Example sentences of "[noun prp] be to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had climbed together a couple of weeks before at Goat Crag , where I was once again reminded how suited Fanshawe is to upward progress ; a powerful frame and seemingly hydraulic legs brought him to the crag aeons before I arrived . |
| 2 | Susceptible as Hardy was to intense emotional experience — one of his earliest memories was of being moved to tears by his father playing the violin — and to pretty girls , Emma 's attraction for him must also have rested in the circumstances of their meeting in a wild and beautiful setting , and in their mutual loneliness . |
| 3 | My alternative account , a minimal one , seeks among other things to give fewer hostages than Brentano 's to philosophical fortune , or anyway to philosophical doubt . |
| 4 | That , plus the fact that less than 24 hours later the squad for Australia and South Africa was to named , concentrated the minds of the All Blacks most effectively . |
| 5 | WHAT J.D. Salinger is to literature and Bobby Fischer was to chess , Van Cliburn is to classical music — the great success who gives it all up , without anyone understanding exactly why . |
| 6 | He still attends Mass on Sunday although he must be , to some of the more conventional believers kneeling beside him , what Philip Roth is to orthodox Jews . |
| 7 | Instead , if Birmingham is to saved , then some sort of balance sheet parachute should be concocted on the lines of a long-term equity injection such as preference shares or even a convertible bond . |
| 8 | A potent black comedy on the hell of alcoholism , and sequel to last festival 's major success Vermin , ‘ Burbridge is to social realism what Harry Houdini was to Chubb locks ’ Evening Argus . |
| 9 | Fittingly , Strangelove are to three-minute melodies what Gary Lineker is to goalkeeping . |
| 10 | ‘ O ’ — if only outstanding SPRs are to included , |
| 11 | Quite hard for the grade , it follows one of the straightest cracklines in Lakeland for a full 50 metre rope length , with excellent protection ranging form RP 's to medium sized friends ! |
| 12 | Exported by Christie 's to National Museum , of Stockholm , at £38,000 . |
| 13 | Shrimpton was to nervous and inexperienced that Duffy made her recite ‘ Humpty Dumpty ’ to calm her down . |
| 14 | Hitler was to convinced that the advantages of drawing the RAF 's fighters into combat to protect London now outweighed the political advantages of not bombing Greater London . |