Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] to [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had climbed together a couple of weeks before at Goat Crag , where I was once again reminded how suited Fanshawe is to upward progress ; a powerful frame and seemingly hydraulic legs brought him to the crag aeons before I arrived . |
| 2 | Temic Telefunken Microelectronic GmbH is to second source Intel Corp 's 80C51ZX microcontroller . |
| 3 | As far as Gloucester was concerned , it was a recognition of the fact that the north had now emerged as his main sphere of interest , and his surrender of land in East Anglia was to some extent the corollary of the consolidation of his northern interests which was taking place in the same year . |
| 4 | As far as Gloucester was concerned , it was a recognition of the fact that the north had now emerged as his main sphere of interest , and his surrender of land in East Anglia was to some extent the corollary of the consolidation of his northern interests which was taking place in the same year . |
| 5 | ‘ Then the journey to the Guildhall was to some purpose , my lord ? ’ |
| 6 | My alternative account , a minimal one , seeks among other things to give fewer hostages than Brentano 's to philosophical fortune , or anyway to philosophical doubt . |
| 7 | Louis was to some degree right ; since 1202 no homage had been performed to a king of France by any plantagenet king for his residual continental possessions . |
| 8 | BECAUSE DUDLEY MOORE is who he says he is , because he is who he used to be , because Dudley Moore is to all intents and purposes Dudley Moore , actor , musician , mascot , clown , then there are a few details and descriptions and facts and figures that have to be mentioned . |
| 9 | WHAT J.D. Salinger is to literature and Bobby Fischer was to chess , Van Cliburn is to classical music — the great success who gives it all up , without anyone understanding exactly why . |
| 10 | The animosity between Stratford and Kilsby was to some extent personal , yet even where it was related to principles , they were set within revealing limits of assumptions , experience and motives . |
| 11 | In the case of the latter , many peripheral areas within Europe are to some extent sustained economically by public procurements placed to industries within those regions . |
| 12 | He still attends Mass on Sunday although he must be , to some of the more conventional believers kneeling beside him , what Philip Roth is to orthodox Jews . |
| 13 | The University itself issued just a simple statement , mentioning that he was an amiable student , who divided his spare time between playing rugby and the saxophone — a passion of Clinton 's to this day . |
| 14 | The even more rapid decline in the two-party vote in Britain is to some extent compensated for by the increased vote for the smaller parties since the 1970s , but in the United States the proportion of the electorate mobilized by the parties is almost certainly even smaller because of the growing number of single-issue pressure groups in recent years . |
| 15 | A potent black comedy on the hell of alcoholism , and sequel to last festival 's major success Vermin , ‘ Burbridge is to social realism what Harry Houdini was to Chubb locks ’ Evening Argus . |
| 16 | You may remember that AT&T 's original intention in setting up USL was to one day spin it off as a separate company . |
| 17 | And while Roosevelt was to some extent restrained by the State Department and , even more , after the US had recognized de Gaulle 's government in October , 1944 , by considerations of reconstituting France as at least a European power , there was , on the operational level , a situation developing in southern China , in which the US was involved , which would affect the fortunes of the Vietnamese revolutionaries , their appearance , their standing with other Vietnamese patriots , and their ability to influence future events . |
| 18 | The office of Earl Marshal was to all intents and purposes the heritable property of the Howard family , although it was lost to them for several decades after the attainder of the fourth Duke of Norfolk in 1572 . |
| 19 | Fittingly , Strangelove are to three-minute melodies what Gary Lineker is to goalkeeping . |
| 20 | Julius Caesar is to some extent a case apart , being not only one of his most successful operas when first performed in 1724 , but also the most frequently revived this century , recently even having the dubious distinction of being given the ‘ Peter Sellars ’ treatment on television . |
| 21 | Well I think it 's been open to any higher education institution to grab this idea because it 's been around for a long time , the great beauty of Napier is to some degree it 's a centre of excellence it 's got its B A course so has Queen Margaret but at the bottom end but why should I say the bottom end at the bottom end it 's got the B A communications course at the top end it 's got apprentice training for printers . |
| 22 | Exported by Christie 's to National Museum , of Stockholm , at £38,000 . |
| 23 | In April 1992 the IRA bomb in St Mary Axe which destroyed the Baltic Exchange and caused about £300m damage led to the preparation of contingency plans as a result of which the consequences of this April 's bomb in Bishopsgate were to some extent mitigated . |