Example sentences of "[pron] [be] the [noun sg] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ However bitter you may feel about it , the properties were entailed and I am the heir to them , like it or not . ’ |
| 2 | I 'm the opposite to you . |
| 3 | Then said he , I am Saint Lazarus , and know that I was the leper to whom thou didst so much good and so great honour for the love of God ; and because thou didst this for his sake hath God now granted thee a great gift ; for whensoever that breath which thou hast felt shall come upon thee whatever thing thou desires to do , and shalt then begin , that shalt thou accomplish to thy heart 's desire , whether it be in battle or aught else , so thy honour shall go on increasing from day to day ; and thou shalt be feared both by Moors and Christians , and thy enemies shall never prevail against thee , and thou shalt die an honourable death in thine own house , and in thy renown , for God hath blessed thee ; — therefore go thou on , and evermore persevere in doing good ; and with that he disappeared . |
| 4 | I was the closet to him , I was within twenty-four hours a day and he called me all the time . |
| 5 | Those persistent but slightly fattening habits which are the key to your weight problem could be : having ‘ densely packed ’ calories at meals ( that means having a lot of fat , either visible such as butter on your bread or invisible like butter in a cake ) ; snacking in between meals , especially if those snacks include cream , alcohol and sugar ; and not expending energy with exercise to use up the calories . |
| 6 | He could see the redness within : the secret inner lips which were the gateway to her enchanting love grotto . |
| 7 | The new , lively version is much more in keeping with the young , sexier image of the show which is the key to its increased ratings . |
| 8 | We must find more consistency , which was the key to our success in 1991 . ’ |
| 9 | You 're the key to his future . ’ |
| 10 | You 're the key to his future . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Clare l You 're the answer to my prayer . |
| 12 | The first and obvious one is the period to which the covenant relates once the contract is at an end . |
| 13 | You and him are finished now and there 's the end to it . ’ |
| 14 | First , there is the degree to which the military is isolated from the rest of society . |
| 15 | In fact they are the key to our survival — and our planet 's future . |
| 16 | However , they are the background to what follows — if ‘ social being determines social consciousness ’ , then the changes in experience which derive from the reordering of production on Tyne side have profound significance . |
| 17 | What I tell him is the background to my commission to write the script . |
| 18 | It 's the equivalent to someone being put into constant hot and cold baths . |
| 19 | To this day it is the address to which Diana has her private mail directed and has done ever since she suspected Fergie was visiting the Buckingham Palace post room in order to tell Prince Charles who was writing confidential letters to his wife . |
| 20 | It is the substage to which the Homeric poems belong . |
| 21 | Conditions can be imposed for regulating the development or use of any land under the control of the applicant , whether or not it is the land to which the application relates , so long as there is a definite relationship between the object of the condition and the development permitted . |
| 22 | This may sound a rather aggressive and mercenary way to go about things , but it is the philosophy to which I am referring , rather than your personal approach . |
| 23 | It is the key to what has happened recently with US credit marketing . |
| 24 | We need above all — because it is the key to everything else — to increase the productivity and the competitiveness of our industries , because that alone will encourage more job creation . |
| 25 | If the hon. Gentleman will allow me to proceed , I shall cogently answer that question , because it is the key to our decision . |
| 26 | Of course the essential point is not whether the accounts are subjective or objective ; it is the extent to which they are useful . |
| 27 | I believe it is the answer to our prayer . |
| 28 | This technique can be highly effective in selling , moving a buyer from being merely interested in the product to being convinced that it is the solution to his problem . |
| 29 | If it is said that it is the use to which such information may be put that can be objectionable , the libertarian might well reply that gossip is an age-old way of passing the time and one of the cements of society . |
| 30 | It is the use to which it is put which sometimes breaks the Yasa . |