Example sentences of "this [be] [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To say this is not to play with words but to assert there is more to peace than a word with five letters . |
| 2 | expanded memory , and you can have up to twelve megabytes , so that 's er , twelve thousand K. This is not to scale , this is going to be much bigger than that . |
| 3 | This is not to limit faith , but to recognise that it is increasingly difficult to maintain a high figure based on small numbers . |
| 4 | This is not to essay any argument as to what the ultimate future of Northern Ireland should be . |
| 5 | ‘ This is up to date is n't it ? ’ |
| 6 | th th the building went ahead and people every year or two sometimes twice in a year get flooded and they get sewages the the sewer with the volume of rain water they ca n't otherwise get away , but it brings to light what happens i i i in the ditches and , and the waterways that are spread across the direction of Airport and then out into the river when the tide is low because the switches close when the tide comes in and basically er and this is up to date information the information that I have is that the channels are the responsibility of the er you know responsibilities are either kept cleared or not clogged up and in connection with the , with the incident I , I did hear it said that in , in a place where once said it usually counts that possibly and more than the that the first flood was due because the drains and the ditches could n't take the volume of water after they were cleared and things have been pretty reasonable erm since that time , so it would seem to confirm what , what I have to say about keeping clear erm but it may be that authorities that were n't responsible had the job of cleaning them , I do n't know . |
| 7 | This is really to sort of reflect the feelings of the times , which I will come to , so that 's basically fashionable dress in the eighteen-forties . |
| 8 | Of course , much of this is down to familiarity — knowing where the goal posts are . |