Example sentences of "of [noun] [vb past] [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This entailed the loss of about 3,000 posts with some universities shedding 25 per cent of their staff ; some departments were closed and a number of institutions came close to bankruptcy . |
| 2 | With dye terminators , 96 templates can be sequenced in a single microtitre dish and excess dye terminators are removed 24 samples at a time by gravity chromatography using a perspex block of microcolumns scaled down to microtitre format ( 12 ) . |
| 3 | The pastel-coloured costumes were at once demure and provocative ; fitted tight from throat to hip , they clung to every line of the delicate , high-breasted figures , heightening the allure of slender shoulders , tiny waists and the swell of young Ranks ; below the waist , however , the gossamer-light , side-split skirts and billowing trousers of white silk shrouded legs and thighs in secrecy , and to Chuck and Joseph the exotic girls of Saigon seemed not to walk but to float gently beneath the tamarinds on the evening breeze . |
| 4 | Our study showed that constipated children <2 years of age responded better to treatment than children >2 years of age , supporting the conclusion by Clayden that treatment should be given early to prevent development of severe constipation or faecal soiling , or both . |
| 5 | A lot of people went back to hospital within 2 or 3 months of moving to the community . |
| 6 | The pilot of G-AYIH turned on to base leg with the apparent intention of joining this stream at or about the number four to land position . |
| 7 | Seen here at age 3 , this proud son of Durham went on to captain England at cricket — and rugby football . |
| 8 | In the pre-war years , his lack of charisma and poor judgement of men contributed significantly to tension within the establishment . |
| 9 | In Nelson , three miles away , an equal number of women went out to work , yet the infant mortality rate was lower than in John Burns ' own constituency of Battersea . |