Example sentences of "[noun] are [adv] to [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Left : Another good predator is the Arrow Crab Stenorhyncus seticornis , which is safe in reef aquaria so long as they do n't contain small shrimps , which along with juvenile crabs are greatly to the Arrow Crab 's taste .
2 The limitations are then to the father for life , remainder to the son for life , remainder to the son 's issue successively in tail , and subject to terms concerning rentcharges and portions as desired .
3 At present the opportunities they provide for cost cutting are more to the fore .
4 The spring display uses stronger colours — yellow alyssum , red and yellow tulips , blue grape hyacinths and purple aubrieta are always to the fore .
5 Automatically , women 's bodies are again to the fore .
6 The activists are usually to the Left , in the case of the Labour Party , and to the Right , in the case of the Conservatives , of their parliamentary leaders .
7 Natural fibres are much to the fore and you can find the most splendid colours in wool and mohair , though there is also a strong feeling for the velvety look of chenille — it 's easy to knit too !
8 Market forces are usually to the detriment of ‘ quality ’ programming and they lessen diversity as producers chase the same audiences .
9 Successive home defeats , this one by a single goal , have seen them plummet from second to 10th , and their next two games are away to the leaders , Sheffield United , and at home to second-placed Sunderland .
10 These loyalties are increasingly to a myriad of individual community groups and associations , concerned with religion , education , savings and credit , trade and various forms of self-help .
11 In the north a constant war is waged against incursions from Naggaroth and the folk of Tiranoc and their kinsmen from the New World are always to the fore .
12 Certainly not I mean the other issues as as Mr quite rightly says are air quality and the letter from the Inspectorate now says I understand that the measures taken by British Coal , and they 've moved on since September , the measures taken by British Coal are now to the satisfaction of the regulatory authority which for air quality is the District Council .
13 Party political factors are frequently to the fore ; indeed , ‘ many people … have claimed to perceive a resurgence of eighteenth-century jobbery ’ ( Hood , 1978 , p. 40 ) .
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