Example sentences of "be [adv] an [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Earlier in 1973 , the matches against the New Zealanders had been rather an anti-climax to their tour , with the second spoiled by rain , but no one doubted that they were now a permanent addition to the summer . |
| 2 | You 're just an experiment to them . |
| 3 | 789–90 that his oldest son , Charles , should marry one of Offa 's daughters may already have been more an attempt to ‘ patch up bad relations ’ than to give effect to good ones , and , when acceptance of this extremely prestigious offer was made dependent by Offa on one of Charlemagne 's daughters marrying Ecgfrith , so affronted was Charlemagne that he gave orders that no one from Britain and the Anglian race was to land on the sea-coast of Gaul for the sake of commerce . |
| 4 | They are also an invitation to those who exercise political power to reflect on the nature of man and of human society and in the enactment of laws to eschew the often brilliant attractions of pragmatism , of relativism or of short-term solutions in favour of lasting concern for the common good of all . |
| 5 | The invasion of Afghanistan may be less an exception to this rule than many think . |
| 6 | In Example 52 the quaver movement looks restless , but it should be subdued so as to be less an addition to the rhythmic movement than an almost intangible filling-out of the harmonies . |
| 7 | But if this new development were to be simply an aid to better assignments and projects then it would not be remarkable , because library instruction which is project-related and project-inspired , is not unusual , though it is less common than the separate library lesson . |
| 8 | Still , he was very good-looking and not being dressed as a clergyman might be quite an asset to their party . |
| 9 | Where until two years ago , the scattering of currants near the door was eagerly awaited by a clamouring mix of blackbirds , starling , robins and a songthrush or two , lately there has been almost an indifference to the largesse . |
| 10 | In 1923 Singapore was connected to the state of Johore in Malaya by a causeway and Singapore station , instead of being merely an entrance to a small island system , became a portal to Malaya and ultimately Thailand . |
| 11 | The pension was a voluntary gratuitous payment ant the words ’ except in the wool trade ’ were merely an intimation to Mr Wyatt that if he did enter the wool trade he must not expect them to continue the pension . |
| 12 | Well I started when my children were quite young , and taught them that er advertisements on television were just an invitation to be ripped off . |
| 13 | You have run after me to find out this thing as if it were just an answer to a riddle , or a joke which you remembered half of . |
| 14 | However , I am discovering that the church probably not the community but more a communion and that 's perhaps an answer to what Nanette ? |
| 15 | It 's obviously an addition to the main structure . |
| 16 | This is basically an attempt to group or to classify customers according to similar needs or purchasing characteristics . |
| 17 | It happens all the time — the question is merely an opener to fulfilling a wish to own something new , and merely seeks to confirm that the purchase is a worthy one . |
| 18 | A child , after all , knows most of the game … it is only an attitude to it that he lacks . |
| 19 | Although , along the lines suggested by Lyons or Ochs , we may be able to reduce the vagueness by providing lists of relevant contextual features , we do not seem to have available any theory that will predict the relevance of all such features , and this is perhaps an embarrassment to a definition that seems to rely on the notion of context . |
| 20 | The immediacy of the job is obviously an attraction to Simmons , born in Merton , south London , and a pupil at Dulwich college who never visualised a career with the AA . |
| 21 | It is not an advantage to a woman , and fatal to society , if women are allowed to take too important a role . |
| 22 | It is not an exception to the rule gives details of alibi witnesses . |
| 23 | In the same way , any dog who will not accept dominance in his new pack is not an asset to anyone . |
| 24 | Spiritual direction is not an invitation to prolonged introspection , even though personal reflection will be necessary . |
| 25 | So my answer to the question A is , I am not against a new settlement , of the right scale in the right location , but it is not a panacea , it is not an answer to all the questions , now it 's being offered in terms of a balanced strategy , I say that balanced strategy as put forward does not work , certainly beyond two thousand and six , and may grind to a halt well before two thousand and six if rates of development proceed er as they have done in certain years in the past , so it 's very important to look at that , can we just revisit the public acceptance of the new settlement , of course the public have accepted it and welcomed it , it has certain attractions , I support those attractions , however it 's easy for the public to accept that when measured against certain sites specific proposals that were put to them when they did not know where the new settlement would be , and still do not know , when new settlement locations are put forward it will be quite a different scenario . |
| 26 | The patient 's death is not an evil to be avoided at all costs , but is an inevitable consequence of his condition . |
| 27 | ‘ The winter with its snow and ice , is not an evil to be corrected . |
| 28 | It is not an analogy to be pushed too far , but the point should be clear by now . |
| 29 | The information in this leaflet is not an alternative to specific legal advice on your circumstances . |
| 30 | My hon. Friend is right to say that the local income tax is not an alternative to council tax which commends itself to Conservative Members — or even to most Opposition Members , and he is right to say that anybody interested in knowing why local income tax will not work could do no better than to read the report of our proceedings in Committee . |