Example sentences of "be [noun] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some result from experiences or preferences , and are reactions to our fears or those we feel are some kind of threat to us . |
| 2 | He puts great emphasis on the difficulties of prediction , and urges that where there are rules to which people do in fact adhere for the most part , and which help maintain the social stability required for any kind of good to flourish , we are likely to come nearest to doing what is objectively right ( in terms of its actual consequences ) if we also stick to the rules , but that where the rules , however useful they would be if generally obeyed , are widely flouted we should make a direct judgement of what will have the best consequences . |
| 3 | Talk to me , here are talk to me . |
| 4 | But there was more to it than that : as the only daughter and elder sister to Nathan and Matthew , she had become far more involved in the running of the household , and had been witness to her mother 's frequent pregnancies , miscarriages and confinements . |
| 5 | We all like to feel we have been witness to something out of the ordinary , preferably unique , and that is why the unprecedented sight of 33 catches in a Test match was titillating . |
| 6 | But they are guidelines to what acting is basically about . |
| 7 | In his memoirs , which are monuments to his own consistency , he answered this question in the negative : while admitting that he had no pre-established plan ( naturally since that would have been the kind of dogmatic thinking that he abhorred ) , he insisted that " the broad outlines were fixed in my mind … |
| 8 | The Okavango swamps are home to lots of animals |
| 9 | These areas are rich in animal and plant life and are home to our brackish fish , the Sand Goby ( Pomatoschistus minutus ) and the Three-spined Stickleback ( Gasterosteus aculeatus ) . |
| 10 | The Richardson boys had been visitors to her house for a long time . |
| 11 | So an annuity ca n't fall once you 've bought it it 's guaranteed , so you can see there are advantages to it . |
| 12 | Now he is known as The Man Who Changed the World , and there are statues to him everywhere . |
| 13 | It said quite plainly , there will be trouble , mademoiselle , and Jenna followed Marguerite into the house that had been home to her father for all those years . |
| 14 | Her destiny would have been marriage to her brother , then aged 9 . |
| 15 | These are matters to which we alluded in Chapter 2 . |
| 16 | They are matters to which I now turn . |
| 17 | These are matters to which we must return , but first we need to examine more closely the trends and patterns of overseas trade . |
| 18 | All the items listed in s2 are matters to which truth or falsity can be established as a matter of fact . |
| 19 | The other issues are Aberdeen to we 're gon na get shafted again cos have got a different schedule now have n't they ? |
| 20 | Add brains to that particular package , and you 're dynamite to someone like Jason Prior . |
| 21 | They 're people to him — not human people , but the same sort of thing , only different . |
| 22 | ‘ They 're servants to you , ’ she said quietly . |
| 23 | We 're martyrs to ourselves . |
| 24 | There are alternatives to what is called " the lecture system " — hardly an apt name , since anything less systematic or coherent than the uses made of a college lecture would be hard to find . |
| 25 | A lot more sort of individual builders and self-employed people like me and Chas will be more aware of things like this and that there are alternatives to it . |
| 26 | I am sure we all know horses that are exceptions to them — thoroughbred chestnut mares that are calm and placid and bay cobs who are nervy and excitable . |
| 27 | Recounting the history of Bilmarsh farm , Gough observed : ‘ Nathaniell Reve had a desire to been tenant of this farme , because his grandfather and father had been tenants to it before ’ . |
| 28 | ‘ Adaptations ’ are changes to your home to help you to get about or to manage better . |
| 29 | These are changes to your UK airport ( except between Gatwick and Heathrow ) , resort area , time or departure or return by more than 12 hours , and the offering of accommodation with a lower official classification . |
| 30 | By the close of that decade even writers like Thackeray , who are content to believe that all is well in the other nation , are none the less keenly aware of the divide — though he sees no reason to cross it — between a gentleman and his servants , ‘ who live with us all our days and are strangers to us : so strong custom is , and so pitiless the distinction between class and class ’ . |