Example sentences of "be [det] [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had been little damage to Galilee or Rashidiyeh in the exchange of fire but , not far from the entrance to the Palestinian camp , I was briefly introduced to a man who was described as the ‘ leader of joint PLO forces in Rashidiyeh . |
| 2 | The authors quoted above , Brewer and Hills , stated that ‘ It is significant that there are few references to evaluation in the literature of reader instruction and until very recently they have been virtually non-existent ’ . |
| 3 | Other assessment and gatekeeper roles exist because , at least in the past , there have been few alternatives to doctors as sufficiently skilled and entrusted guardians of limited public resources . |
| 4 | Here are some approaches to building self-esteem : |
| 5 | Initial reports from the site indicated that there had been some damage to buildings at the camp site , some distance from the gas plant , but that the plant itself remained unscathed . |
| 6 | Since the victory of the Labour Campaign for Lesbian and Gay Rights at the Annual Labour Conference in the autumn of 1985 , there had been some signposts to Labour 's instincts on these matters . |
| 7 | Dad , are these maps to scale ? |
| 8 | Poverty , ignorance through lack of education , and idleness borne of enforced unemployment are all barriers to participation . |
| 9 | We are all party to exploitation , whether through the food we eat , the products we buy , or the taxes we pay . |
| 10 | Health care markets are not easily " contestable " ( Baumol 1982 ) since there are many barriers to entry against potential new suppliers , for example the heavy costs of new hospital development and technologies , and the legal monopoly given to doctors controlling entry to the profession . |
| 11 | There are many kilometres to Paris and much to be decided . |
| 12 | There are many limitations to Simmel 's analysis , the most frustrating being his style and his level of generality . |
| 13 | There are many aids to beauty available and no lack of advice on the correct use of make-up , but one should bear in mind that use of it should be discreet and not overdone . |
| 14 | The circular says that ammonia , hydrocarbons and water can be used instead of CFCs for refrigeration ; carbon dioxide and pentane can be used in foams ; and there are many alternatives to CFCs in solvents . |
| 15 | Not until the anonymous informant had rung again on 4 August and there had been more calls to Lawrence , and they had finally made contact with John Lewis , did the Panel begin to find out what had really happened . |
| 16 | Perhaps there are more advantages to membership than people imagine ! |
| 17 | Baudrillard would argue that radical initiatives only end in re-energizing the pop machine , are more grist to commerce 's mill . |
| 18 | The new compiler is said to be some 10% to 20% faster than the top-ranked GNU C Compiler . |
| 19 | There will be some disruption to traffic while the work is in progress and British Gas South Western apologises for any inconvenience which may be caused by this essential work . |
| 20 | That apart Derby are unstoppable at home and it must be some consolation to Arthur Cox that the twelve million pound team he assembled at last looks the part . |
| 21 | The Wearsiders ' prize for victory at West Ham will be another trip to London against a Chelsea side managed by their old FA Cup hero , Ian Porterfield . |
| 22 | There will be many elements to action , but the whole should be systematic . |
| 23 | This link would affect far fewer people , there would be less disturbance to Darlington and its residents , and the bypass would be utilised fully . |
| 24 | For lone parents who want to earn their own living there should be more opportunities to work , full time or part time ; better wages for women ; and better child care arrangements . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's a damned disgrace and wo n't be any help to pensioners like myself , ’ Mrs Bryce , 81 , said after watching the Chancellor 's speech at her flat in Dalry , Edinburgh . |
| 26 | Only if the lowering of production costs results in lower prices will there be any benefits to consumers . |
| 27 | There might be any roads to socialism but the Labour Party was not one of them . |
| 28 | For ‘ The great centralized State is a tremendous historical step forward from medieval disunity to the future socialist unity of the whole world , and only via such a State ( inseparably connected with capitalism ) can there be any road to socialism . ’ |
| 29 | A detailed set of criteria may be seen to imply a specific sequencing of curriculum objectives where there are several pathways to understanding . |
| 30 | It seems to me there are there are several elements to definition of settlement . |