Example sentences of "to [be] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The supply does not need to be to the ultimate consumer . |
| 2 | The Grand Tour of Italy was like what National Service used to be to the young men of our country . |
| 3 | That has to be to the long-term benefit of the profession and of the wider community . |
| 4 | You add on that fifty percent or whatever it happens to be to the hundred percent which gives you the new figure . |
| 5 | How long was Errol Flynn 's nob reputed to be to the nearest inch ? |
| 6 | Obvious song has to be to the old Guantalamera ( ? ) one , which is usually turned into the ‘ One Rodney Wallace , there 's only one etc . ’ |
| 7 | Erm quite rightly the director said that predictions in terms of residential admissions and nursing home admissions would be easier to make this year than last year and I accept it was very difficult then year but I 'd just like to know how close the actual outcome is likely to be to the original prediction , really for information , not because I think you could have got it any closer than did but it would be just interesting to know what the s the gap was . |
| 8 | I do n't I mean probably it 's just to be to the safe side . |