Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [num] [noun pl] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other bad news , Japan 's domestic telecommunications giant , NTT , said it would cut another 30,000 jobs between 1994 and 1996 , on top of a planned 40,000 jobs to be lost between 1990 and 1993 . |
| 2 | Charles … allowed himself for the sake of a few thousand pounds to be regarded as a greedy and litigious landlord rather than as a just ruler or as a national king . |
| 3 | I am very pleased to announce that , thanks to the generosity of the Wolfson Foundation and family charitable trust , the museums and galleries improvement fund has been extended for a further two years to 1995-96 . |
| 4 | On the fault-tolerance front IBM says that Mode 3 substantially cuts the delay between the one machine failing and the other one picking up where it left off ; by the company 's own estimation the switch can take from anywhere between a long 30 seconds to a horribly long five minutes in modes 1 and 2 . |
| 5 | But Bouncer , a rare white German Shepherd dog , has been stolen , probably to order and probably worth a few hundred pounds to an unscrupulous dealer . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , another Scot , Margaret Letham , a former British champion and beaten semi-finalist last year , began her challenge with a superb two sets to nothing nine-end victory over Jersey 's Sue Dingle . |
| 7 | It was expected that the unemployment rate by the end of the plan period would be reduced from its current 14 per cent official estimate , with a projected 394,000 jobs to be created each year . |
| 8 | Treatment can cost anything from a few hundred pounds to up to £15,000 in exceptional circumstances . |
| 9 | Flatbed plotters range in price from a few hundred pounds to several thousand pounds . |
| 10 | Occlusion bodies ( OBs ) can be from a few hundred nanometres to several micrometres across and these viruses can therefore easily be seen under the light microscope , which greatly aids diagnosis . |
| 11 | Tribes vary in size from a few hundred individuals to many thousands of warriors . |
| 12 | Arsonists have caused damage estimated at a hundred thousand pounds to a printing company . |
| 13 | Arsonists have caused damage estimated at a hundred thousand pounds to a printing company . |
| 14 | Western Europe is scaled at a useful 12 miles to the inch , while the remainder , including Poland , Romania , northern Scandinavia and western USSR , is at 48 miles to the inch . |
| 15 | P. Bowley , a second claim member of the Alton C.C. , nearly upheld the club tradition of winning Border events with his time of 35 mins. 18 secs. , finally losing first position by a mere 9 seconds to J. Wager of the Maidenhead & District C.C. |
| 16 | These resolutions were carried by a massive 160 votes to 4 — these four being three Americans along with Richard Elliott . |
| 17 | Hardy took the verdict of referee Larry O'Connell by a comfortable 99 points to 96 , less than a month after successfully defending his Commonwealth crown against Canada 's Barrington Francis . |
| 18 | The " transitory clause " had owed its passage , by a reported 121 votes to 75 , to the unexpected support of dissident Colorado delegates . |
| 19 | Northern Rock has extended the guaranteed term on its new loans discount by a further four months to August 1 , 1993 , the longest discount period offered by a major UK lender . |