Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] [to-vb] the [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 To a historian of the health services this decision to rationalize the two hospitals on to one site could be seen as rather disappointing .
2 Congress had granted him another amnesty to contest the 1992 election .
3 He woke in the early hours of this morning to find the 22 year old man engulfed in flames .
4 DOUG Scott , 50 this year , leaves for Nanga Parbat this month to attempt the eight mile Mazeno Ridge on the 8,125 peak .
5 They could not even think of washing my hair until I had had this operation to put the two rods in my back . ’
6 Tabel has received too little credit in the standard literature — Hubbard dismisses him as some sort of shadowy figure and takes little trouble to describe the 1721 harpsichord .
7 I mean , you should n't feel under any obligation to complete the three years of your contract here .
8 The rest divided themselves up amongst the remaining transport and set off with only enough petrol to cover the 400 miles to Jalo .
9 Ceauşescu agreed to reverse the pay cuts that the men in effect faced because they could not cut enough coal to meet the Five Year Plan 's targets .
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