Example sentences of "[conj] to [be] [adj] to [noun] " 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 | And to be fair to Steve , he was absolutely crap cricketer |
| 4 | Guidance was given on the government and academic organization of polytechnics : the system of government needed to be suitable for institutions serving national as well as regional and local needs , and to be attractive to staff who would be able to ‘ share fully in their government and management as academic communities ’ . |
| 5 | ( 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 . |
| 6 | Much of the criticism was justified but to be fair to Hodge , he had been placed in an invidious position and , blinkered as he was , in some respects , he was correct in appreciating that a rebuilding of the Korean right offered the only means of preventing communist success in south Korea . |
| 7 | I think that 's true what Yona says you know it it is Cos you know I the sort of the political people of the town tend to be councillors who are er men mainly and set in their ways and think that because they 've got the label councillor behind you know b front of their name that they 're they are for life you know it 's And they 're sort of respectable inverted commas members of the community and you know and I mean I hope that out of out of all this I mean it 's it 's a shame it has to happen in such a desperate situation you know because I mean none of us can really feel glad that Because to be on strike is I mean each day is is hard I 'm sure for well I mean I can only say because to be close to people on strike it 's quite a unique thing really for me and i you become so involved and close to people and you realize how hard it is for them . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The exhibition is sponsored by the Friends of the Nationalgalerie and Telekom , and the catalogue ( Hatje , Stuttgart ) , by Hainer Bastian and Werner Spies , is available at the especially low price of DM39 so as to be affordable to visitors from the new Lander . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ any premises ( in such a state as to be prejudicial to health or a nuisance , , . |
| 15 | ‘ any animal kept in such a place or manner as to be prejudicial to health or a nuisance ’ . |