Example sentences of "[num] [noun] [to-vb] to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It took us 22 years to get to a billion dollars a quarter in revenues and , thanks to the explosion in demand for the 80486 chip , less than three years to get to two billion dollars a quarter , ’ said president Andrew Grove . |
| 2 | The jeep force set off in the late afternoon of 26 July , with about forty miles to cover to the coastal plain . |
| 3 | These lines pass through the main Polytechnic data switch , a Micom 2000 , which permits approximately 100 end-users to connect to the 2755 ( up to 48 simultaneously ) . |
| 4 | With less than six weeks to go to the Olympic trials , Read , the triple national champion , boosted her confidence by lowering her own eight-month-old 50m backstroke British record with an impressive 30.06sec . |
| 5 | With just six weeks to go to the British Olympic trials , officials wanted all concerned to be aware of the potential repercussions following the recent National Olympic Committee meeting when it was decided that anyone guilty of a violation the IOC medical code would be ineligible for any British team . |
| 6 | I think it took about three years to get to a normal level . |
| 7 | Cowan claimed three wickets to add to the two he took on Tuesday , while fellow pace man Andy Bee had three for 24 . |
| 8 | This difference , together with the obliquity , made it necessary on the one hand to excavate to a considerable depth at the bottom and to add a 30 foot embankment of made ground at the top , involving a vast amount of earth moving that , on the face of it seems hardly to have been necessary . |
| 9 | Then , with 13 overs to go to the close , paceman Merv Hughes forced Haynes to edge a catch to wicketkeeper Ian Healy . |
| 10 | Rufus ( that 's you-fus ) needs all five crystals to get to the next level . |
| 11 | Eagle Trust , the beleaguered mini-conglomerate being investigated by the Serious Fraud Office , obtained High Court approval to remove the vote from a further 80,000 shares to add to the 67,420,000 already disenfranchised . |
| 12 | Eagle Trust , the beleaguered mini-conglomerate being investigated by the Serious Fraud Office , obtained High Court approval to remove the vote from a further 80,000 shares to add to the 67,420,000 already disenfranchised . |
| 13 | ‘ We do a kit of plans and key parts for £350 , or a kit that needs only 40 hours to get to a bare hull for £1,800 . |
| 14 | As a preliminary , we must note that Thai has two forms to correspond to the English word old ; one is ( with superscript 2 indicating low tone ) which is used of animate beings , and the other is , applied to inanimates . |
| 15 | Software Etc Stores Inc , Edina , Minnesota software retailer , got its offering of 800,000 shares , all new , away at $15.50 per share and intends to use the $12m or so net proceeds to accelerate its store expansion programme — opening 60 to 70 new stores in each of the next two years to add to the 42 currently open . |
| 16 | Just four hundred quid to add to the one thousand four hundred and forty pounds , she thought wildly . |
| 17 | There two ways to upgrade to a 386 — by adding a coprocessor card and by replacing the motherboard . |
| 18 | The house is very charming but it 's taken 20 years to get to the present condition . |
| 19 | It takes between two and seven years to convert to a certifiable organic system and yields reduce by around 20 per cent after conversion . |