Example sentences of "[pron] is [noun] to [pron] " in BNC.

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1 How , she asked herself in those early days , has it come about that I , daughter to a humble carpenter and a washerwoman , have become the companion and confidante of her who is close to the throne , who is sister-in-law to him who will one day be King of England ?
2 And then there is B to it , what ?
3 In examples ( h.7 ) and ( h.8 ) there is reference to someone working on an idea or being puzzled .
4 Skipton is paying 11.75 per cent on its Excel Bond for sums of £5,000 or more and there is access to your money .
5 Such external evidence as there is points to his being the son of a fairly poor rural family who were tenants on the estate of the manor of Thornton Dale which , in 1335 , was described as having : a chief messuage worth in garden produce and herbage 13s 4d , arable lands and meadows , a watermill , a fulling mill , a common oven .
6 He subsequently served as its legal adviser , and it is thanks to him that it obtained its Light Railway Order and was enabled to operate under a lease agreement until purchase negotiations were concluded .
7 Publicity officer Frances Hopwood told the Herald : ‘ It would be a difficult task trying to report on the many aspects of Le Court which have benefited from her influence and forward thinking during these 19 years but it is thanks to her that Le Court has evolved to be the ‘ flagship of the Leonard Cheshire Foundation ’ . ’
8 So it is thanks to you for coming to these events and thanks to all who contributed to the organisation for between you all it was a most successful day .
9 NOTE WELL that the symbol LSTRAIN will still execute USERTL , but that , having reassigned the logical names for LSLIVE , it is LSLIVE to which the user will attach .
10 But it is Judit to whom the chess world most readily gives the title of genius : last year , aged 13 , she achieved a Grandmaster norm and became the world 's top-ranking woman player .
11 For Joanna it is commitment to their lesbian relationship ; Helen is undecided .
12 It is testament to her power of control that few people dare talk openly about her .
13 He is Neptune to us here , in Italy .
14 An additional reason for the closeness between Charles and Camilla was that he is godfather to her son , Tom .
15 For life lives upon life : what is life to one is dinner to another !
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