Example sentences of "[noun] be to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hon. Gentleman can be absolutely certain that we agree that the measures proposed by Mr. MacSharry are to the detriment of his farmers and farmers in every corner of the United Kingdom . |
| 2 | One major part of the ongoing work of the Working Party is to discover what opportunities are being provided by a range of different agencies and what your attitudes are to the provision of opportunities for young people . |
| 3 | And I 've got to go , unless we go to Tuesday been to the dentist |
| 4 | The prominence of some Lettish names in the last days of Soviet communism is a reminder of the days when the Lettish riflemen were to Lenin what the Swiss guards are to the Pope . |
| 5 | The authors ' intuitions are to the effect that in ( 12 ) , a plural continuation would be preferred , however . |
| 6 | I can understand the designers ' reasoning , in that the knobs for the front pickup are to the front , and so on , but consciously or subconsciously , guitarists work from the selector switch , and my feeling is that that should point towards the pickup controls currently in use . |
| 7 | ‘ All the bedrooms are to the front of the house . |
| 8 | All eyes were to the front , and ears alerted to imminent commands . |
| 9 | In even-numbered years entry is to the University of Edinburgh . |
| 10 | The other simple analogy is to the chain reaction of nuclear physics . |
| 11 | The blood that the donor gives up is less precious to her ( social groups in vampires are female groups ) than the same quantity of blood is to the recipient . |
| 12 | Irony was to the fore when in 1925 he wrote of the Russian Revolution , but behind it was a more important urge leading him to the poem ‘ Le Voyage ’ of his favourite Baudelaire . |
| 13 | The Commonwealth became to politicians and men of affairs what Indirect Rule was to the DO — a chance to display those qualities which justified them in the possession of an empire , and thereby ensure its perpetuation . |
| 14 | Sometimes you 'd maybe not get a steamer for maybe maybe six weeks if the wind was to the South East . |
| 15 | French aplomb was to the fore as Auguste handed the crab to them along with the hook , raised his new Panama hat and bade them a courteous farewell . |
| 16 | The recipients ' entrance was to the left of the platform where the Queen was standing surrounded by Yeomen of the Guard and several grand-looking dignitaries . |
| 17 | Character , personality and motives are to the forefront . |
| 18 | Shoes are to the runner as a dog is to man . |
| 19 | Indeed he stated that ‘ urban units seem to be to the process of reproduction what the companies are to the production process ’ ( 1977 , p. 237 ) . |
| 20 | References below to the 1988 Act are to the Copyright , Designs and Patents Act 1988 as it applies to the semiconductor design right . |
| 21 | UNTIL the 21st , money matters are to the fore . |
| 22 | Despite its primitive agricultural methods , the peasantry was far from monolithic : above the significant numbers of outright slaves , beggars , and migrant workers , were the peasants on private and church lands suffering various degrees of bondage , military colonists on the frontiers , and peasants on the ‘ black ’ lands whose only obligations were to the State . |
| 23 | ( c ) La Conspiration , written in 1937 and 1938 , was produced at a moment of co-operative cultural politics when the consequences of the Popular Front experiences in both France and Spain were to the fore . |
| 24 | The affidavit evidence of the defendants is to the effect that they did not understand that executing a further charge was prohibited by the order . |
| 25 | The sun is to the south , so that it is caught in her hair , in a cloud of light . |
| 26 | What Robin Hood is to the English and John Henry to the American Negroes , Elil-Hrair-Rah , or El-ahrairah — The Prince with a Thousand Enemies — is to rabbits . |
| 27 | The UKCC 's global accountability is to the public on behalf of the professions . |
| 28 | When the No.2 right-hand light is on , on the 580 ( left-hand light on earlier machines ) ( Figure 2 ) , the ‘ B ’ motif is to the right of the N1 cam , so the N1 cam is lined up with the left point cam and again the point cams limit the pattern knitting to one repeat of the ‘ B ’ motif . |
| 29 | The continuation of the passage is to the point : " How marvellously new and changed history looks to me , especially the Greek world ! |
| 30 | While the most common reference is to the underclass of the great cities , this is at least partly because its presence there is the most inescapably apparent . |