Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [be] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So they stand cheerfully by the carriage window revealing in loud voices the personal secrets of the wretched traveller , who winces as he realizes that he has to travel two hundred miles with a carriage full of strangers who know his family history , how prone he is to chills if he wears a damp vest , what he has to do when he arrives at his destination . |
| 2 | Charles Hernu , bombarded the conference delegates with sweet talk on how useful defence research was for the civil sector and how good they were to researchers . |
| 3 | Generally , the bigger the fish , the less vulnerable it is to predation . |
| 4 | Nell smiled sweetly at his departing back and asked if I 'd ever noticed how important everything was to actors ? |
| 5 | It is not contended that the duty arose out of contract : the contract was between the defendants and Mrs. Walker , and so far as contract is concerned it was to Mrs. Walker the defendants were liable for breach of it . |
| 6 | Many Japanese failed to appreciate the background of Western social customs or realize how ill-suited they were to Japan . |
| 7 | ‘ Can you tell me how far it is to Karlovy Vary and Františkovy Láznë ? ’ she asked the male receptionist when she reached her hotel . |
| 8 | The more open we are to God , and the weaker our self-will becomes , the more desire will grow and flourish within us . |
| 9 | She would n't be laughing if she knew how close she was to disaster . |
| 10 | One way out of this dilemma was to adopt conventions which led to definite formulae without worrying too much about how close they were to nature ; and this was proposed by the French chemist Charles Gerhardt in the middle of the century . |
| 11 | He fumbled his way into the chair provided for visitors and put a hand over his lips so that I should n't see how close he was to tears . |
| 12 | He knew just how close it was to disaster . |
| 13 | Her voice rose on a note that betrayed how near she was to breaking-point . |
| 14 | Death will quickly draw the veil and make us see how near we were to God and one another , and did not sufficiently know it . |
| 15 | He seemed unaware of how attractive he was to women . |
| 16 | The smaller British Coal is , the more attractive it is to buyers . |