Example sentences of "[be] to [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh god , who 's to my , you 're to my right are n't you Shell ? |
| 2 | The SNP thought that if the ‘ independence-union ’ alternative was stressed , the crumbling of British Labour support would be to its benefit . |
| 3 | A number of important points emerged from the Vice-President 's speech indicating the creation of more coherent Government attitudes to the press : these concerned its role , the limits there should be to its activities and the relationship it ought to have with the Government . |
| 4 | And she capitalized on this , she saw where it could be to her advantage to be perceived as a celluloid creation . |
| 5 | The tournament moves to Wembley today and Wright believes that this will prove to be to her advantage because the Perspex court is better suited to her slower style of play . |
| 6 | So Sean O'Farrell and his pleasantries would not be to her taste today . |
| 7 | The dance would be to her tune . |
| 8 | ‘ That Lehzen handed over to the nation a potentially great queen must be to her credit ’ ( Longford ) . |
| 9 | He sat back down next to her , but he still did n't look at her , and she had a sinking feeling that he really was going to tell her the truth about Nicole , but it would not be to her liking . |
| 10 | Instinct told her that he was planning something for her and it might not be to her liking . |
| 11 | The pyre would be to her right . |
| 12 | The potential liability would pass to the wife as transferee ; to agree to elect for " hold over " can not necessarily be to her advantage . |
| 13 | At the meeting , the most important point to convey is that your alternative proposals need not be to their detriment , either in financial terms or in the provision of any accommodation they may be hoping for in a new development on the site . |
| 14 | LMS was viewed as being very similar to the pilot schemes , although the heads ' opinions tended to be related to how kind they expected the formula to be to their situation . |
| 15 | The Israelis must , in their hearts , know this , and it would be to their everlasting credit to acknowledge it . |
| 16 | Fighting , he says , is ‘ the real , highest , honestest business of every son of man ’ and he advises ‘ those young persons whose stomachs are not strong , or who think a good set-to with the weapons which God has given to us all , an uncivilized , unchristian , or ungentlemanly affair , just skip this chapter at once , for it wo n't be to their taste ’ . |
| 17 | Yet they can only survive in warm or temperate climes , and it would be to their advantage to grow bigger . |
| 18 | Further to Micheal Meacher 's article on the censorship of whistleblower ( ‘ Shut up or get out ’ , 1 May ) , nurses , midwives and health visitors are clearly enjoined by their regulatory body , the United Kingdom Central Council ( UKCC ) , that their first loyalty must be to their patients or clients . |
| 19 | It was not clear whether such moves would be to their benefit . |
| 20 | Because their tour of duty usually lasted no more than three or four years their primary loyalties were thought to be to their careers in the Home Office at large . |
| 21 | The colleges themselves , of course , took part in these processes often with some trepidation and nervousness , not knowing how well the CNAA would understand them as institutions or how sympathetic it would be to their approach to teacher education . |
| 22 | Cambridge reckon the weight will be to their advantage although some experts reckon the light-blues may be too heavy . |
| 23 | They covered her nakedness with an apron of figleaves , and punished her sexuality with pain and oppression : ‘ In sorrow thou shalt bring forth children ; and thy desire shall be to thy husband , and he shall rule over thee ’ . |
| 24 | Immediately after my robbery I had thought all this action would be to my benefit . |
| 25 | I gave him a frown and told him to mind his manners because I was n't sure what the old lady 's reaction would be to my brother . |
| 26 | I 've still drawn a blank as far as recording is concerned but I will be to my father . |
| 27 | And what use would I then be to my father ? |
| 28 | Nor did he dismiss it outright , though he said that my first duty should be to my family , with which of course I concurred . |
| 29 | My vet — an older man who lived out on the Downs — has just retired , so I 'll try both your practices which will be to my advantage , because when one practice is too busy to come out at once then I can call on the other . ’ |
| 30 | Soft ground is essential for Yahoo and conditions should be to his liking , although if he could not beat Desert Orchid in the Cheltenham bog it is difficult to visualise him doing it at Kempton . |