Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [prep] [adj] to [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the late fourteenth century , between 1371 and 1401 when rural rents were declining , the number of tenements owned by the vicars-choral of the Minster increased from 183 to 238 , and the average rent rose from 6.7 to 7.1s. , an increase of just under 6 per cent . |
| 2 | The mean coefficient of variation for each group of albumin concentrations ranged from 58 to 82% and showed no relation with the concentration ( table ) . |
| 3 | Kingfisher shot up from 487p to 570p before settling back at a more realistic 530p , while Marks & Spencer rose 24 to 325p and Dixons put on 26 to 236p . |
| 4 | In the first experiment , dietary nitrogen was given in casein at four different protein values ranging from 5 to 16% . |
| 5 | An important feature of IBS symptoms is their tendency to improve with placebo : in clinical trials the placebo response ranges from 40 to 70% . |
| 6 | This research has been criticized partly because it is American evidence and partly because the American rates were slashed by 23% over three years with the top personal rate being reduced from 70 to 50% whilst the UK moved from 60 to 40% in just one year . |
| 7 | In theory at least , the diameters range from 5 to 15mm ( 0.2 to 0.6in ) and lengths are around 2 metres ( 78 in ) which is enough for any kite spar . |
| 8 | Anglian Water raced on 14 to 331p , Severn Trent added 13 to 315p and Thames Water put on 15 to 344p . |
| 9 | They totalled almost £5.7m ( £3m in 1990 ) , including £1.46m from the pre-merger schemes , at the end of last year because the share price soared from 633 to 896p last year . |
| 10 | December trading accounts for 12 to 25% , sometimes hitting 30% , of the annual turnover of general bookselling in the UK . |
| 11 | Santa Clara , California-based SynOptics Communications Inc has cut prices on its LattisNet family of Fibre Distributed Data Interface intelligent hubs , saying the cuts were made possible by lower component costs and better manufacturing efficiencies — the 2000 FDDI Workgroup Hubs were reduced immediately , with the 2912A with 12 shielded twisted pair master ports and two fibre optic A/B ports reduced by 36 to $10,000 , or $714 per port ; the Model 3904 FDDI Fiber Optic Host Module was cut 27% to $5,500 and the 3910S-04 FDDI Network Management Module was cut 33% to $10,000 . |
| 12 | Among the water companies Northumbrian Water spurted 68p to 419p and Yorkshire Water put on 77 to 430p . |
| 13 | Anglian Water raced on 14 to 331p , Severn Trent added 13 to 315p and Thames Water put on 15 to 344p . |
| 14 | Sears put on 2 to 92p , helped along by a couple of brokers ' recommendations . |
| 15 | High density polyethylene sales rose from 2.2 to 2.4m tonnes in 1989–90 and polystyrene from 1.5 to 1.6m tonnes . |
| 16 | As this increase amounted to 50% , the relative concentration of involved genes rose from 20 to 30% . |
| 17 | The left ventricular ejection fraction varied from 39 to 64% ( mean 57% ) . |
| 18 | Female size ranged from 9.5 to 17mm with a mean of 13 2mm , and at maturation they weighed 331.4 184.8mg ( n =10 ) . |
| 19 | The patients studied had a range of asthma severity , with maximal period diurnal variation in peak expiratory flow ranging from 23 to 79% and from 0.11 to 102.0 mg/ml being required to cause a 20% drop in forced expiratory volume ( PC 2 ) . |
| 20 | Chapman drove at 50 to 60mph before he was stopped by a police patrol car . |
| 21 | We have confirmed this finding over a mean of 69 months follow up , with left ventricular ejection fraction ranging from 42 to 83% . |
| 22 | Cancer frequency per total number of cholecystectomies ranges from 1 to 2% . |
| 23 | But it also plans to increase its worldwide capital spending in 1993 to £6.6 billion , from £5.2 billion last year . |
| 24 | The total liabilities of corporate failures in Japan fell in 1989 to ¥1.2 trillion , the lowest for a decade . |
| 25 | As a first stage towards reviving the route 's viability plans were made to accelerate certain key Glasgow services by raising the line speeds from 100 to 110mph ; the second stage was to prepare an investment case for new equipment to fill the gap which would otherwise have been covered by APT . |
| 26 | The west Siberian plain ( 50° — 60°N ) where average summer and winter temperatures range from 3 to 23°C and -16° to -28°C , respectively , contain more than one hundred fresh , brackish and saline lakes . |
| 27 | Individuals and groups are welcome and entry fees range from free to £2 . |
| 28 | Ramsgill Moor varies from 1,000 to 1,700ft. above sea level and has been in the Briggs family since 1946 . |
| 29 | On a happier note , Jean Brousse , director of marketing , said that the company 's capital fund grew in 1992 to $41m from $25m at the end of 1991 . |
| 30 | Glaxo rose from 799p to 812p , Wellcome put on 18 to £11.28 and Unilever ended 24 higher at 920p . |