Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [adv] [be] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's all out there on the street and it 's the closet I 've ever been and probably the nearest I will ever be to actually feeling part of the world . |
| 2 | yeah , er , design I can never be to a boiler or storage heater for the winter also the heater would activate the till the heat |
| 3 | Otherwise our credit society could easily go sour on us , with repercussions for the country 's industry and commerce which would not be to our benefit . |
| 4 | Membership of an organisation necessitates voluntary restrictions upon the sovereign powers of States which can only be to the extent accepted by the members through the express or implied terms of the treaty . |
| 5 | She could not be to Pen as Minnie was to Miss Arabel since there was a mother in between but she had a great desire to see her former charge treat her as freely when he reached manhood . |
| 6 | Right , I hope , we wo n't be to long now , perhaps if we could just bring up the item you wanted to mention . |
| 7 | It may not be to women 's advantage , but it is there , and it acknowledges the power , albeit negative , of women 's cycles of fertility . |
| 8 | He says that it should n't be to difficult , just time consuming . |
| 9 | He told me not to talk about the matter outside as it might not be to his interests if the facts were made generally known . ’ |
| 10 | Instinct told her that he was planning something for her and it might not be to her liking . |
| 11 | It might not be to everyone 's taste or be able to last for hundreds of years but you have to admit that she would turn a few heads if she appeared sitting casually in your garden . |
| 12 | In the first place , Singer countered , it would be difficult to locate the minimal qualification for the sense of justice and , furthermore , once established , it could well be to the detriment of equality since it might imply that we could have ‘ grades of moral status , with rights and duties corresponding to the degree of refinement of one 's sense of justice ’ ( 1979 : 16–17 ) . |
| 13 | He could well be to South Africa what Willie-O now is to the World Champions . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , if Sister 's sanctioned it , it ca n't be to Melrose , where that dishy registrar 's often to be seen . ’ |
| 15 | At Larchgrove some expressed the view that the remedial input necessary to develop Tony 's literacy and numeracy could be provided best at a residential school , but there was a stronger view that it would not be to his benefit to remove him from a secure and caring home . |
| 16 | He sat back down next to her , but he still did n't look at her , and she had a sinking feeling that he really was going to tell her the truth about Nicole , but it would not be to her liking . |
| 17 | ‘ I was told : ‘ Poppy , it will only be to the bottom of your back . |
| 18 | Fighting , he says , is ‘ the real , highest , honestest business of every son of man ’ and he advises ‘ those young persons whose stomachs are not strong , or who think a good set-to with the weapons which God has given to us all , an uncivilized , unchristian , or ungentlemanly affair , just skip this chapter at once , for it wo n't be to their taste ’ . |
| 19 | Even if your reasoning is self-evident to you , it wo n't be to other people , who will come at the issue from a slightly ( or very ) different point of view . |
| 20 | I would hope he wo n't be to late or he 'll be exhausted . |