Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [be] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The body 's natural reaction to reduced blood volume is to con-strict peripheral blood vessels which leads to pale , cold and often clammy skin . |
| 2 | At this hypermarket more than half the booze sales are to English shoppers , they come from as far away as Yorkshire to stock up for the Christmas part season . |
| 3 | Relating support proportionately to the severity of handicap , it may be suggested , is a nonsense in agricultural terms but the object of the LFA Directive is to stern rural depopulation and conserve the countryside by supporting farming . |
| 4 | Mr Clifford , for anyone who has been asleep through the entire summer , is to jilted mistresses what Zimmer frames are to decrepit old ones . |
| 5 | Today , such exemptions have been extended as governments understand more fully just how much of a deterrent ownership restriction is to certain types of investor , especially those pursuing some form of global strategy . |
| 6 | Business units can make up their own minds about the implications of economic factors on their own operations ; the corporate planning departments are more interested in determining how vulnerable each business unit is to different economic environments . |
| 7 | Quite hard for the grade , it follows one of the straightest cracklines in Lakeland for a full 50 metre rope length , with excellent protection ranging form RP 's to medium sized friends ! |
| 8 | Apart from the obvious problems that they cause , certain species , like flowering cherries and plums , are the overwintering hosts of the troublesome waterlily aphid , a menace that is as devastating to succulent aquatic plants as the black bean aphid is to broad beans . |
| 9 | Important as hut and poll taxes were to colonized people , the more lucrative source of revenue for the colonizers was taxing exports — raw materials and cash crops . |
| 10 | In truth , his feelings were more nationalistic than religious as his principle objection was to English ways being forced upon the Scottish people . |
| 11 | That consulting group came to realize earlier than others how important market share was to corporate profitability . |