Example sentences of "[vb mod] be to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had made its participation conditional on the undertaking that at least 60 per cent of the bank 's total lending should be to the private sector , with no more than 40 per cent for infrastructure projects . |
| 2 | It is a matter of total indifference to me , as it should be to the hon. Member for Swansea , East ( Mr. Anderson ) . |
| 3 | The more the star has moved at the end of the Earth 's journey of 186 million miles , the closer it must be to the solar system . |
| 4 | A puff it may be to the deposed kings of world rugby , but the Taiwanese are taking the training stint , which will be used as a build-up to September 's Asian tournament , in deadly earnest . |
| 5 | Thus it can be seen that the records of Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic flints , few and sparse as they may be to the local researcher , may , together with palaeo-environmental information and some idea of such early hunting , fishing and gathering life-styles , lead to a real appreciation of how the landscape was used by people in these early periods in the area under study . |
| 6 | It acts to foster rather than hinder the material and non-material interests of most groups involved in the planning process , although it may be to the short term tactical advantage of some not to recognise the fact . |
| 7 | But to be paid for playing — well , that 's something that I do n't think would be to the overall benefit of the games . ’ |
| 8 | Such changes would be to the long-term good of the United Kingdom 's economy . |
| 9 | One possible application of the proposals would be to the Civil Aviation Authority , which desperately needs new capital to deal with the problems of air traffic congestion in Europe . |
| 10 | Applications for larger penalties would be to the High Court . |
| 11 | Notification arising under Items 1 or 2 shall be to the Head Office of the Society and shall be by Post Office Registered or Recorded Delivery or shall be delivered by hand . |
| 12 | Instead of the public sector having the advantage of free or subsidised services , the higher the charge the nearer it will be to the private alternative . |
| 13 | If the approach to be found here can be tied to a previous tradition , it will be to the modern speculative grammar of which Jespersen and Sapir were eminent exponents earlier in the century ; this tradition has become unfashionable in the past two or three decades , though distinguished work in this mode has still been produced by various scholars , for instance P. H. Matthews in England and Dwight Bolinger in America ; in particular , if there are any worthwhile results in the present text , they owe much to Bolinger 's example of investigation through careful scrutiny of what really happens grammatically when a given expression is used . |
| 14 | In Japan it will be to the particular company , while in the Arab world it is the family which is the key to social , business and over-arching structures . |
| 15 | If the Legal Aid Board , as the only party adversely affected by the proposed order , has the opportunity to challenge it but decides not to do so , one may ask rhetorically what possible objection of substance there can be to the existing practice . |
| 16 | The animals will become as well fitted as they can be to the local conditions . |