Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] be [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Lucy Ghost Ring is there to bring us back to Germany . ’ |
| 2 | That is what Electronic Data Interchange is there to do . |
| 3 | Supper was a triumph of the sort Mrs Crump very rarely experienced and she would have been hurt had anyone pointed out that Mr Crump 's fine and very expensive claret which flowed like spring water was something to do with that success . |
| 4 | Turnover growth is nothing to pursue for itself . |
| 5 | If our test car is anything to go by , though , the cracks might be beginning to show . |
| 6 | INVESTMENTS could soon be sold like whiter-than-white washing powder if the latest Personal Equity Plan launch is anything to go by . |
| 7 | If the bar conversation was anything to go by , the people of Oswaldston were going to react to their newly famous son by first denigrating him and then resenting any outsider who made claim to him . |
| 8 | Powder skiing is something to learn in a small private group with a maximum of two or three friends — big classes are far too cumbersome . |
| 9 | Vital at this stage are the mortgage arrangements and our Mortgage Department is there to advise you or your purchaser on the most effective sources of finance . |
| 10 | If the blasting of Bristol City is anything to go by the United fans are in for a high old time … a dazzling display from Chris Allen … two penalties from Jimmy Magilton … and first for Alex Dyer was just the sort of start that manager 's dream about … |
| 11 | If the blasting of Bristol City is anything to go by the United fans are in for a high old time … a dazzling display from Chris Allen … two penalties from Jimmy Magilton … and first for Alex Dyer was just the sort of start that manager 's dream about … |
| 12 | My belief is that sports journalism is there to inform and , most importantly , to stimulate debate . |
| 13 | The great egg race experiment was something to break into the Midlands , something to ask them to have opinions about puzzles , because there 's an awful lot of science in schools which precludes you from having an opinion . |
| 14 | ‘ I know obsessive dieting can wreck your health and anorexia nervosa is nothing to joke about . |
| 15 | If the after-Malta optimism is anything to go by , Europe may end up selling its costly fighter to Middle Eastern potentates . |
| 16 | If the after-Malta optimism is anything to go by , Europe may end up selling its costly fighter to Middle Eastern potentates . |
| 17 | They 're trying to arrange a ‘ mutually convenient ’ date ( and in the back of their minds they also want it to still be on sky … so unless we both get knocked out of the FA cup this weekend ( perish the thought ) we 'll probably end up playing a saturday and the following monday if moneygrabber silver is owt to do with it . |
| 18 | If early season form is anything to go by , Strabane could well be dark horses in the most open League race for years . |
| 19 | Our complimentary limousine airport service , express checking-in and out , super deluxe comforts and the undivided attention of a butler service are yours to enjoy . |
| 20 | Dyed-in-the-wool fabric-winged 65 hp-engined Ercoupe owners would appear to think the same about the metal Alon model in comparison to their own , if the Coupe Capers newsletter is anything to go by ! |
| 21 | The truth is that Clinton 's sex appeal is nothing to do with his looks . |
| 22 | But if you prefer to study events by venue — well , the grid plan is there to help you . |
| 23 | have to tell Bob whatever he might like to talk about that he turns it to the Poll Tax , the fact of the matter is that the Poll Tax is nothing to do with Oxfordshire County Council . |
| 24 | Because no Sunday School teacher is there to see that everyone gets a prize , that no one cheats or that no one is left lonely and out in the cold , there will be casualties . |
| 25 | Even if you can not freeze frame , the pause facility is one to exploit . |
| 26 | His childhood idyll was his to relive . |
| 27 | The way to secure future prosperity is by embracing change not resisting it and as my honourable friend er indicates , by using our skills to best effect and competitively in a global market place were we to embrace the policies of members opposite in the European community we would shut the job , the door to the jobs which will come from that inward investment because we have opted out of the social chapter we do indeed have the opportunity that comes from being , if I may qui may quote er President Delors a pa a paradise for inward investment . |
| 28 | Indeed , if the existing track record is anything to go by , aid is probably detrimental . |
| 29 | There were last minute threats by ardent Thatcherite MPs , notably Teresa Gorman , that they would consider resigning the party whip were he to win . |
| 30 | ‘ Well , perhaps not sun , if the weather forecast 's anything to go by — but at least it would be a change of scene for you . ’ |