Example sentences of "to [be] [adj] to [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think I can assure you , we 've got a , an international European officer , who has the main responsibility for opening the doors for us in a lobbying way within Europe , and in addition to that , and the maintenance of the networks , we are spreading international and European responsibilities around the organisation , so it 's seen again to be integral to our work , rather than compartmentalised , and I 'm confident that the organisation as a whole , will therefore be doing more . |
| 2 | Rural clients ' problems can therefore be seen to be similar to their city counterparts , but the rural advisers ' problems are different . |
| 3 | Rose represented forcibly the necessity she felt of suffering this continual martyrdom in order to be conformable to her divine spouse . |
| 4 | Exactly the same is true of ageism and everyone needs to be alert to their often unconscious ageist attitudes . |
| 5 | My conscience tells me that I owe it to God to be grateful to my father , who has spent his time unwearyingly upon my education , so that I may lighten his burden , look after myself and later on be able to support my sister … |
| 6 | They have occurred because policy makers or practitioners have judged it to be appropriate to their views and implementation has begun . |
| 7 | The form that criticism takes has to be specific to its object . |
| 8 | In this paper , we identify a number of conditions that seem to be conducive to their optimum level of functioning . |
| 9 | From the various addresses given on the trade cards of coffin-makers it appears that many were sited off the high streets , yet not so far away as to be inaccessible to their clients . |
| 10 | The LEA judged the role of the advisory staff to be pivotal to its attempts to improve the quality of primary education in Leeds . |
| 11 | Part of looking after your health is learning to be good to your body . |
| 12 | The Church of Christ has great cause to be thankful to her Lord for the life and work of His servant , Richard Baxter . |
| 13 | to be present to your friend |
| 14 | The second stream speaks of the Lord now delivered from the limitations and particularity of human life to be present to his people at all times and places . |
| 15 | Edward , who had probably shrewdly observed that this pretentious lordling , though haughty in manner , was a vacillating and easily manipulated nonentity , did not trouble even to be civil to his puppet or to Scottish laws and traditions . |
| 16 | Local authorities now have four main sources of funds for capital expenditure : borrowing , which is subject to approval by central government ; capital grants , also from central government , which will specify the purposes for which they are to be used , and the amount the local authority must itself contribute ; capital receipts , from the sale of assets such as land and council houses , though the local authorities must first set aside 50% of these receipts ( 75% in the case of council house sales ) towards repaying their debts ; and ordinary revenue from the Community Charge , etc. , for which the government assumes the local authorities to be accountable to their voters ( CIPFA , 1990 , Chapter 20.3 ; HM Treasury , 1990 , Chapter 21 , Paras . |
| 17 | 6 ) Some of our constituents may be alarmed at the implications of page 3 para 3 , not so much on the question of ‘ equality ’ but of accountability , and the suggestion that Christian Aid should be required to be accountable to our partners would take a lot of explaining . |
| 18 | This question of the definition of a knowledge worker will prove to be germane to our subsequent discussion , and we will need to develop the theme in more detail . |
| 19 | It seemed to be essential to her sense of identity , but I was finding it wearisome . |
| 20 | Hinduism , Buddhism and other groups such as The Hare Krishnas and those who engage in Transcendental Meditation all recognise Yoga to be essential to their religious philosophies . |
| 21 | This is a wonderful opportunity also for discarded England tight-head Jeff Probyn , dropped for the Tests against Canada and South Africa but considered by his England team-mates to be essential to their Five Nations campaign . |
| 22 | The popular movement did not produce the Uprising , but its proven modus operandi was found to be essential to its success . |
| 23 | I call ‘ conservative ’ , for the purposes of the discussion in this chapter , Christologies which hold the maleness of Christ to be essential to his nature , and the fact that Christ was male to be central to Christianity . |
| 24 | He knew when he was beaten , but it was clear to his wife that he was still reluctant to be obliged to his brother-in-law . |
| 25 | ‘ He told that her next responsibility was to be loyal to her husband above all else . |
| 26 | ‘ He said that her next responsibility was to be loyal to her husband above all else . |
| 27 | Digital 's vice-president for manufacturing and logistics , Edward McDonough , said changes in the world computer market and the need for Digital to be close to its major customers — Britain is its largest single market in Europe — were the reason for cutting the Irish plant . |
| 28 | She longed to be close to her mother , or talking to Louise or cycling up the drive towards the grim yews of Seaton Cramer Hall and the warm welcome of Miss Hatherby . |
| 29 | Dr de Klerk , who has acted as an adviser to the anti-apartheid Democratic Party , is known to be close to his brother , but politics is rarely on the agenda when they meet . |
| 30 | But his general gist seemed to be close to his lordship 's , concluding with a call for a freezing of German reparation payments and the withdrawal of French troops from the Ruhr region . |