Example sentences of "is to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Hobbes is certain that as to ‘ those that say anything may be … produced by … substantial forms … and other empty words of schoolmen , their saying so is to no purpose ’ . |
| 2 | Similarly , overachieving can be an addiction if the achievement is to no purpose or gratification while at the same time the costs to other relationships may be so high as to be catastrophic . |
| 3 | All the nimble footwork in the world is to no avail in that situation . |
| 4 | This threat is to no avail , the boy finds real pleasure in manipulating his penis . |
| 5 | You remember me telling you how crucial concentration is to a driver ? ’ |
| 6 | The only appeal is to a crown court judge . |
| 7 | Whatever measures are derived from a structured task , we are still likely to be left wondering how they relate to the language the child uses in everyday settings and it is to a consideration of procedures for sampling naturalistic language production that we now turn . |
| 8 | The use made of this resource by teachers , schools and LEAs is to a degree unpredictable , and conditional on other factors , including teachers ' own ideologies . |
| 9 | It is to a degree , on the application form that each charity receives , it has to state whether it collects for people in the Oxford area , but not as a percentage . |
| 10 | The only similar reference in her deposition is to a conversation on 9 January 1987 : |
| 11 | An icon is to a temple what the spirit or life energy is to the human body . |
| 12 | Their commitment is to a culture of individual success and a highly hedonistic view of life . |
| 13 | It is to a system or structure of government that consent is required , not to particular governments , let alone particular decisions or policies . |
| 14 | Intellectually , the appeal is to a morality structure which contrasts Christian asceticism with Satanic debauchery . |
| 15 | ‘ Does that not show how trivial it is to a man ? ’ |
| 16 | Its most recent citation is to a work published in 1987 . |
| 17 | It is to a human being as a frame is to a painting , as a proscenium to a play |
| 18 | It is also worth noting that my quotation number 5 is to a publication that has not been published except by the Internet and is only available from it . |
| 19 | But I take my immediate clue from the American critic , Norman Holland : ‘ unity is to the text as identity is to a person ; or you could say , identity is the unity I find in a person when I look at him as if he were a text . ’ |
| 20 | The reference to the City of Chicago case is to a rule which prohibits any action for defamation by a local government authority . |
| 21 | The dissent in Bolduc & Bird repays study : if consent is to a doctor and student it is not to a doctor and friend . |
| 22 | We duly went back to Sun , which claims there is to a deal , just like it said , has been for months and that it is moving lots of product . |
| 23 | I must check those feelings which are the expression of physical instinct craving for satisfaction , but God knows celibacy is as painful to women ( even from the physical standpoint ) as it is to men — could not be more painful than it is to a woman . |
| 24 | The first is to a set of phenomena taking place in society . |
| 25 | The second is to a set of phenomena that characterize social theory . |
| 26 | A minimal extension is to a labour market approach , which concentrates on the market productive role of human capital and asks what personal budget allows for a growing economy . |
| 27 | Output 1 is to a mini-printer and provides hard copy of all messages and measurements output by the instrument . |
| 28 | The reason why I did n't get much of a word in edgeways was because my lady chairman on the other side of her would n't let kept attracting her attention , so I erm there is to a lot extent a false image . |
| 29 | These force platforms are now as familiar to animal physiologists as a microscope is to a microbiologist . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'll see what reaction there is to a number of minor knocks but I 'll keep the options open , ’ said Bingham . |