Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [adv prt] to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | whatever you , whatever your grant is whether it 's eight hundred pounds , parents subsidize that up to the two thousand whatever |
| 2 | Farms are a soft target for arsonists , according to a report which says that up to a third of farm fires are caused deliberately . |
| 3 | Ellstrand estimated that up to a third of all crop varieties are pollinated by insects . |
| 4 | When the suit is wet , it traps a thin layer of water between the body and the suit and your body quickly warms that up to a comfortable working temperature but if you fall in when the suit is dry , the cold water can be quite a shock and so a good trick in cold weather is to put the wet suit on in a hot shower and then over the top you wear a spray suit again to keep off the wind and to protect the wetsuit . |
| 5 | Despite the ill-judged backing of Parliament in the civil war , the family flourished and up to the present century remained prominent in Cornish — and national — affairs . |
| 6 | It was surely going to be a doddle , taking up the slabs , using part of the profile of the old pond to define the layout of the new , then some easy digging , smoothing , measuring and down to the aquatic shop for a liner . |
| 7 | Time to first print is roughly 45 seconds and multi-copy printing pulls that up to the rated 6 pages per minute claimed for the unit . |
| 8 | The authors observe that up to the present time most obsolescence studies have been characterized by a superficial approach to what is a highly complex situation of interlocking factors . |
| 9 | Speaking at an Amnesty International meeting in Blackpool , Mr Waldegrave said that up to a few years ago the Soviet Union 's record was appalling and its policy unyielding . |
| 10 | The National Radiological Protection Board ( NRPB ) which advises the government on radiation hazards , now estimates that up to a hundred people will have died from the fallout . |
| 11 | In batch mode the user can request that up to the total number of charge codes established in the system are included in the Listing . |
| 12 | The overwhelming evidence from research studies into NHS decision-making , summarised by Harrison , demonstrates that up to the early 1980s the culture of NHS management was shaped by their relatively weak position vis-à-vis doctors ( Harrison 1988 ) . |