Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] [vb mod] [be] to " in BNC.

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1 Perhaps unnerved by the suddenness of his summons to the Prime Minister and the vigour of Palmerston 's attack , Scott felt that his case had to be presented in a ‘ more consecutive manner ’ , and on 23rd July , 1859 , he wrote a long letter to Palmerston explaining how much effort he had put into the design and what a loss it would be to the country if it was not adopted .
2 A puff it may be to the deposed kings of world rugby , but the Taiwanese are taking the training stint , which will be used as a build-up to September 's Asian tournament , in deadly earnest .
3 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 ?
4 He was magnificent , but she must n't let the surge of unexpected excitement running through her blind her to the danger he could be to Dana .
5 What a deprivation it would be to be blind !
6 ‘ I 'm not sure how much use I can be to you .
7 When he came back he looked very grave and said , " Great king , I know well what sorry news it will be to you , but the cause of your sickness is those very lettuces by which you set such store . "
8 No I , I just wondered what use it would be to me .
9 You have a voice , though what use it will be to you I do n't know .
10 If this were carried out by candidates in examinations , what a boon it would be to those who have to mark the scripts !
11 And the fact that he 's a left-hand drive he 's erm perhaps not got quite the view out of his offside mirror , or our offside mirror it would be to us , that perhaps somebody like yourselves have with er a right-hand drive vehicle .
12 In Japan it will be to the particular company , while in the Arab world it is the family which is the key to social , business and over-arching structures .
13 If a distribution to shareholders was classed as a form of spending by a company , such payments would be taxed as now , leaving the undistributed profits to accumulate free of tax ; what an encouragement it would be to foreign manufacturers to start business here , with all the advantages to us of new jobs created and a resulting trade improvement .
14 ‘ And Lady Greensleeves thou wilt be to me .
15 Yet , writing half a century later , Sir John Fortescue recognised that Henry V had been right : ‘ though we have not alwey werre uppon the see , yet it shalbe nescessarie that the kynge [ Edward IV ] have alway some ffloute apon the see , ffor the repressynge off rovers , savynge off owre marchauntes , owre ffishers , and the dwellers uppon owre costes ; and that the kynge kepe alway some grete and myghty vessels , ffor the brekynge off an armye when any shall be made ayen hym apon the see ; ffor thanne it shall be to late to do make such vessailles ’ .
16 That in itself emphasised what value he can be to United — his sheer danger and menace forces the opposition to follow him , which inevitably creates space for others .
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