Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [adj] [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | He has n't ever voiced real support , and when the local water authority at last decided to build a basic screening plant , Sebastian Coe made a statement to the local paper with a pathetic one-line thanks to ‘ the local surfers ’ . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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. |
| 8 | These resolutions were carried by a massive 160 votes to 4 — these four being three Americans along with Richard Elliott . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The " transitory clause " had owed its passage , by a reported 121 votes to 75 , to the unexpected support of dissident Colorado delegates . |