Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [conj] a [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | A coalition consisting only of Labour and a party to its left would have immense trouble foisting the trauma of withdrawal on Israel . |
| 2 | Like mercy , it is twice blessed , offering a welfare gain to A of 123 and a gain to B of . |
| 3 | The derivation is based on the interpretation of a bond as a composition of an annuity ( which provides the coupon stream ) and a zero-coupon bond ( which provides the principal repayment ) represented by ( using ( 5.29 ) with P d = B = 100 and d = rp T ) : where rp T is the par yield for a term to maturity of T years , where the discount factor D T is the fair price of a zero-coupon bond with par value of 1 and a term to maturity of T years , and where is the fair price of an annuity of 1 per year for T years ( with A o = 0 by convention ) . |
| 4 | They do a run of one and a half to two hours , then return for breakfast . |
| 5 | It 's best to do these on the track , but if one is not available , you can do repeats of two and a half to three and a half minutes on the road . |
| 6 | It needs fabric fullness of two and a quarter to two and a half times the track length , depending on the thickness of the fabric . |
| 7 | Government bonds with less than a year to maturity . |
| 8 | For since fishermen require only trained aptitudes , and not any exceptional natural qualities , their number could be increased in less than a generation to almost any extent that was necessary to meet the demand ; while the industries connected with building boats , making nets , etc. being now on a larger scale would be organized more thoroughly and economically . |
| 9 | Etching times may vary from less than a minute to over half an hour . |
| 10 | Near Exeter , the old Exeter to Crediton road had been doubled in width ( from nine and a half to twenty feet ) and so made necessary a new bridge over the Creedy . |
| 11 | Between your two easy days , find a hill that takes from one and a half to two minutes to run . |
| 12 | Even in the rich world , childbirth is between one and a half to three times as dangerous as taking the pill and nearly 11 times as dangerous as being sterilised or using the IUD , whereas early , legal abortion carries a mortality rate similar to the pill . |
| 13 | Conrad and Brudermann had seriously misjudged Russian strength and intentions , for the combined armies of Ruzski ( Third ) and Brusilov ( Eighth ) , with 336 battalions , 264 squadrons and some 1,200 guns , outnumbered Brudermann by two and a half to one . |