Example sentences of "be [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At 8:30pm the parking lots outside the NT buildings on the Microsoft campus are observed to be 80% to 90% full . |
| 2 | At 8:30 pm the parking lots outside the NT buildings on the Microsoft campus are observed to be 80% to 90% full . |
| 3 | Before the war grammar schools were distinguished by their academic curriculum , by the existence of sixth forms , from which there could be progress to university , and by the academic qualifications of the teachers ; and so , after 1944 , it was taken for granted that the grammar school ideal must be preserved in its familiar form . |
| 4 | The music halls , professional football , the ‘ penny dreadful ’ comics and the ‘ penny bloods ’ which were said to be inducements to crime and immorality , the rowdy presence of working-class people at seaside resorts on Bank Holiday excursions , the evening promenade of young people that was ridiculed by their elders as the ‘ monkey parade ’ , the depravity and violence associated with the pub — they all came under attack at different times . |
| 5 | Mercury is cagey on pricing , but it says that an agreement with British Telecommunications Plc means that incoming calls will be 50% to 70% cheaper than calls to cellular phones . |
| 6 | Springbok win could be route to Union elite |
| 7 | But these social and technological changes hardly brought a more leisurely or carefree life to the farming families ( who were later to be emigrants to Britain , see Table I ) . |
| 8 | Cover for cancellation of your arrangements due to an accident or illness affecting you or your family should be £1,000 to £3,000 . |
| 9 | The USA also has limited equity co-operatives to make housing affordable , while there can also be recourse to corporations and private foundations as possible sources of financial assistance . |
| 10 | The doubling this year of sales and profits will be thanks to Montague 's increasingly astute deal-making . |
| 11 | If they succeed it will , in part , be thanks to Wimpol . |
| 12 | Networking is said to be 10% to 15% better on transferring data and there 's on-demand access to CD-ROM and floppy disks as well as remote file systems . |
| 13 | There will also be visits to Wye College 's Agricultural Museum and the Museum of Kent Rural Life at Sandling . |
| 14 | The NCC estimates it would cost £4.5 billion to meter the whole country and it says the cost to consumers would be £135 to £205 per property , rising to £1,000 for flats that share a common supply . |
| 15 | There is a thin strip of wasteland between the allotments and the depot which could be home to rats . |
| 16 | This may be home to Mercedes , Bosch , Kodak and Porsche to name but four , but it also offers endless greenery from the banks of the winding Neckar to the baroque palace in the historic heart of the city . |
| 17 | Schools could work forwards or backwards in time ( though it is expected that at all times there will be reference to time-lines , and time-charts , and that attention will be given to the question " when did this happen in the past ? " ) . |
| 18 | It is as if they might be responses to requests to " write up " exchanged conversation and counsel — some are lyrics and short prose poems on the nature of contemplative life . |
| 19 | On the other hand , examples like ( 33 ) could be responses to questions containing what ? |
| 20 | The paper reckons that a DEC AXP machine with 21064 CPU , a 512Kb secondary cache , six EISA slots , five drive bays and 16Mb to 128Mb memory will be $7,000 to $10,000 . |
| 21 | You know , it 's got ta be Monday to Friday or none at all has n't it ? |
| 22 | Princess Diana has agreed to be patron to Centrepoint , the London-based charity caring for the homeless , it was announced last night . |
| 23 | According to the new figures , this means most council tax bills in the south will be £700 to £1,150 , with the overwhelming majority above £800 and millions paying £900 . |
| 24 | She says it 's less noise , and traffic which used to be nose to tail now flows freely . |
| 25 | The Brewers Association of Scotland said that the real price increase across the bar would be 3p to 4p a pint as the 1.5p related to a pint of weak beer in the brewery . |
| 26 | The Brewers Association of Scotland said that the real price increase across the bar would be 3p to 4p a pint as the 1.5p related to a pint of weak beer in the brewery . |
| 27 | The input to the board from the bridge rectifier , Rec. 1 , needs to be 28V to 30V d.c. if the output range of 5V to 15V is to be achieved . |
| 28 | The British REd Cross are selling training packs for would be babysitters to accompagny the course . |
| 29 | Tickets to include tea will be £1.00 to members — £1.50 non-members . |
| 30 | I went to change me poll tax and er I says to her , I says , I should be court to Monday oh she says you 've got a fifteen pound court thing , I says aye , she says oh well that 's fifteen pound , I says it 's not cos I 'm not paying it I says I 'm not paying the fifteen pound to the court , I says , I says how come last year I did n't pay right round to February last year I said and yet I , your last payment 's next month , you know , she said oh well they 're stricter this year she says , she , if you 'd pay the half year you 'd of been alright |