Example sentences of "it be [noun] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ) ‘ It is not a beauty , to be sure , ’ Coleridge wrote to Poole on 28 November ; ‘ but it 's vicinity to you shall overbalance it 's Defects . ’ |
| 2 | If we 've done well this year , and we have , it 's thanks to her — ’ Gasping , a hand pressed to his chest , he collapsed on his bed . |
| 3 | I 'm an old hand at Falcon Sailing — it 's thanks to them I know that a holding tank 's nothing to do with the Russians in Prague . |
| 4 | You 've been with us nearly a year now , and it 's thanks to your work that we 're well on the way to managing the volatility problem at high temperatures . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ It 's thanks to you , Fräulein , ’ Erika said . |
| 6 | It 's thanks to you that he 's in this mess right now . |
| 7 | It 's afternoon keep saying that it 's afternoon it 's morning to me this afternoon pick up your phone and give me a ring now O nine O four six four one six four one . |
| 8 | It 's a moving and exciting film and shows off Oxford and it 's countryside to its best advantage . |
| 9 | She never forgets that it 's Howard to whom they all owe their place in the new order of things . |
| 10 | It 's news to me ! ’ |
| 11 | When told how Evans had been rumbled , St Helens chairman Eric Latham said : ‘ It 's news to me — but nothing surprises me anymore . |
| 12 | He subsequently served as its legal adviser , and it is thanks to him that it obtained its Light Railway Order and was enabled to operate under a lease agreement until purchase negotiations were concluded . |
| 13 | Publicity officer Frances Hopwood told the Herald : ‘ It would be a difficult task trying to report on the many aspects of Le Court which have benefited from her influence and forward thinking during these 19 years but it is thanks to her that Le Court has evolved to be the ‘ flagship of the Leonard Cheshire Foundation ’ . ’ |
| 14 | So it is thanks to you for coming to these events and thanks to all who contributed to the organisation for between you all it was a most successful day . |
| 15 | NOTE WELL that the symbol LSTRAIN will still execute USERTL , but that , having reassigned the logical names for LSLIVE , it is LSLIVE to which the user will attach . |
| 16 | But it is Judit to whom the chess world most readily gives the title of genius : last year , aged 13 , she achieved a Grandmaster norm and became the world 's top-ranking woman player . |
| 17 | For Joanna it is commitment to their lesbian relationship ; Helen is undecided . |
| 18 | It is testament to her power of control that few people dare talk openly about her . |
| 19 | It is pleasing that there is a large degree of support for the Southern fire station as I said it was music to my ears . |
| 20 | It was music to our ears in a hospital staffed by women from both sides of the great Christian divide , and men of that ilk also . |
| 21 | With his few belongings it was home to him wherever he went . |
| 22 | He had n't really understood that it was work to her . |
| 23 | It was agony to him to dismiss her . |
| 24 | It was thanks to them that he learned that the hunt was on for a leak on the Washington embassy wartime staff which could only have been Maclean . |
| 25 | She was ringing to say she was settled in a new council bungalow and it was thanks to me . |
| 26 | The Dungarvan Leader once commended a candidate " with a record of achievement " in these revealing terms : " He has consistently fought in the Waterford County Council ( of which body he has been a member for many years ) for amenities for the town , and it was thanks to his representations that the long-suffering residents of the old road had a footpath provided in front of their homes to prevent flooding . |
| 27 | It was thanks to you all that I humiliated myself at the Harrogate Trade Show . |
| 28 | When Gerard Salvin wanted redress against the men who had attacked his house at Croxdale , just a few miles south of Durham itself , it was Gloucester to whom he appealed . |
| 29 | When Gerard Salvin wanted redress against the men who had attacked his house at Croxdale , just a few miles south of Durham itself , it was Gloucester to whom he appealed . |
| 30 | It was news to her , she had been at home all the time and her husband had taken another ‘ wife ’ . |