Example sentences of "was a [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their laughter was a tonic to Beth , and she was glad that Cissie had finally begun to forget that terrible night when Maisie was killed , along with poor Meg , and another neighbour who perished while asleep in his bed . |
| 2 | Rincewind knew that if it was a temple to Bel-Shamharoth it would have eight sides . |
| 3 | It was a temple to cleanness . |
| 4 | This was a temple to Diana , the goddess of — ’ |
| 5 | Beckmann was a latecomer to modernism ; it was not until after the First World War that he turned noticeably to the sharply outlined Expressionism that came to typify his work . |
| 6 | Oddly , his loss of temper was a relief to Polly . |
| 7 | His departure , though abrupt , was a relief to Robbie . |
| 8 | It was a relief to Jean to know that it is n't just the children after all . |
| 9 | They stayed with Kirsty for just under an hour , and it was a relief to Shiona to see how well she was looking . |
| 10 | This was a relief to Watt who had been in Cornwall for a while supervising the engine business there . |
| 11 | There was a request to Council to investigate the position of those who had completed the first module but were not registered and whether they should be allowed to attend the Keele Conference . |
| 12 | Colborne 's departure was a shock to Charles . |
| 13 | So that was a benefit to people outside and people inside the church . |
| 14 | Eileen was a saint to Kevin , but perhaps the folks at home knew more than he did . |
| 15 | It was a blow to Alec — I too had my regrets — when Mother got papers and money through from La Paz . |
| 16 | The news from Balding 's stable was a blow to Andy Turnell , the trainer of Country Member . |
| 17 | And there was a memo to John from yourself , tenth of Jan , that my manager has passed to me , it said you 'd given two options that you could go in on Saturday and erm |
| 18 | And it was a fight for the f towards the end of the week it was a fight to sort of say , Well , Sha n't be able to move it , use it until t the man comes . |
| 19 | It was a passport to success with girls in a time when discos were unknown and most couples did their courting on the back row of the pictures on Saturday night . |
| 20 | Her first taste was a crossing to Inishbofin where , five minutes after leaving the shore , we were into a six foot Atlantic swell . |
| 21 | Though in a different way , what we have seen to be true of Gide was also true of Wilde : ‘ running foul of the law in his sexual life was a stimulus to thought on every subject … . |
| 22 | Its approval by parliament was a precondition to assistance from the IMF , which Bulgaria had joined in September [ see p. 37730 ] . |
| 23 | The statue , which was gently lowered back into its place yesterday accompanied by gentle applause from onlookers , was a memorial to Anthony Ashley-Cooper , Seventh Earl of Shaftesbury , for his philanthropic work with poor children . |
| 24 | Knowing that John was alive , that fact was a spur to action of some kind . |
| 25 | She was a help to Aunt Margaret . |
| 26 | Through receiving so many treatments for his own various ailments he had gained some experience which was a help to others . |
| 27 | The sitting-room at Loxford Rectory was a surprise to Daniel Byrne . |
| 28 | Her prize was a trip to London to see Charles and Diana tying the knot . |
| 29 | He had lost his eye when he was a young child , and the nearest he ever got to France was a trip to Brighton . |
| 30 | FOR Shirley Valentine , the key to self-knowledge was a trip to Greece and a spot of skinny-dipping with the delectable Tom Conti . |