Example sentences of "to [noun prp] [be] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was impossible to see his face , but Tyler assumed the man to be Beth 's husband , Wilson Ryan , who according to Ben was a man of considerable reputation in the millinery world , not without fortune , and most certainly the ideal partner for Beth . |
| 2 | To leave Islington , to leave Stroud Green Road , to leave a flat which was over a shop overlooking a main shopping centre , overlooking a completely noisy main through road to come to Harlow was a difference between chalk and cheese . |
| 3 | Help may be found in a number of places , the most generally useful probably being in Appendix Eight to McKerrow 's An Introduction to Bibliography where he analyses with admirable clarity , and with illustrations of all the minuscules and capitals , a letter written by Thomas Kyd , the Elizabethan dramatist , to Sir John Puckering , Lord Keeper of the Great Seal . |
| 4 | graces could be an embarrassment , for he had no polite small-talk and did not pretend to any ; his visits to Windsor were an ordeal for guest and hosts alike , to him because he disliked formality and to his hosts because he was so difficult to entertain and because he did not mince words with the King . |
| 5 | From Cullen , where they got a fresh chaise ‘ and very good horses ’ , to Elgin is a distance of about twenty-five miles , through whiskified Speyside . |
| 6 | The relocation of Mackies to Woodvale is an example of jobs moving to a high risk area without protest from those supporting equality of opportunity . |
| 7 | While Raybestos Manhattan , IDA and other state officials denied that Raybestos ' move to Ireland was an example of the export of hazard , on this issue an observer has been quoted : |
| 8 | Many of the innumerable papers written in response to Gettier give the impression that responding to Gettier is a kind of private philosophical game , which is of no interest except to the players . |
| 9 | The visit to Seaworld was a favourite with many children who shrieked with delight as they got a soaking from Shamu the killer whale . |
| 10 | Consistent with a whole tradition in social theory , modernization according to Bourdieu is a process of differentiation . |
| 11 | Government grants to Docklands are a subsidy to property development , most particularly in the Isle of Dogs Enterprise Zone , but also elsewhere . |
| 12 | Although her career has developed while working in England , the move to Lothian is a return to Scotland for Elizabeth . |
| 13 | To belong to God is a gift to all people . |
| 14 | What Nicky discovered is that responding to God is an act of submission — of giving in to a force much more powerful than our own . |
| 15 | Going on holiday to Lloret is a bit like going to a party that has a real buzz when you arrive and just goes on getting better and better and better . |
| 16 | Talking to Nephthys was a way of getting to know her dead sister by proxy , for she had plenty of spirit , and within her there was a streak of rebellion against her family , particularly her father , though there was no hint of it in any word she spoke . |
| 17 | Whether Drake was the first person to introduce potatoes to Britain is a matter of debate , but they certainly came to this country as stores aboard the ships which sailed to South America on missions of pillage and plunder in the 16th Century . |
| 18 | One other possibility being suggested for Stevens ' visit to Nelson is a review of the role of his principal Army handler at the time of the Finucane murder . |
| 19 | He had lost his eye when he was a young child , and the nearest he ever got to France was a trip to Brighton . |
| 20 | Further west in the area from the Loire down to Périgueux are a number of well-known churches and cathedrals of the domed and domical vault type . |
| 21 | The road up from Luz to Gavarnie is a pleasure in itself , tightly enclosed by rock walls in places , before it broadens out into another of those lovely high Pyrenean basins at the resort village of Gèdre . |
| 22 | It is unfortunate that shorthand here makes Lewis imply that the life of submission to Grace is a course of self-improvement . |
| 23 | Through Dent on the road to Sedbergh , a signpost to Gawthrop is an invitation to an attractive alternative route to the Lune Valley by way of Barbondale , next to be described . |