Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [be] to [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The office of Earl Marshal was to all intents and purposes the heritable property of the Howard family , although it was lost to them for several decades after the attainder of the fourth Duke of Norfolk in 1572 . |
| 2 | It has been in the sub-contracting game for so long that about a third of Toyota or Nissan cars are to varying degrees made by other smaller firms . |
| 3 | We should recall here how alive the Chicago School was to this link , even if they saw people 's careers and mobility as largely products of their own actions rather than also the products of companies and other institutions . |
| 4 | As far as Gloucester was concerned , it was a recognition of the fact that the north had now emerged as his main sphere of interest , and his surrender of land in East Anglia was to some extent the corollary of the consolidation of his northern interests which was taking place in the same year . |
| 5 | As far as Gloucester was concerned , it was a recognition of the fact that the north had now emerged as his main sphere of interest , and his surrender of land in East Anglia was to some extent the corollary of the consolidation of his northern interests which was taking place in the same year . |
| 6 | It has meant an ascetic existence for Wilson , who is to protest politics what the Hackney cab is to public transport . |
| 7 | He still attends Mass on Sunday although he must be , to some of the more conventional believers kneeling beside him , what Philip Roth is to orthodox Jews . |
| 8 | WHAT J.D. Salinger is to literature and Bobby Fischer was to chess , Van Cliburn is to classical music — the great success who gives it all up , without anyone understanding exactly why . |
| 9 | The reference to a Pacific pact was to developing contacts between Rhee , Chiang Kai-shek and President Quirino of the Philippines to encourage the formation of an anti-communist front to be guaranteed by the United States . |
| 10 | Julius Caesar is to some extent a case apart , being not only one of his most successful operas when first performed in 1724 , but also the most frequently revived this century , recently even having the dubious distinction of being given the ‘ Peter Sellars ’ treatment on television . |
| 11 | BECAUSE DUDLEY MOORE is who he says he is , because he is who he used to be , because Dudley Moore is to all intents and purposes Dudley Moore , actor , musician , mascot , clown , then there are a few details and descriptions and facts and figures that have to be mentioned . |