Example sentences of "[adv prt] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Newbegin said Go-Ahead Northern is currently taking delivery of 30 new single deck buses which will bring the average age down to 9.1 years by May . |
| 2 | The filters are of non stick nylon and singed polyester , filtering out particles down to 0.4 microns . |
| 3 | Roy Poynter and Derek Seager both won one , but went down to unbeaten Dave Stenning . |
| 4 | Oh we 've got it down to absolute fine art now ! |
| 5 | What happens if you actually try and get down to absolute zero or even pass the other side ? |
| 6 | The extreme flexibility of the Course allows part-time students to change later to a full-time mode , just as it allows full-timers to drop down to part-time study . |
| 7 | Indeed , the Secretary of State for the Environment has said that we should remove the county council layer of government and move down to all-purpose districts , the size and boundaries of which have yet to be decided . |
| 8 | Already the FIS is discussing whether it should start the European season in Scandinavia , these days more reliably enjoying early snow , then move down to Central Europe to artificial-snow centres . |
| 9 | ‘ Then bring them down to Central Gardens , where we hope to have the biggest can collection ever seen in the region or perhaps the country . ’ |
| 10 | Most of each one down to 1022 may in its oldest form be practically contemporary with the events described . |
| 11 | Happy Charlotte Hughes puts her staying power down to regular habits . |
| 12 | Frequent use of search was often marked by a period of experimentation with a variety of firms in the first instance , followed by a settling down to regular work with a smaller number of firms with whom the client had achieved a modus vivendi . |
| 13 | Bids for more will be scaled down to 17,000 shares . |
| 14 | As Heath went down to electoral defeat in February 1974 , the yellowing of the 1970 Reorganisation of Central Government White Paper was the last thing on people 's mind . |
| 15 | Griffith now heated his rods in the middle and drew them down to thinner and thinner fibres which after cooling he also broke in tension . |
| 16 | At that entrance , every ship goes through a painstaking security check examination right down to molecular level , which can seem endless . |
| 17 | Sicilian wealth and power was coveted both by outside powers and by Syracuse , the greatest polis of Sicily down to Roman times . |
| 18 | Benefits of the system include a shortening of the production line by 400 metres and a saving in manufacturing time of 24% ( down to 26 hours for Safrane , as opposed to 34 hours for the Renault 25 ) . |
| 19 | From New Bond Street I drove down to historic Cliveden near Taplow , for many years the home of the Astor family , which made a lovely setting for the Looking Glass Ball in aid of the Royal National Institute for the Blind 's Looking Glass Appeal . |
| 20 | These can be used down to 600 and 350 cm -1 , respectively ; for lower frequencies , CsI can be used down to 200 cm -1 but it is softer and much more expensive . |
| 21 | To avoid attracting unwelcome attention Jim kept his speed down to 75 m.p.h. , less than half the Jaguar 's maximum . |
| 22 | The US discount rate is now down to 3.5 per cent , the lowest level for a generation . |
| 23 | Success now was of the kind associated with Henry Pelham , who during his time at the Treasury from 1749 to 1757 rescheduled almost 90 per cent of the 4 per cent debt , down to 3.5 per cent in 1750 and down again to 3 per cent by 1757 . |
| 24 | Most are for three months or less , right down to over-night or at call . |
| 25 | However , as STEPHEN THORPE reports , this historic match was marred by a spectators ' boycott which kept the overall crowd down to 6500 |
| 26 | For readers not wishing to fly , our coaching option will include three overnight stops on the way down to Nice and another three overnight stops on the return from Venice . |
| 27 | Fly to Brittany , take the boat down to Nice , go up and down the coast , then the Adriatic or other parts of the Med . |
| 28 | So the school 's first job was to cut me down to normal proportions — which they did . |
| 29 | She had promoted herself into the film 's second editor , and slowed it down to normal at the bits she liked , and thought we would appreciate . |
| 30 | Finish by slowing back down to normal training pace again for the last 16 to 17 minutes . |