Example sentences of "to [noun] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | No polls are necessary to reveal a trend of scandal : Democrats do to mistresses what the Republicans do to slush funds . |
| 2 | FRAUD SLASHED — THANKS TO PHOTOCARDS What the Bank expected to lose ! |
| 3 | Ken loved it all and wrote letters back to Orton which the playwright said reminded him of James Joyce . |
| 4 | There are social , cultural and spiritual aspects to hygiene which the nurse needs to be aware of so that people are not offended . |
| 5 | ’ Juror : ‘ Yeah ’ The judge then accused the juror of saying he would go to lunch whatever the time . |
| 6 | It has also been inconveniently revealed that some Muslim fighters have being doing to Croats what the Croats stand accused of doing to Muslims . |
| 7 | The results for Drouot salerooms for the first six months of 1992 proved to be almost ten per cent down on those of 1991 , a clear case of bad to worse which the Paris auctioneers said showed the art market had ‘ stabilised ’ . |
| 8 | The Paulistas are to Brazil what the Milanese are to Italy : they are the businessmen , the ones with the energy and the drive and , as a consequence , they are disliked by the rest of the Brazilians . |
| 9 | The clown convention is to Bognor what the party conferences are to Blackpool and Bournemouth ( which tells you a lot about Bognor 's position in the seaside resort pecking order ) . |
| 10 | The prominence of some Lettish names in the last days of Soviet communism is a reminder of the days when the Lettish riflemen were to Lenin what the Swiss guards are to the Pope . |
| 11 | He said something to Rayne which the Collector could not hear ; Rayne shook his head . |
| 12 | The statue-reliquary of St Faith at the monastery of Conques was carried out to manors which the tenth- and eleventh-century monks claimed belonged to them . |
| 13 | At a recent NRA seminar for interested parties , speakers from the NRA brought out the key points of the plan and explained to delegates what the scheme is all about ( Chem . |
| 14 | We would like you to spell-out what the words mean for all of us , especially for those in the local situation where people see their primary role as fundraisers . |
| 15 | The rule in Rylands v. Fletcher applies only to things which the occupier brings onto his land and collects and keeps there . |
| 16 | They also require continuing support in those inter-professional consultation skills which can preserve them from being left ‘ stranded , resented and counter-productively ( deemed to be ) bearers of answers to problems which the rest of the staff could be helped to resolve for themselves ’ ( Sayer 1987 ) . |
| 17 | Such simplicity is an aid to audits and helps explanations to customers whom the process is designed to serve . |
| 18 | Moreover , they allow the adult participant to supply prompts and respond to difficulties which the child may appear to have in comprehending or replying . |
| 19 | He has this right in relation to goods which the defendant owns at the time the sheriff receives the writ . |
| 20 | Wavesliding , he'enalu , was to water what the hula , the dance of love , was to land . |
| 21 | But perhaps the most striking example of the sombre side of suffering in obedience to God which the Spirit of Jesus calls us to Is provided by Paul in the Corinthian correspondence Kasemann has perceptively observed , in Jesus Means Freedom that this church at Corinth was infatuated with a theology of the Spirit whilst allergic to a theology of the cross . |
| 22 | rates relief to people whom the present Government have abandoned . |
| 23 | These will be useful in any event in explaining to people what the problem is and discussing what the possibilities of re-use are . |
| 24 | I was wondering if you 'd agree to loan me the suit . " |
| 25 | erm But it basically comes down to the attitude that people have , if the government was , or whoever owns the forest , private ownership , or whatever , controls what the loggers do , I mean it 's their forest it 's up to them to control what the loggers do and do n't do , and whether they let cultivators in or they do n't let cultivators in . |
| 26 | The Red Fort is to Delhi what the Colosseum is to Rome or the Acropolis to Athens : it is the single most famous monument in the city . |
| 27 | This terrorist activity brought home to Americans what the United Kingdom and , more recently , the city of London has had to tolerate for years . |
| 28 | That policy is to simplicity what the Leader of the Opposition is to brevity . |
| 29 | The proposed expansion of auditors ' reports should help close the expectations gap by explaining to users what the auditors ' responsibilities are and how they are carried out . |
| 30 | Another , at both A and B , was that very little genuine help was given with problems ; the question and answer sheets were not marked , for example , and tutorials did n't always provide the key to understanding what the work was about : |