Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] would be to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The SNP thought that if the ‘ independence-union ’ alternative was stressed , the crumbling of British Labour support would be to its benefit . |
| 2 | Yes Mr Chairman erm I understand the motive behind this proposal resolution but I think the mover perhaps is unaware of what 's actually going on and have to decide and so I would like to speak against this resolution and I think the constructive thing to do so we do n't send the wrong messages would be to er I , I will move an amendment er and I will explain what I 'm doing as I speak . |
| 3 | There is a belief that mild mental handicap may in a sense be inherited in a way that most severe mental handicaps are not , although public understanding would be to the contrary . |
| 4 | Mosbacher justified his decision on the grounds that to substitute population estimates in place of actual figures would be to " abandon a 200-year tradition of how we actually count people " . |
| 5 | One fairly obvious procedure would be to weight each d by the number of cases it was based on . |
| 6 | But the mestizo was a gangster and his prime loyalty would be to himself . |
| 7 | He was attracted to her , as any red-blooded male would be to any presentable woman in these circumstances , but that was as far as it went and it was up to her to make sure her own feelings did n't betray her . |
| 8 | One more match played under this ridiculous rule would be to many . |
| 9 | A nice half-day excursion would be to Monte and Terreiro da Luta , still within the city of Funchal but a bus or a taxi ride up the hillside at the back of the city . |
| 10 | When I was about ten years old , a trip to the village from the South end was a bigger thrill than a trip to a big city would be to a present day child , later working in the village as a teenager , the dances every Saturday and Monday night was enjoyment never to be forgot . |
| 11 | The dating of an artefact to the span of a single generation would be to a degree of accuracy which would provide a powerful tool for the study of Anglo-Saxon society . |
| 12 | The purpose of a Scottish Euro Unit would be to : |
| 13 | To form one good mixed practice would be to our mutual advantage . |