Example sentences of "be to [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ My leftie grandchildren think I 'm to the right of Genghis Khan , but I really believe that you have to show people you ca n't do this sort of thing and get away with it , ’ she says . |
| 2 | In a company , accountability will be to a Board of Directors , if it is a local authority then the Chief Executive is accountable to the full Council and the Principal of your College is accountable to the Board of Governors ( see figure 24 ) . |
| 3 | And , because 400 years of Christianity have n't entirely obliterated caste , this will be to a Christian of Brahmin stock . |
| 4 | The one I have chosen is this — brief , informal letters , written from time to time as our work proceeds , in a plain , straightforward style , as it might be to a friend . |
| 5 | … as it might be to a friend . |
| 6 | He must make decisions about what was historically important , not about , let us say , what was theologically or aesthetically important , significant though that might be to a believer or an artist . |
| 7 | yeah , er , design I can never be to a boiler or storage heater for the winter also the heater would activate the till the heat |
| 8 | The dating of an artefact to the span of a single generation would be to a degree of accuracy which would provide a powerful tool for the study of Anglo-Saxon society . |
| 9 | Because that was all she ever would be to a man like him . |
| 10 | It is believed to be to a design by Il Pellegrini , although its actual construction was not until a century after the architect 's death . |
| 11 | This lethal game is often called ‘ last across ’ , the idea being to see how close you can be to a train before it hits you or you can get out of the way . |
| 12 | ‘ If we are to go out of the Cup then let it be to a side packed with international stars . |
| 13 | Whatever our personal reactions might be to a production , that is the only real test . |
| 14 | Marriage , though it was to be to a priest , and thus well within her world , represented an escape from her family . |
| 15 | The perspective can be to a point at such an elevation that the projection lines appear to be parallel . |
| 16 | ‘ When we married 26 years ago I never realised it would be to a millionaire , but he has always been lucky . |
| 17 | ‘ When we married 26 years ago I never realised it would be to a millionaire but he has always been lucky . ’ |
| 18 | Other claims used to be to a maximum of £5000 . |
| 19 | Technically a showing of such a film in private to members of a racist club or group would fall within the terms of the section , since the showing would be to a section of the public . |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't deny him the right to use whatever symbols he wants as an artist , but as a friend I was disappointed that he knew how inflammatory that would be to a Madness audience . |
| 21 | But this will be to no avail if the choreographer is attempting to tell a story and does not have expert advice from musicians of the calibre of Edwin Evans , Constant Lambert and John Lanchbery . |
| 22 | Work may be done that may be to no avail . |
| 23 | Even in a socialist country like Tanzania , however committed one may be to the abolition of privilege in society , there is no arguing with the fact that young people with secondary and higher education can expect life to bring them a richer and more interesting experience than it does to the primary school leaver . |
| 24 | Widespread dissatisfaction over the quality of justice might eventually be to the king 's loss , although rulers may often have been able to manipulate the legal system to their advantage with relative impunity . |
| 25 | You will know how many rows there should be to the inch ( centimetre ) , all you need to do is to work a number of rows less than given in the instructions before finishing the sleeve . |
| 26 | First call could be to the CHP Association , an independent body which will send lists of member companies and general information . |
| 27 | ‘ God and the King ’ , he proclaimed , ‘ are so in a league … as one can not be enemy to the one , but that he must be to the other . |
| 28 | John Ellis , general secretary of the Civil and Public Services Association , which has members employed by the Government 's statistical services , said : ‘ Anything that improves the quality of statistics , which this country is very good at getting wrong , particularly on transport and the economy , would be to the benefit of the whole country . ’ |
| 29 | A positive interaction with these characteristics can only be to the benefit of artists and their followers alike . |
| 30 | further agrees that all use of the Trade Marks shall be to the benefit of and be on behalf of . |