Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A number of important points emerged from the Vice-President 's speech indicating the creation of more coherent Government attitudes to the press : these concerned its role , the limits there should be to its activities and the relationship it ought to have with the Government . |
| 2 | Your initial approach should be to your own local councillor(s) ( those serving on the Leisure and Amenities Committee are particularly useful ) . |
| 3 | Soft ground is essential for Yahoo and conditions should be to his liking , although if he could not beat Desert Orchid in the Cheltenham bog it is difficult to visualise him doing it at Kempton . |
| 4 | Nor did he dismiss it outright , though he said that my first duty should be to my family , with which of course I concurred . |
| 5 | " I know I have n't always been what a husband should be to you — but that does n't mean I do n't appreciate and admire your beauty . " |
| 6 | ‘ That Lehzen handed over to the nation a potentially great queen must be to her credit ’ ( Longford ) . |
| 7 | Further to Micheal Meacher 's article on the censorship of whistleblower ( ‘ Shut up or get out ’ , 1 May ) , nurses , midwives and health visitors are clearly enjoined by their regulatory body , the United Kingdom Central Council ( UKCC ) , that their first loyalty must be to their patients or clients . |
| 8 | " Might be to me . |
| 9 | She suspected that the Bishop and the Archdeacon had invited her to the meeting more to enlist her help as a sleuth than as a source of information of a kind which might be to them , in any case , unwelcome . |
| 10 | While it might be to your advantage to do so at the earliest opportunity , there is nevertheless no legal urgency for you to make the journey other than at your convenience . |
| 11 | I might be to you but it 's this is going to a parent ! |
| 12 | Oh I would n't he might be to you but he 's worth it to us . |
| 13 | But we 'll manage something — he 's going to write — I 've given him your address , Bina — when you get a letter from Spain it 'll be to me from him — you will hide them from your parents , wo n't you ? |
| 14 | When it happens it 'll just happen naturally , and that 's all there 'll be to it . |
| 15 | Ah soon you 'll be to your money . |
| 16 | And she capitalized on this , she saw where it could be to her advantage to be perceived as a celluloid creation . |
| 17 | Even if you are drawn against an élite performer who has a great deal of experience , the fact that you may be younger , hungrier , fitter could be to your advantage . |
| 18 | As a Bank that looks after its customers ' financial welfare , we know just how important the benefits offered by this Plan could be to you as they are paid at a time when you would need real financial help . |
| 19 | As a Bank that looks after its customers ' financial welfare , we know just how important the benefits offered by this Plan could be to you as they are paid at a time when you need real financial help . |
| 20 | ‘ It may be to them , but it is n't to me ; it 's still just a pile of bricks . ’ |
| 21 | Because the chances are that because you know more about the subject than the general reporter , to whom — this may be to you the most important part of the day , most important story of your day , to him it might be only one of four , five or six that they 're doing . |
| 22 | For example , if you have the situation where you want to put two occasionally-used machines quite close to one another , it may be to your advantage that their heights are exactly the same so the job can run across both tables . |
| 23 | I think there 's one advantage in letting the Paymaster know because he deducts tax at source , whereas your second employer may not , and it may be to your advantage to be paying tax |
| 24 | Bless our work bless us that all we do and say may be to your glory and for the sake of your kingdom guide us |
| 25 | Ways of trying to increase your bargaining power include delaying negotiations or confrontation until you are in a stronger position , initiating action in another area which raises the costs to your opponent if he disagrees with your offer , linking the issue under discussion with much wider issues which do not seem of much importance at first sight to your opponent but which may be to his long-term disadvantage but to your long-term advantage which will compensate for your short-term loss . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't think Hank realizes how devastating it may be to his mother when his book comes out , ’ Isobel went on . |
| 27 | A major part of the nurse 's role is therefore to assess how much help a patient requires and what risks there may be to his safety . |
| 28 | We ask that through Your wisdom , Alan may be to his new church : |
| 29 | But the mestizo was a gangster and his prime loyalty would be to himself . |
| 30 | " How flattering it would be to one 's pride if at the moment of leaving you were sure that you left a memory behind , that she would think of you more than the others . " |