Example sentences of "[pers pn] are [art] [noun] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You are no good to me , ’ she used to say . |
| 2 | Criticize positively and constructively everything you 're made of and everything you do ( but do n't destroy yourself in the process — you are no use to anyone as a nervous wreck with an inferiority complex ) . |
| 3 | ‘ Then you are no use to us , ’ the first voice said . |
| 4 | that 's a good thing that you are a friend to her , that you 'll take her tempers and you 'll still come back . |
| 5 | ‘ You are a success to them if you fit in with the culture , particularly when they have gone thousands of miles and built up the clubs themselves . |
| 6 | ‘ You are a stranger to me , ’ she said . |
| 7 | Whether you are a visitor to our town , or indeed live nearby , you may be surprised at the many fascinating glimpses of Old Northampton which remain and can be enjoyed . |
| 8 | You are an asset to my establishment . |
| 9 | We are a mystery to ourselves , and it is only God who sees into this mystery , knowing us completely . |
| 10 | They are no bother to anybody . |
| 11 | Louisiana has a ‘ shoot the burglar ’ law , which allows householders to kill intruders if they think they are a threat to themselves or their families . |
| 12 | I quite often see this at work : I love helping people out of difficult situations , but I 'm also very good at pushing people out of my way if I feel that they are a threat to me . |
| 13 | We have commented that people who contemplate suicide usually feel that life has nothing left to offer , and that they are a burden to themselves and those around them . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , possums are sometimes promoted into positions of authority , when they are a danger to everyone , because they neither sort out squabbles or misunderstandings amongst employees , nor do they support them against outside threats . |
| 15 | Elderly people should never be persuaded against their will to move out of their own home , unless their mental or physical health or living conditions are so deplorable that they are a danger to their own or other people 's safety . |
| 16 | But in the course of developing our case we have found no grounds upon which I could have validly chosen my present ends except that they are the ones to which I spontaneously tended when most aware ; on what grounds then could I persist in preferring these ends to a further advance in awareness which would undermine them ? |
| 17 | In fact they are the key to our survival — and our planet 's future . |
| 18 | However , they are the background to what follows — if ‘ social being determines social consciousness ’ , then the changes in experience which derive from the reordering of production on Tyne side have profound significance . |
| 19 | They can be used as counters for they are the tickets to our mystic world . |
| 20 | They are the people to whom the Bill will have some relevance . |