Example sentences of "to a [adj] [noun pl] [coord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These typically cater for up to a dozen boys and girls of various ages , and they are run by a houseparent with some assistance by day . |
| 2 | It 's beleived up to a dozen men and women are employed on his estate and today despite the news , the work went on . |
| 3 | Once again they were relatively complex to use and whilst smaller and faster still restricted the user to a few faces and sizes at any one time . |
| 4 | WACC has acquired a certain expertise in this field , but its activities so far have been confined to a few countries or sub-regions . |
| 5 | If the user only wishes to produce text on the system and is prepared to restrict this to a few styles and sizes then such a device is perfectly adequate . |
| 6 | All are strongly seasonal , with activity limited to a few days or weeks in summer . |
| 7 | By 1973 the Conservatives had moved to a statutory prices and incomes policy and massive state intervention in industry ; the reorganization of secondary schooling along comprehensive lines proceeded , albeit at a slower pace than under Labour , and the trade union legislation under the Industrial Relations Act was effectively non-operational . |
| 8 | Mr Heath 's U-turn in 1972 , shifting from free-market policies to a statutory prices and incomes policy and state intervention in industry , is a negative example for her . |