Example sentences of "[be] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Principles of neutrality state that there are reasons to be neutral . |
| 2 | But there are reasons to be optimistic about our economy … |
| 3 | These are reasons to be cheerful , but the studied neglect of the national press does n't make only Kitty angry . |
| 4 | In the Registrar 's office there are forms to be filled in and information to be provided . |
| 5 | The romantic style is the most poetic of all because its movements must express moods , emotions and actions that are reactions to the circumstances and events which surround and occur to characters during the unfolding of plot , theme or music |
| 6 | Some result from experiences or preferences , and are reactions to our fears or those we feel are some kind of threat to us . |
| 7 | No. 10 is known as the horsebox shop , that is , it deals with repairs to horseboxes , carriage trucks , parcel and milk vans , motor car trucks and various smaller vehicles which are incidentals to coaching traffic . |
| 8 | The central T8-A9 step is overwound to 44° , whereas the flanking C-T and A-G steps are underwound to 28° . |
| 9 | There are essays to be done , maths questions to answer and a still life to be drawn at almost every school across the country . |
| 10 | There are returns to the impasto , but thin painting certainly predominates towards the end of the century . |
| 11 | But also of importance are returns to a factor , keeping the other constant . |
| 12 | Some are calls to each other ; some to the gringo . |
| 13 | THERE are secrets to being a boss which are not necessarily connected to ditching your pals on the way up . |
| 14 | The nose had been smashed , the throat was terribly bruised , and there had been attempts to both burn and boil the remains . |
| 15 | And although I do not agree with them that either suicide or anorexia are attempts to ‘ get attention ’ , but rather attempts to get identity and wholeness , the following passages may serve to illustrate the paradoxical type of thinking which dominates both states of mind . |
| 16 | For Pope , these contradictions are follies to be satirized ; for Leapor , they are injustices to be protested against . |
| 17 | It is said that William Whiteley Ltd. v. The King , 101 L.T. 741 and Twyford v. Manchester Corporation [ 1946 ] Ch. 236 are authorities to the contrary . |
| 18 | There had long been resistance to making him a saint due to his open contempt for Christian domestic morality ( he had lived with concubines after the death of his last wife ) . |
| 19 | My claim has been that there are parallels to be observed between the theism of the Western religious traditions and that of the main Eastern religious tradition . |
| 20 | It is of course true that there are parallels to certain of these ideas in Greek and Roman philosophies , in Eastern religions , in the writings of mystics and in eighteenth-century sublime poetry , and well-read and inquiring students like Wordsworth and Coleridge could not have avoided hearing about them . |
| 21 | If indeed there are dangers to the health of our children in exposure to low levels of lead , and if we can reduce this exposure by banning lead additives from petrol , then something can and should be done . |
| 22 | On farms , building sites , in factories and hospitals there are dangers to be understood and avoided . |
| 23 | There are dangers to life . |
| 24 | If standards are set in concrete , there is no way of teaching children that there are times to be flexible , when special circumstances demand it . |
| 25 | In 1837 there had been improvements to the dressing floors , and it was then considered likely that every two months about 400 tons of merchantable ore and concentrate would soon be a reality , though the low price of copper prevailing at that time was felt to be something of a drawback . |
| 26 | Analysts such as Anderson ( 1984 ) , Frisby ( 1985 ) and Callinicos ( 1985 ) have thus aggressively disputed Lyotard 's famous pronouncement that the contemporary scepticism before ‘ metanarratives ’ has been midwife to the birth of the postmodern condition . |
| 27 | I am the servant of the cause I have at heart , and you and I , and Harry if need be , are coin to be spent for it . ’ |
| 28 | Scattered through the policy review are proposals to : Drastically alter the status and organisation of the Department of Trade and Industry ; Create two departments — a Department of Consumer Affairs , and a Department for Legal Administration ; Create a Department of Environmental Protection within the existing Department of the Environment ; Set up a plethora of new commissions and executive agencies ; Set up a Women 's Ministry . |
| 29 | Among proposals to combat noise pollution are alterations to road surfaces , reductions in aircraft and vehicle noise , controls over burgular and car alarms , better sound insulation in buildings and a " quiet neighbourhood " scheme are proposals to be examined to combat noise pollution . |
| 30 | I am clerk to the King 's Bench of the royal court of England . |