Example sentences of "to [adj] [noun sg] be [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ending of Rothermere 's support and the turn to political anti-semitism were crucial to the future history of the BUF . |
| 2 | Or more precisely : the dates appropriate to each class are irrational to all those of other classes . |
| 3 | The outcome is that men who have few resources other than physical ones are more likely to commit legally defined rape , whilst those men who possess a whole range of resources from economic patronage to cultural charm are likely to be viewed by the law as ‘ real men ’ practising their primeval arts-and that is something the majesty of the law should leave alone ! |
| 4 | For such a task crude approaches to semantic processing are preferable to the detailed analyses found in understanding systems since they are computationally tractable , robust and are not restricted to a small language domain . |
| 5 | I hope that in Committee he will listen to the pleas of Members representing Greater London and the south of England because they are dear to my heart and may to some extent be dear to his . |
| 6 | The answer to this question is crucial to the efficient utilization of R&D resources , which are always limited . |
| 7 | The point L represents the stress beyond which a brittle material will fracture , and the area under the curve to this point is proportional to the energy required for brittle fracture . |
| 8 | For some purposes , direct output to photographic film is preferable to paper output . |
| 9 | Whatever the form of the logical model , the accuracy of the mapping from conceptual schema to logical schema is crucial to the success of the database project : there should be no loss of information . |
| 10 | Clearly ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) are related , as an understanding of community norms and attitudes to bilingual behaviour is necessary to an account of the pragmatics of switching , and perhaps vice versa . |
| 11 | Yet if we are to be realistic in our starting-point we must accept that the relationships which give rise to nuclear catastrophe are likely to be relationships between sovereign states , each able to possess and deploy armed force for their own interests . |
| 12 | However , we hare unhappy that HMG has recently felt unable to support the early conclusion of a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty , since we believe — as does the Vatican 's representative at the United Nations — that a halt to nuclear testing is essential to the successful prolongation of the NPT and thus to progress in preventing nuclear proliferation . |
| 13 | The histological recognition of dysplasia is the very cornerstone of surveillance yet it would seem that the process of tissue collection to final diagnosis is susceptible to a number of pitfalls . |
| 14 | However , it was thought that recourse to judicial review was likely to be rare . |
| 15 | If his own reactions to past work are subject to shifts , the response of fans bewilders him even more . |