Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] to [adj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Proximal and distal ends may include up to half the length of the shaft without any separate count being made for the shaft . |
| 2 | The most popular period for BES investment occurs in the last three months of the tax year as investors begin to think about reducing tax liabilities ; the early autumn sees a second surge as investors can claim up to half the tax relief for the previous year on investments made before 6 October ( subject to a maximum of £5,000 ) . |
| 3 | But this kind of retrofitting can cost up to half the value of a building , and owners are not likely to make the investment . |
| 4 | It has been observed that some people switching from using a typewriter to a personal computer can gain up to half a stone a year because they no longer have to get up to consult filing cabinets ; and the same effects can be observed when people use remote-control television , extension phones , lifts and dishwashers . |
| 5 | The original version of this machine — which Nelson eventually patented in 1955 — could cut about a dozen bars a minute : the version now in use can cut up to 400 a minute . |
| 6 | Lord Owen rejects the idea that the Bosnian Serbs can hold on to all the territories they now occupy . |
| 7 | We 'll go back to all the places you 've been since you nicked my bag and we 'll look in every single rubbish bin till we find them . ’ |
| 8 | And so we can go back to all the Beatitudes , seeing how each stands or falls in relationship to the previous ‘ Be-attitudes ’ that we have before God , in God , for God , and through God living in us . |
| 9 | How can you go back to such a life ? ’ asked Rose . |
| 10 | We 'll come on to that a bit later on . |
| 11 | If you neglect , for example , the second part of a two-part question , you could lose up to half the marks for that question . |
| 12 | You must get back to this every time . |