Example sentences of "be to [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They overlap but they 're to some extent slightly different criteria . |
| 2 | If the effect of a joint research and development ( R&D ) agreement was that the parties no longer conducted independent research and development , this would be enough to attract the application of Article 85 ( 1 ) and the agreement would be to that extent prohibited unless Article 85(3) applied . |
| 3 | Other publications emanating from official enquiries , such as the French National Assembly 's postwar investigation of the events of the 1930s , may without being corrupt , nevertheless reflect special interests and be to that extent unrepresentative . |
| 4 | We must allay those fears for both Devonport and Rossythe and Neil , can we have an update and what the G M B position will be to that response ? |
| 5 | Half-way through the twentieth century it was becoming clear to the more perceptive analysts that , whatever the political limitations might or might not be to that form of growth , there were ecological limitations looming on the horizon . |
| 6 | Erm , if you were diagnosed as having cancer , and was intending to be dead in nine months , what would your reaction be to that ? |
| 7 | And the angel said unto them , ‘ Fear not , for behold I bring you good tidings of great joy , which shall be to all people . |
| 8 | for behold , I bring you good tidings of great joy , which shall be to all people . |
| 9 | In practice the resolute supporter of Party A is not likely when he lists his preferences to be thinking primarily of any eventual cooperation between his party and Party B. His chief concern will be the success of as many as possible of Party A's candidates , and it will be to all of them that he gives his higher preferences . |
| 10 | We dedicate this cross to be to all a symbol of his suffering and his victory . |
| 11 | One more match played under this ridiculous rule would be to many . |
| 12 | While you have too much of a good thing , there never seem to be to many cables on a warm sweater but to prevent them becoming overwhelming , they are sometimes improved by crossing each strip over alternatively . |
| 13 | They have to be to each other what Minny and I are . |
| 14 | If you wish to switch to a new scheme , this could either be to another company scheme or to a personal pension . |
| 15 | An undated letter from John Howard to the duke of Norfolk , which can probably be assigned to 1469 , assured Norfolk of Gloucester 's good will : ‘ I did remember your lordship to my lord , promising you I found my lord as well disposed toward you as any lord may be to another … whereof I was right glad to hear it . ’ |
| 16 | An undated letter from John Howard to the duke of Norfolk , which can probably be assigned to 1469 , assured Norfolk of Gloucester 's good will : ‘ I did remember your lordship to my lord , promising you I found my lord as well disposed toward you as any lord may be to another … whereof I was right glad to hear it . ’ |
| 17 | He set the village up as a separate body even then under a charitable trust , which it continues to be to this day . |
| 18 | In future , however , I suspect it will be to this fine disc that I shall be looking when I want to hear this sunny and enchanting score . |
| 19 | It is too early to say what the government response will be to this report in terms of committing resources and policy initiatives . |
| 20 | but he said er , the man said , and I do n't , now I 'll see what yo your reaction will be to this . |
| 21 | The graduate in English was to be to some extent a scholar , in so far as he or she had a sense of the past and the capacity to understand literature in its historical contexts , particularly linguistic ; beyond that , what was looked for was wide reading , an appreciation of masterpieces , and a capacity to write well , attend to evidence , and disentangle sense from nonsense in argument . |
| 22 | However distasteful it may be to some people , this does at least provide a rational explanation for the behaviour of those bystanders , even if it does not excuse them . |
| 23 | A widower can become something of a ‘ cause ’ to those living in the same street or block of flats , whereas a widow , although not shunned , may be to some extent avoided by all but the most caring individuals in the early days of her bereavement . |
| 24 | Information about shape and size will of course be to some extent writer dependent . |
| 25 | Emerson revealed that both those who continued working and those who retired ‘ appeared to be to some extent affected by rather garbled information concerning retirement impact ’ ( Emerson 1959 ) . |
| 26 | He acknowledges that precisely what rules of property there should be is undetermined by this ‘ general requirement of justice ’ and he also concedes that the choice of rules will be to some extent arbitrary . |
| 27 | There is no good reason why that traditional understanding should now be abandoned , however inconvenient it may be to some of those who would otherwise like to shelter under the umbrella of the term " democracy " . |
| 28 | We have to confess that we are at a stage of understanding where any answer must be to some extent tentative . |
| 29 | There is some evidence ( by no means conclusive ) to indicate that the " hyper-male " situation ( XYY ) may be to some extent associated with aggressive tendencies and the XXY or XXXX situation with ultra.femininity . |
| 30 | I have just indicated one way in which criticism centred on the theory dependence of observation can be to some extent evaded by the inductivists , and I am convinced that they will be able to think of further ingenious defences . |