Example sentences of "[been] a [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would have been nice if it had been a decade to the day since the dog died that I exhumed its skull , but in fact I was a few months late . |
| 2 | Since the beginning of the fourth century B.C. the Celts had been a factor to be reckoned with everywhere in the Mediterranean world . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , I know I 've been a trial to you ever since Mother died , and running away with Garry was n't the smartest thing I 've ever done , but at least I met Roman because I was foolish and I do n't think he 'll hold it against me , will he ? ’ |
| 4 | If , over the years , you suspect that there has been a swing to or away from attending more than once a Sunday , you may want to take the trouble of further refining your data . |
| 5 | The high capital costs of building a good ‘ medium-secure ’ unit on a general hospital site with other admission beds has been a deterrent to developing more suitable facilities . |
| 6 | During the Repubblichini period there had been a Secretary to the Party in Fontanellato . |
| 7 | Recently , however , there has been a reversion to analysis of pre-historic artefacts in terms of their contextual social relations , as semiotic and ideological representations , with respect both to users in the past and for us today ( e.g. Hodder ed. 1982 ; Miller and Tilley eds 1984 ) . |
| 8 | She sewed by hand when necessary ; otherwise she whirred the handle of an ancient sewing-machine , that had been a wedding-present to her mother long before . |
| 9 | The other alleged threat to democracy has been a threat to local democracy , as LEAs have lost their power to control the secular curriculum in their schools . |
| 10 | what is sad to see is that a player like tony dorigo has not yet scored a goal this season and the same for kelly — that is : our wide defenders has not ( yet ) been a threat to the opposite team — which — if i rememeber correctly — did happen a couple of seasons back with both Love-Machine Sterland and Tony getting the occasional goal . |
| 11 | The import of continental beef breeds has been a threat to the Herefords . |
| 12 | ‘ The media have decided that there has been a return to two-party politics and everyone else has been marginalized , ’ she told the author . |
| 13 | There appears to have been a return to narrative , with more titles published and more copies sold ( although it must always be borne in mind that the Italian literary market is a relatively small one ) . |
| 14 | Species roses As remarked with regard to the English roses above , and in addition to the crossing back of the new with the old , there has been a return to and seeking after the more simple and unsophisticated beauties of the species roses , their forms and near hybrids . |
| 15 | After a considerable lull , there has been a return to this basic approach with the work on the New Forest industry by Mike Fulford ( 1975 ) and Vivien Swan ( 1973 ) , and that of Oxfordshire by Christopher Young ( 1972 and 1975a ; with Harris , 1975b ; and a major study forthcoming ) . |
| 16 | Particularly impressive has been the major revival of the South East since the mid 1970s , but there has also been a return to strong growth in the other three regions of the South in the mid 1980s . |
| 17 | While there has been some work on aspects of constitutions — particularly voting rules — only very recently has there been a return to the constitutional perspective associated with the classical constitutional theory associated with Montesquieu and Madison . |
| 18 | In every resolution , there has been a reference to making the money available for other ’ social and economic priorities ’ , thus confirming that the Labour party is the party of high taxation . |
| 19 | The statement was believed to have been a reference to a letter written by Hurd on Aug. 1 to the British Conservative MP , Sir Peter Blaker , underlining the UK government 's respect for Islam and adding that " we understand that the novel , The Satanic Verses , was found deeply offensive by people of the Islamic faith " . |
| 20 | Looking at the terms of the agreement as contained in the letter from Hunter 's attorney , and the receipt , it is manifest that the payment was not made in discharge of the plaintiff 's rights against all other parties ; and the result of the whole is , that it does not operate as a release , or matter which could have been pleaded as an accord and satisfaction , but amounts merely to an engagement not to sue Hunter , which can only be pleaded by himself ; if the action , therefore , had been brought against two parties , it would not have been a discharge to both . |
| 21 | The exquisite timing would have been a credit to the deftest of film editors , but was wasted . |
| 22 | She told me she was sorry we were going , and we 'd been a credit to the school . |
| 23 | Dave Sargeant , of the Alex planning department , said : ‘ The events which have taken place so far have been a credit to everyone who has taken part . |
| 24 | Entrusted to look after the fire or the children , let alone to go hunting , the myopic savage would have been a menace to group security . |
| 25 | The party was meant to have been a thank-you to the casino staff from the management . |
| 26 | The party was meant to have been a thank-you to the casino staff from the management . |
| 27 | But HIV changed all that : ‘ What , in another decade , had been a trip to the clap clinic was now a trip to the mortuary ’ . |
| 28 | There had been a trip to Yorkshire in April and another to the British Aquarist Festival in November , both of which had been enjoyed by all . |
| 29 | Elizabeth did not get one , and that may have been a tribute to her good taste ; she would have had no room in her house for such an object . |
| 30 | You 've extended courtesy , patience , and fair-mindedness to all , so that you 've been a tribute to the enquiry process if I may say so . |