the US because ‘ Goldsmith decided that if you wanted to be a capitalist the UK and France were not the places to be ’ . |
| 21 | He reminded himself again that he was dealing with premeditated murder and the Glynns were not the sort to resort deliberately to force except in dire circumstances . |
| 22 | South of the modern steel town off the A692 a deep ravine called Hownes Gill has some ‘ caves ’ , which were actually the entrances to stone mines . |
| 23 | The medium , for Chester , is merely the means to an end : ‘ When we take over the theatre , we create an atmosphere so charged with positivity that people leave feeling uplifted . |
| 24 | It is only the answers to these questions that can really enable you to judge an ad , although it will certainly be good supporting evidence if the answers to the earlier questions are favourable . |
| 25 | Lovely as the peak experience is , it is only the path to the transcendent . |
| 26 | Hungary is less the exception to this rule than is often made out . |
| 27 | Discretionary policy-making at a number of levels in the organization is thus the key to this system , perhaps corresponding in its internal fluidity to some of the features of Burns and Stalker 's organic model of organization . |
| 28 | ‘ 'T IS not the day to be thinking of the past , ’ he said . |
| 29 | This is not the way to the ladies room in the Kingshouse Hotel . |
| 30 | This is not the way to the ladies room in the Kingshouse Hotel either . |