Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [vb mod] be to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Belief , in this sense , facilitates a more abstract acceptance of conformity ; it leads us to conform in the absence of immediate personal advantage from doing so ( or even where it would be to our advantage not to do so ) . |
| 2 | Another aspect of the rights of the pupil in relation to his record is his right to have the record disclosed where it will be to his benefit and to prevent disclosure elsewhere . |
| 3 | Where there is coverage of such systems as potential IT-based contributors to improved corporate strategy , the reference will be to systems that are not normally the province of librarians and information scientists ( such as financial market systems , credit-rating services ) ; or it will be to videotex-based systems which most librarians and information scientists would n't be seen dead using ! ( cf. Prestel ) . |
| 4 | It acts to foster rather than hinder the material and non-material interests of most groups involved in the planning process , although it may be to the short term tactical advantage of some not to recognise the fact . |
| 5 | But then , as Blackstone pointed out , the opinion gained ground that it would be to the advantage of trade , and of creditors in general , if debtors outside the scope of the bankruptcy laws who were on the point of insolvency could also surrender their property for the benefit of their creditors , and in return be protected from legal process . |
| 6 | There is no doubt that it would be to the advantage of school children if they could find out what happens in the countryside . |
| 7 | Well the proposals in the Good Report as I said for final salary schemes is that a third of the trustees should be elected from he actually says from the active members er we know and comments that in great length a about the difficulties that it would be to er actually er elect er er members who are pensioners or from the deferreds Er I find that er somewhat simplistic view point in that er er the pensioners at least get communications from the administrators of the scheme every month , they get a monthly cheque , so it sh should n't be beyond the wit of man to be able to er be able to contact the pensioners and organise pensioner meetings but pensioner trustees to be elected . |
| 8 | For married couples , it seems likely that it will be to an extent related to the degree of easy intimacy which they have achieved in sexual relations . |
| 9 | ‘ God and the King ’ , he proclaimed , ‘ are so in a league … as one can not be enemy to the one , but that he must be to the other . |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | The Israelis must , in their hearts , know this , and it would be to their everlasting credit to acknowledge it . |
| 12 | Yet they can only survive in warm or temperate climes , and it would be to their advantage to grow bigger . |
| 13 | In practice the resolute supporter of Party A is not likely when he lists his preferences to be thinking primarily of any eventual cooperation between his party and Party B. His chief concern will be the success of as many as possible of Party A's candidates , and it will be to all of them that he gives his higher preferences . |
| 14 | I 've still drawn a blank as far as recording is concerned but I will be to my father . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The union was not opposed to devolving school budgets , he argued , but it should be to an extent decided by each local authority . |
| 17 | ‘ In hospitals that ‘ opt out ’ , there may be an increase in cold surgery and cardiovascular medicine for the better off — but it will be to the further detriment of primary care , preventive medicine and local services in poorer areas . ’ |
| 18 | Erm as I 've said strictly because it will be to it will be uncompetitive within the , with with within the internal market . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | We shall need to be more flexible in the way we handle retirement , and as generous as we can be to what is fortunately a declining proportion of the retired — that is , those who rely entirely on their State pension . |
| 21 | Important [ but unrecognized ] though they may be to the man in the street , functional methacrylates are no more than a small side-branch in ICI 's acrylic chain . |
| 22 | There is certainly a case for insisting on the democratic control of the EMS , but that means getting more , not less involved in European politics , messy , complex and frustrating as they may be to those who long for simple black-and-white , left-and-right simplicities . |
| 23 | Important as they may be to the birds and trout , they can be very annoying to humans and , although they may not bite , the sheer numbers of midges and blackflies have been known to send birdwatchers — and particularly photographers — into paroxysms of rage and frustration . |
| 24 | Thus it can be seen that the records of Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic flints , few and sparse as they may be to the local researcher , may , together with palaeo-environmental information and some idea of such early hunting , fishing and gathering life-styles , lead to a real appreciation of how the landscape was used by people in these early periods in the area under study . |
| 25 | Bentham was also clear what the Panopticon would mean for those who had to occupy it , subjected as they would be to " … an authority so much exceeding anything that has hitherto signified as despotic " ( Works , IV p 63 , emphasis in original ) . |
| 26 | The animals will become as well fitted as they can be to the local conditions . |
| 27 | Anathema as it may be to Welsh Rugby Union ears , this was something they realised at Twickenham at least five years ago and we have all seen the felicitous results . |
| 28 | These differing responses , the fundamental cause of most of the wars of history , were not necessarily taken with a knowledge of the effect that they would ultimately have , for at the relevant time the choice would not have been as clear to those making them , as it would be to minds educated to standards prevailing centuries later . |
| 29 | Priced £18.95 , the book is aimed to be as useful to a PC novice as it would be to a seasoned user . |
| 30 | So when my parent is handing out the parental investment , I will be selected to want the parent to give the investment to my sibling if the benefit is twice as great as it would be to myself . |