Example sentences of "[conj] to [be] [adj] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Agnes disliked rings on men , although to be fair to Husband — which she had no intention of being — she had little trouble in finding something to dislike about everybody from Six . |
| 2 | On the other hand it must be subtle and flexible enough to accommodate the diverse forms of capitalist society , and to be immune to refutation by counter example . |
| 3 | ( b ) to be able to appreciate the interlinking of everything and the force of cumulative evidence , and that what is done and learnt in school can not be divorced from what happens outside ; ( c ) to appreciate that religion challenges head-on any view that regards knowledge as something only arrived at by reasoning and scientific experimentation ; ( d ) to be concerned about conviction for or against religion , but to be open to evidence and to experience — not to have the answers all neatly sewn up , but to see life as a journey of exploration with exciting prospects and a sense of fulfilment in actually moving forward and , if necessary , changing in order to accommodate fresh insight . |
| 4 | and it is usually necessary to remove it by flocculation with alum or alum with sodium aluminate , followed by filtration ; the final pH should be adjusted so as to be close to neutrality on the alkaline side . |
| 5 | In most cases , it will not be difficult to see how the argument presented could be re-cast so as to be applicable to observation via the other senses . |
| 6 | Nor was every man assessed on landed income an owner , for some used to take leases so as to be able to sublet them for profit . |
| 7 | IF a dwelling house is in such a state of disrepair as to be prejudicial to health or a nuisance , the tenant may lay an information against his landlord alleging the existence of a statutory nuisance under the Public Health Act 1936 . |
| 8 | Section 92(1) of the 1936 Act defines ‘ statutory nuisances ’ as ‘ any premises in such a state as to be prejudicial to health or a nuisance ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ any premises ( in such a state as to be prejudicial to health or a nuisance , , . |
| 10 | ‘ any animal kept in such a place or manner as to be prejudicial to health or a nuisance ’ . |