Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun sg] to [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fuel tanks were drained , leaving only enough for the pilot to taxi to the Queen Mary loading point where any surplus fuel would then be completely drained . |
| 2 | The prize money ranges from $525,000 for the winner to $50,000 for last place . |
| 3 | Lawrie Smith , skipper of the leading British maxi , Rothmans , is to increase the size of the crew from 13 to 16 for the voyage to Fremantle in Australia . |
| 4 | As we drove back we started to plan for the return to Backnong in 1993 . |
| 5 | The ministers could not agree on rules for the return to Germany of illegally exported waste . |
| 6 | Portsmouth will host the stage as part of its 800th anniversary celebrations and will be the embarkation point for the return to France by ferry . |
| 7 | The Arun class Duke of Atholl and the Mersey Marine Engineer left Poole in late May for the passage to Oslo via Newhaven , Dover , Breskens , Ijmuiden , Lauwersoog , Cuxhaven , Copenhagen and Skagen . |
| 8 | Great dogs do not always make great studs , but Dux sired thirty-six champions , a record for the breed to date in the USA . |
| 9 | The board says it expects to hold the total dividend for the year to April at 8.3p , and the shares fell 12p to 288p on the cash-call news . |
| 10 | Japan 's 20 biggest brokerages reported a combined pre-tax loss for the year to end-March of ¥317 billion ( $1.5 billion ) , an increase on last year 's loss of ¥192 billion . |
| 11 | It takes the shortfall for the year to date to £19.3billion and the annual total will easily top the £20billion forecast by the Chancellor , Mr John Major , in his autumn expenditure statement . |
| 12 | The FT Government Securities index currently stands at 88.18 against a high for the year to date of 89.75 and a low of 85.11 ( see panel ) . |
| 13 | It may be a measure of the state of the property market these days when offices are said to have shown the greatest improvement in May with capital growth ‘ improving ’ to minus 6.4 per cent , combining with stable yields and rental values to give a total return for the year to date of 1.5 per cent , according to the latest Richard Ellis Scottish Monthly Index . |
| 14 | But inexperienced deputy Ian Ironside definitely keeps his place for the trip to Southampton after helping Boro to wins over Manchester City and Leeds United . |
| 15 | The Australians have cleared the all-rounder Steve Waugh for the trip to India despite a back injury which will prevent him from bowling in the tournament . |
| 16 | The British Government Know How Fund and the Chancellor 's scheme for the secondment to Britain of bright young Russians , including bankers , have been very successful . |
| 17 | The decree , which was welcomed by the German government , did not , however , allow for the extradition to Germany of the colony 's founder , Paul Schaeffer , a Baptist pastor already wanted by Interpol on charges of sexually abusing children in a religious community and in children 's homes . |
| 18 | The offer of £1 , from Gold Cup sponsors TNT for the first side to score goals in the competition must have been tempting to the Reds , who more than doubled their tally for the season to date on Friday . |
| 19 | Thus , if we restrict our attention for the moment to pupils for whom a statement is made , the proportion ranges across LEAs from less than 1 per cent of the school population to nearly 3 per cent . |
| 20 | The designer , Henry E. Coe , allowed for natural ventilation by arranging for the roof to part in the centre by the use of pulleys . |
| 21 | Most drainage schemes should have some regard for the importance to wildlife of these areas , and much can be achieved on quite small areas . |
| 22 | Reinstatement costs range from £795,000 for the red squirrel and £230,000 for the dormouse to £525 for the least expensive plant , the small alison . |
| 23 | Help may come in many forms , from the provision of a hand rail for the bath to time at a day centre . |
| 24 | It is usually possible for the teacher to type in a list of words so that the game can be aimed at a specific child , providing additional experience of words that may be giving difficulty . |
| 25 | Plessey unsuccessfully attempted to put together a consortium takeover bid for the much larger GEC and there were abortive negotiations between the two companies for the sale to GEC of Plessey 's stake in GPT . |
| 26 | While it is easy to imagine the value of having the information available in digital format , one realises that its preservation is not being undertaken for the value to posterity of the data , but because of its commercial value to 20th Century-Fox . |
| 27 | The joint HDUR and UVR talks ended on March 24 and called for respect of rights of nationalists and minorities , for the right to education in a mother tongue and for an unbiased bilingual media to assess accurately recent disturbances . |
| 28 | More detailed discussions were planned for the visit to Russia of US Secretary of State James Baker two weeks later . |
| 29 | The important reason for the visit to Hanoi by a team under General John Vessey was to find out whether Vietnam will accept a number of conditions attached to normalisation of relations . |
| 30 | When the WICBC met to discuss the captaincy for the visit to Australia in 1960–1 , it was Alexander himself who pressed Worrell 's claims , and in due course the announcement was made that Worrell would lead the team . |