Example sentences of "source of [noun sg] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The right of holding markets and fairs was a jealously guarded privilege and ( needless to say ) a source of profit to the lord , or the community of the freemen of an incorporated borough . |
| 2 | Well done , extra-illustration can be a valuable achievement and a source of enjoyment to the collector for many years . |
| 3 | To make matters worse , even in their depleted condition the cities remained a vital source of income to the government . |
| 4 | The wife is commonly , these days , a secondary source of income to the family and the loss of her income is something that should be taken into account when the claim comes to be made , together with , most importantly , the loss of the services the wife has gratuitously rendered to her family . |
| 5 | Clearly , therefore , the source of benefit to the employer has to be the patent , rather than the invention , which the employee has developed . |
| 6 | How she finds it will remain a source of fascination to the country and the Press , no matter what the pontificating politicians say . |
| 7 | While cigarette tax is rich source of revenue to the Treasury , the costs of smoking to the economy include not only the expense of treating diseases caused by smoking , but also other costs such as working days lost and social security payments . |
| 8 | An important source of revenue to the sultan 's exchequer was the poll tax , or cizye . |
| 9 | A separate source of unresponsiveness to the consumer ‘ electorate ’ derives from the fact that since companies have control over the goods and services made available to the public , consumers can not positively ‘ vote ’ for the production of goods with the particular characteristics that best suit their requirements , but can only ‘ veto ’ the products they are actually offered . |
| 10 | Sample results are a potential source of embarrassment to the agency , since , like criminal statistics , they are open to a variety of interpretations . |
| 11 | This has been a source of satisfaction to the Computer Group , but has been due in part to the assistance we have received from many people . |
| 12 | The Advisory Board for the Research Councils ( ABRC ) is responsible for science policy because of its role as a principal source of advice to the Secretary of State on the allocation of the DES science budget . |
| 13 | The Advisory Board for the Research Councils ( ABRC ) is responsible for science policy because of its role as a principal source of advice to the Secretary of State on the allocation of the DES science budget . |
| 14 | There is no constitutional source of advice to the sovereign as ‘ Head of the Commonwealth ’ , because as such she has no responsible ministers on whose advice to act . |
| 15 | These groups may draw on the professional skills of individual party members who can act as an independent source of advice to the party groups on the council . |
| 16 | A major source of opposition to the return of Rawlings to power was expected to come from the Nkrumahist parties . |
| 17 | These battles are a source of danger to the pup . |
| 18 | The Factory Inspectorate , part of the Health and Safety Executive and local authorities , responsible for the enforcement of the present health and safety at work laws , would be mainly concerned with the latter , being a source of danger to the health of employees ; the control of odour nuisance , whilst not ignored being accorded a lower priority , as the legal requirements concerning occupational hygiene are mainly orientated towards the degree of risk i.e. the harmful effects on the body , arising out of exposure to toxic materials in the form of fumes , gases and dust . |
| 19 | Injuries and deaths at work are a significant and reducible source of danger to the citizen , and the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 provides the framework for the regulation of safety in work-places with an offence of failing to ensure that , ‘ so far as is reasonably practicable ’ , employees are not exposed to risks to their health or safety . |
| 20 | In Iceland , however , where limpets are scarce or absent , dog-whelks are a much more important source of food to the oystercatcher ( references in Cramp et al. , 1983 ) . |
| 21 | As was discussed during the morning , it is in fact a source of grievance to the Association and its members that banks are not obliged to — indeed are barred from — using the Annual Percentage Rate formula in the context of overdrafts . |
| 22 | The major source of information to the prospector is British Geological Survey ( BGS ) . |