Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] be a [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , I now see that there could have been less concurrence between them on this matter than I had supposed , and so I was a disappointment to both of them . |
| 2 | The apparent reliance of industry and commerce on the flip-chart is still a standing joke in education , but perhaps there is a lesson to be learnt here and my office wall may soon sprout one ! |
| 3 | Obviously there is a price to be paid in holding the liquid helium temperatures . |
| 4 | ‘ Bjorn and Nina worked in our engineering and architects departments , ’ explains Wimpey Homes architectural assistant , Homa Cherry , ’ Obviously there is a limit to the amount that can be achieved in two weeks but both were willing to help wherever needed and coped tremendously well with speaking English . ’ |
| 5 | Obviously there 's a need to be clear about legal and copyright terms but it 's certainly a service that 's got a lot of potential . |
| 6 | For me personally there was an epilogue to the story which came about when we bought a house in Edinburgh a year or two later . |
| 7 | So there 's an end to that — its commonplace : light goes with life , and in the winter of your years the dark comes early … |
| 8 | But even so there is a limit to the number of owls that can be packed into an area ; each pair probably insists on at least 20 hectares . |
| 9 | Er , so there was a cost to the County Council , but I 'm assuming that members would support stepping in , in these circumstances . |
| 10 | Basically it is an accessory to the already solid connection between band and fans , a confirmation that the band exist as real working people and a chance for both sides to voice their appreciation of the other . |
| 11 | I mean obviously the it 's a I perhaps it 's an exaggeration to the effect that nobody can guarantee planning permission until they 've got planning permission . |
| 12 | Perhaps it is a challenge to our Church to be a more cross-oriented fellowship , living it , and working out what it means . |
| 13 | Then he added : ‘ Perhaps it is a solution to their difficulties . ’ |
| 14 | Or perhaps it is an opportunity to be more philosophical , less clinging , over money ? |
| 15 | Perhaps it was a reversion to humane behaviour after Stalin 's terror techniques . |
| 16 | Obviously it is an incitement to refusal , and an indictment of alienated labour . |
| 17 | So it was a shock to them when , during lunch that Thursday , Jones announced that his Brigham Young University team was preparing to publish its data and offered to let Fleischmann and Pons publish simultaneously . |
| 18 | In general , the gentler the exercise , the less it is an aid to slimming . |
| 19 | Talk of problem-solving becomes translated into a message to pupils that all matters of controversy can and should be resolved ; the idea that not everything is a problem to be solved is barely entertained . |
| 20 | Admittedly there is a lot to be said for the species itself , but it is hard not to fall for I. aquifolium ‘ Bacciflava ’ because the berries are a cheerful shade of yellow . |
| 21 | Because it 's quite clear from hereafter there is a moral to be learned for this saga . |
| 22 | Going up on wings in no way specifies " changing strength " , but putting forth new wings or new plumage is indeed a sign of new strength , whether or not there is an allusion to a belief that in old age eagles grow new wings . |
| 23 | Whether or not there was an attempt to ‘ bounce ’ the Labour Party into accepting John Smith as its leader , there was a profoundly undemocratic — and unthinking — whiff in the air about Walworth Road this week . |
| 24 | Nevertheless there is a distinction to be drawn between the value we must ascribe to language and that which we ascribe to art . |
| 25 | If the creditors decide to rescind their agreement and sue for the full amount of their debts , can the creditor rely on the agreement as a defence , whether or not he was a party to it ? |
| 26 | His voice was calm , but still there was an edge to it . |
| 27 | Nonetheless there is a benefit to those countries which are net exporters of agricultural produce to other EC countries . |
| 28 | If ever there was a night to be numbed by champagne this would be it , but she needed her wits with this man . |
| 29 | ( If ever there was a lesson to be learnt in today 's world , competition definitely did not work ! ) |
| 30 | Well , if ever there was an argument to the contrary … this is it . |