Example sentences of "it is a [noun] to [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a tribute to their strength that after all they have been through they are both still together today . |
| 2 | Stuart was only 17 years old and it is a tribute to his strength and personality that he was still conscious when the rescue team arrived , one and a half hours after I left him to go for help . |
| 3 | It is a tribute to his determination over his 22 years that he has achieved where so many before him have failed . |
| 4 | Perhaps Andrew 's quirkiness preferred the persistence of the myth rather than the inside story , but with his death the truth must be told , since it is a tribute to his generous nature . |
| 5 | Aquinas is right ; and it is a credit to his genius to have put animals so neatly into a perspective consistent with Wittgenstein 's analysis . |
| 6 | Perhaps it is a challenge to our Church to be a more cross-oriented fellowship , living it , and working out what it means . |
| 7 | It is a key to our lineage , a key to unlock the door of time . |
| 8 | It is a key to his selection process , a key to the training he undertakes , a key to his overall process of management . |
| 9 | Presumably there is justification when a doctor urges his patient to give up a fixed term employment because it is a danger to his health , but what of the tutor who insists that his student give up a vacation job because it will interfere with his studies ? |
| 10 | Then he added : ‘ Perhaps it is a solution to their difficulties . ’ |
| 11 | In truth , this image was never entirely fair , but it is a testament to our ability to respond to customer demand that , today , a visit to any supermarket bakery is likely to offer you the choice and quality to rival that of any traditional bakers . |
| 12 | All sensible people must with shame agree that it is a disgrace to our nation that we Germans are trying to suppress a German , to whom foreign countries have done justice by their great admiration and even by public acknowledgments in writing . |
| 13 | It is an insult to our intelligence . |