Example sentences of "[adj] [be] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The disadvantage of the latter system is that there is a tendency to stuff all the envelopes in a section with the material simply because it is easier than going through m all , and because the gaps will have to be made up envelopes wasted if only a few are to left out of one section . |
| 2 | Gentleman , this is to quaint you all of you cor Serning the Billing of this workhous think to starve the poore theare Stephen Wite Stratford Lews of Barfield Wile of TataSon Loyd hintlesham but let them tak care of thin Selves for farit that is hap on shall there Brains be Blown out and that as sure as death and fail not and the hous shall not be bilt a toyle for theare shall be 500 planted soon and will di all it and pull Wiles hous down . |
| 3 | This is to misrepresent religion . |
| 4 | Wholegrain mustard is to Dijon what wholemeal is to brown flour . |
| 5 | ADSS secretary John Ransford said there had been a move away from domestic are to personal care . |
| 6 | Norrie Morrison , an analyst at the broker Kleinwort Benson , said : ‘ I think it will go a long was to reassuring shareholders about corporate governance … |
| 7 | The Court of Appeal held that as the effect of clause 8 was to negative a tortious liability which the owner would otherwise incur to the hirer , it was an exclusion of liability , and subject to a test of reasonableness under the UCTA 1977 . |
| 8 | Do you think that 's to big ? |
| 9 | In 1988 British publishers ' sales were reported as 1,700 million pounds , of which 1,100 million were to individual purchasers , 240 million to ‘ public institutions ’ ( schools , higher education and public libraries ) , and a further 360 million estimated to be to ‘ private institutions ’ ( which include most commercial libraries ) . |
| 10 | Labour 's rates proposals are to fairness what Henry VIII was to marital stability and what Basil Fawlty is to the art of hospital and hotel management . |