Example sentences of "they are to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are vast differences between the two , of course ; but not all of them are to the latter 's credit . |
| 2 | Molecular evidence has shown that the old concept of great apes ( family Pongidae ) , as distinct from humans ( family Hominidae ) , is no longer valid because the African apes and humans are more closely related to each other than any of them are to the orang-utan . |
| 3 | The cylindrical rooms which are logically formed within the tower at several levels are usually of quite small diameter — indeed , decreasing diameter the nearer they are to the top of the tower . |
| 4 | Overall the cost of a funeral often comes as a big shock to people and the vicar 's fees , peripheral as they are to the main bill , come in for lots of cynical comments like ‘ Even at a time like this , the church is making money . ’ |
| 5 | For we have long since ceased to regard the raising of houses in such an offhand fashion , even when they are to the glory only of the home-owning democracy . |
| 6 | Tests have since shown that when the weak-tabby European and African wild cats are crossed with one another , the hybrid kittens develop coat patterns which are much closer to the tabby patterns of modern domestic cats than they are to the markings of either of their parents . |
| 7 | The attainment of that general purpose and the nature of the scheme are prima facie as appropriate to the case of an unregistered company as they are to the case of a registered company . |
| 8 | As , of course , all novelists , however wedded they are to the idea of realism , have to do . |
| 9 | Much depends upon the nature of the interdependencies , how critical they are to the success of SBUs and , in turn , how important those SBUs are to total group success . |
| 10 | It depends how susceptible they are to the treatment . ’ |
| 11 | Suggestions of future disaster are never as convincing to the listener as they are to the talker . |
| 12 | they are to the advantage of the least well off ; i.e. changes that improve the position of the least well off are to be recommended ( this is the so-called maximin rule , maximizing the position of the minimum welfare individual ) , and |
| 13 | They are to the effect that a refusal is reasonable if : ( i ) it is based upon the personality of the proposed assignee or upon the proposed use or occupation of the premises ; or ( ii ) it is based on the contract between lessor and lessee and it safeguards the interests granted or reserved to the lessor by the lease ; or ( iii ) it is reasonable in a general sense , taking into account the surrounding circumstances , the commercial realities of the market-place and the economic impact of an assignment on the landlord . |
| 14 | Er control copy all eight files as they are to the and that should do it ! say on there . |