Example sentences of "[num] to [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , does the Minister agree that the number of defence jobs in the north-west has gone down from 23,000 in 1985-86 to only 12,000 in 1989-90 , a cut of almost 50 per cent . |
| 2 | The site 's workforce has been cut from 1,600 to about 1,000 over the past three years . |
| 3 | In the West Country woollen region it has been noted that from the 1780s the number of women per cloth fell by 1802 to only 18 per cent of its former level . |
| 4 | The Unionist vote remained stable at about 27,000 but the SDLP/Republican Clubs vote fell from 25,500 to just under 23,000 . |
| 5 | If one were writing the history of Western Europe in the period from about 330 to about 700 ad , there would , inevitably , be two major themes . |
| 6 | Response rates varied from 98% in 1968–70 to about 90% in subsequent five year spans . |
| 7 | In Spain , unemployment rose from 2.1 per cent in 1972 to over 17 per cent in 1982 . |
| 8 | Since 1950 the number of those unemployed for more than a year has increased from 34,000 to more than a million at the start of this year . |
| 9 | Crowds had begun to fall from a first-day county average of almost 15,000 in the 1890s to under 10,000 between 1906 and 1914 . |
| 10 | From 9.30 to 5.30pm , 6 days a week , we smother the children with suncream , take them for walks , supervise those that can swim as they play in the water , feed them and entertain them with games . |
| 11 | Recently Bode et al , however , showed that the ring shape intrabacterial ‘ vacuoles ’ seen by us are indeed polyphosphate structures with a size ranging from 0.05 to more than 0.2 µm . |
| 12 | He has come to this conclusion after studying teeth from 124 individuals in a pre-agricultural group dating from 1000 BC to AD 1150 and 188 individuals from an agricultural group dating from AD 1150 to AD 1550 . |
| 13 | One of the main factors underpinning the share price was an anticipated shortage of water shares , because of the decision to scale down overseas allocations to increase the public offer from 23.5 to nearly 30 per cent of the offer . |
| 14 | sales will increase 6.5% in 1993 to over $18bn . |
| 15 | As a proportion of total population , this represents a decrease from 65.2 per cent in 1801 to just under one-half in 1851 and to 17.6 per cent in 1939 . |
| 16 | In Essex , the framework for organisation and provision was in the hands of Douglas-Smith who with the assistance of two young women graduates and various part-time tutors expanded the District 's course provision from nineteen classes in 1939–40 to almost fifty by the end of the war . |
| 17 | With the co-operation of Edmund Poole , until his enlistment in the RAF in 1941 , Hampden Jackson and seven young graduates augmented by about thirty part-time tutors increased course provision from thirty-five classes in 1939–40 to almost ninety in 1945 . |
| 18 | Conjugation may involve the transfer of anything from about 30 to over 100 genes . |
| 19 | During this period the population of Danzig rose from about 50,000 in the 1830s to about 70,000 by 1860 . |
| 20 | Two thirds of all JS employees are women , and last year the number of women managers increased by 300 to more than 5,600 , representing more than 40% of the total management . |
| 21 | Blood donation sessions in College Street headquarters , Belfast ( 10am to 1pm and 2.30 to 5pm ) ; Ballroom , Bostock House , Royal Victoria Hospital , Belfast ( 10am to 12.30pm and 2 to 4.30pm ) ; 2nd Limavady Presbyterian Church Hall ( 2 to 4.30pm and 6 to 8pm ) ; Ballyclare Presbyterian Church Hall ( 10am to 12.30pm and 2 to 4.30pm ) |
| 22 | Blood donation sessions in College Street headquarters , Belfast ( 10am to 1pm and 2.30 to 5pm ) ; Ballroom , Bostock House , Royal Victoria Hospital , Belfast ( 10am to 12.30pm and 2 to 4.30pm ) ; 2nd Limavady Presbyterian Church Hall ( 2 to 4.30pm and 6 to 8pm ) ; Ballyclare Presbyterian Church Hall ( 10am to 12.30pm and 2 to 4.30pm ) |
| 23 | Blood donation sessions in College Street headquarters , Belfast ( 10am to 1pm and 2.30 to 5pm ) ; Ballroom , Bostock House , Royal Victoria Hospital , Belfast ( 10am to 12.30pm and 2 to 4.30pm ) ; 2nd Limavady Presbyterian Church Hall ( 2 to 4.30pm and 6 to 8pm ) ; Ballyclare Presbyterian Church Hall ( 10am to 12.30pm and 2 to 4.30pm ) |
| 24 | After a late sleep and lunch at Rosalie 's restaurant , he worked steadily through from 2 to 6pm . |
| 25 | At times , brash , slashing guitars suddenly rip through a sublime melody , only for Luna 2 to deftly heal the wound within the lick of a well-aimed riff . |
| 26 | Typical rack lengths are between 100 and 200 metres and number of aisles can vary from as little as 2 to as many as 30 . |
| 27 | Opening hours of the museum are Wednesday to Sunday 2 to 5pm . |
| 28 | Every weekend during the summer from 2 to 5pm you can call into the Centre for afternoon tea and Welsh cakes , and perhaps buy a souvenir . |
| 29 | Mr Dewar 's majority fell significantly from nearly 19,000 to just over 13,000 . |
| 30 | The Pentagon 's procurement budget has fallen from $97 billion in 1985 to about $67 billion in the current fiscal year and further cuts are in prospect . |