Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [adv] to a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my mind I wo n't rest till I know that I have done something , no matter how small to bring this ban closer to a stop . |
| 2 | The Empire army may include a proportion of allies , in this case up to a quarter of its total points value . |
| 3 | Another possibility for the seminar is that if you want to bring some notes along to a sort of , if you show me a if you dream up hypothetical questions and then put a plan to answer them so that I can skim down it in about a minute or two . |
| 4 | I run one of the self-help groups that one of the ladies mentioned and we looked at an outsize catalogue recently and it went up to size twenty six and in some cases up to a size thirty and the ladies who modelled the clothes were no bigger than a twelve , possibly a fourteen , but a very shapely fourteen ! |
| 5 | The differential amplifiers used in EEG machines use the difference between the voltages offered by the two inputs , which is normally less than 200 microvolts ( millionths of a volt ) , and amplify this difference up to a voltage sufficient to drive the galvanometer pens — perhaps 0–5 volts . |
| 6 | For example , support given some years ago to a postgraduate in Theoretical Chemistry , Mark Bayley , led to offers of collaboration between Bristol , Yale and a German University . |
| 7 | Shake some flour on to a table or pastry mat , if you have one . |
| 8 | He was ashamed of going to their usual practitioner , and went some distance away to a physician in Westminster , stepping past the beggars who lay about the pavement , demanding alms . |
| 9 | Having formed an agreed conceptual schema , a model which represents the enterprise reasonably well and is independent of any type of physical system ( computer or otherwise ) , it is possible to transfer or ‘ map ’ this model on to a database management system ( DBMS ) . |
| 10 | For example , you take some cheese back to a shop and say , ‘ I 'm returning this cheese because it 's mouldy and I 'd like a refund . ’ |
| 11 | Next he uses the same technique but this time on to a sheet of transparent glass placed on trestles , which allows the photographer to film the act through the glass , so that we see the paint falling around the pebbles and wires already placed on the glass . |
| 12 | Where the ophthalmic optician subsequently prescribes special corrective appliances solely to correct vision defects at the viewing distances used specifically for the display screen work concerned , and where normal corrective appliances ( ie those prescribed for any other purposes ) can not be used , during this interim period , a Head of Department will refund such costs up to a maximum of £50 . |
| 13 | NATO insisted on placing a limit of 275,000 each on US and Soviet personnel only , while the Warsaw Pact wished to include foreign deployments by all countries up to a maximum of 300,000 each by NATO and the Warsaw Pact . |
| 14 | Maria shook her head angrily , aware of the futility of trying to explain the dilemma she had faced all those years ago to a man whose self-centredness precluded his ever having had to make a choice between his own interests and someone else 's . |
| 15 | There is nothing in the Children Act 1989 which provides for the court to tack any direction on to a care order and I have to say that , in my judgment , the addition of a direction of any sort to a care order is a fetter on the local authority plans , authority and responsibility . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , ’ she said after a moment 's pause , ‘ of course they are doing the same job up to a point and that 's never an easy pattern of work . |
| 17 | We need to move from the concepts of knowledge , teaching and learning to the idea of students making their own journey ultimately to a position of intellectual independence . |
| 18 | A Midland CheckOver is normally available to personal Current and Orchard Multi Service Account ( MSA ) customers for any amount up to a maximum of £3,000. once the limit has been agreed , you can use your account without having to worry about overdrawing , provided of course you keep within your limit . |
| 19 | It only did n't happen that way once to a friend of mine . |