Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [be] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can chuck me in the river , if you like , for all the good I am to meself . |
| 2 | ‘ I really do n't know what good I am to anyone , ’ he sighed . |
| 3 | The more I see of her , the more I realise how much of a stranger she is to me . |
| 4 | ‘ You do n't know what a pleasure it is to me , Pip , ’ he said once , ‘ to be with my dear boy , in the open air . ’ |
| 5 | But though certain extremely powerful individuals — like Kraus and his mother — enslave him , it is people , ‘ ordinary ’ folk who are to him completely extraordinary , who free him from the greatest enchanter of them all — books . |
| 6 | It is equalled only by my love for truth which is to me synonymous with non-violence through which … alone I can see and reach Truth . ’ |
| 7 | The employee after the transfer had agreed a modification of his contract in a sense unfavourable to him in exchange for other changes which were to his benefit . |
| 8 | Mother always emphasizes what a special friend you were to her too . |
| 9 | He 's told me what a deadweight you were to him . |
| 10 | More like a grandson than a nephew he was to me . ’ |
| 11 | Of course , the state is not insulated from economic pressures or political demands from the working class and other groups , but this analysis suggests that it will respond to them in ways which are to its own advantage , which may not coincide with the narrowly defined interests of capital or other political forces . |
| 12 | If the sale does not crystallise the charge , the purchaser should insist on receiving a certificate of non-crystallisation in terms which are to its satisfaction . |
| 13 | What a boon you are to him , Opal , my dear . |
| 14 | Think of the bad example you are to anyone on the list for surgery . |
| 15 | Against these features it is to their credit that even the gifted individuals we discussed were able to have such an impact on their organizations and on history . |
| 16 | I was out of my element , and the air itself could have been made of gold for all the use it was to me . |
| 17 | When he turned to God it was to someone other : he was surrendering to ‘ something outside oneself ’ . |
| 18 | In competition it is to my advantage to feel for others as little as possible , an advantage which outweighs my dread of a growing isolation . |
| 19 | It is clearly inconsistent for one who calls Jesus " Lord " to think lightly of those scriptures which were to him the supreme revelation of God . |
| 20 | In the cities it might be a neighbour up the street who took the part of grandparent , as for the Stoke pottery fireman 's son whose mother was always seeking advice from ‘ your Grandma Coates ’ — ‘ I could never find out what relative she was to me mother . |
| 21 | There could be a good Dream in artificial intelligence the POV of an omniscient machine intellect , and its struggles with humans who are to it as they are to ants . |
| 22 | She did n't like the have to put down er what relation they are to us you know |
| 23 | I suppose we thought Vic must have said try it this way because Matt and I were already into our quarrel and it shows what a pro he was to his fingertips that he carried on as per normal . |
| 24 | In the end it is to everyone 's advantage ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ The more services we can get into the Port here , the more in added benefits there is to our own industries . ’ |
| 26 | cos in a way they 're to nothing are n't they . |
| 27 | What a cost it was to him ! |
| 28 | And I mean a great thrill he was to us , he cried come here and see this and here was among all his little moles , he had a white one a pure white mole . |
| 29 | What happened was that we allowed our critics to feed in information about prisons which was to our detriment . |
| 30 | In many cases , it is important that such people are persuaded to a particular point of view which is to their benefit or that of the community as a whole . |