Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] [be] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is the NACAB , which continues : ’ It is financially highly inefficient and imprisoning people because of their financial vulnerability should be anathema to a humane society . ’ |
| 2 | All entries should be address to Kit Kat Competition The editor 's decision is final . |
| 3 | There are fears that the proposal could be counter to the Cleveland structure plan , which sets out guidelines for future development . |
| 4 | The 500,000 acres of land held by the water companies would be prey to ‘ massive exploitation . ’ |
| 5 | I can see that England would be anathema to Fairfax . |
| 6 | At this scale , the costs of duplication far outweigh the benefits of competition — especially as each machine would be host to more than one experiment , allowing internal competition free rein . |
| 7 | A win for United would give them a good chance ; a draw would be tantamoumt to playing Russian Roulette and defeat would be good night . |
| 8 | Mr Gilbert stated categorically that only very few council officials would be party to such information , and would certainly not release it . |
| 9 | The presence of fleas on your dog does not indicate neglect , as the cleanest of dogs can be host to these parasites , which feed on blood . |
| 10 | The discovery of the meaning of the family name may be news to the other side . |
| 11 | When morning came she was too ill with the poison to move and despite her weak protests he told her he would watch over her , for no eagle should be prey to gull or crow . |
| 12 | The station will be home to 117 police and civilian staff , said Insp. |
| 13 | Hullavington will be home to the new Royal Logistic Corps — these support staff are preparing to fly out to Bosnia . |
| 14 | Hullavington will be home to more than 750 soldiers , until December 1994 . |
| 15 | To clarify which local planning authorities would be party to the agreement of the location of a new settlement . |
| 16 | Surely the nearby towns of Redruth and Camborne must be home to many pilots . |
| 17 | Moreover , such a trend would be counter to government action during the 1980s , when central government grants to local government were progressively reduced . |
| 18 | Purchased by the Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Area Health Authority , the building will be home to two other AIDS charities . |
| 19 | Darlington may be home to first ‘ medical village ’ in Britain |
| 20 | No wonder , Paulos argues , that in a society in which such lapses are common , and indeed go unremarked , the citizenry should be prey to every form of delusion and chicanery , political or mercenary . |
| 21 | Springbok win could be route to Union elite |
| 22 | But though this was so , Lord Coke reports that it was resolved by the whole Court of Common Pleas ‘ that payment of a lesser sum on the day in satisfaction of a greater can not be any satisfaction for the whole , because it appears to the judges that by no possibility a lesser sum can be satisfaction to the plaintiff for a greater sum : but the gift of a horse , hawk , or robe , etc. , in satisfaction is good for it shall be intended that a horse , hawk , or robe , etc. , might be more beneficial to the plaintiff than the money , in respect of some circumstance , or otherwise the plaintiff would not have accepted it in satisfaction . |
| 23 | She found it hard to believe that a Press Officer would be party to evidence of this nature . |
| 24 | This is much higher than articles in a journal , where some of the more esoteric papers will be interest to perhaps no more than four or five readers world-wide . |
| 25 | Apart from the large numbers of tennis fans expected on day one of the 1991 Federation Cup , millions more around the country will be witness to the day 's proceedings , courtesy of the BBC 's Radio I Roadshow . |
| 26 | Let us work till every sailor become a Christian missionary and every seaport a Tyre whose merchandise shall be holiness to the Lord and every ship a floating church " . |