Example sentences of "to [adv] [art] [det] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Gabes , the coastal plain narrows down to only a few miles between the sea and a large area of salt marshes . |
| 2 | In this paper they made the remarkable prediction that radiation ( in the form of photons ) from the very hot early stages of the universe should still be around today , but with its temperature reduced to only a few degrees above absolute zero ( - 2730 ° C ) . |
| 3 | There are undoubtedly great advantages to the student if a staff member transmits his ideas and experience to only a few individuals at a time in a tutorial session . |
| 4 | According to Earth Report ( 1988 ) , some 100 million t of nutrient-rich silt were deposited annually in the pre-Aswan period but is now reduced to just a few tomes per year , necessitating extensive fertiliser use at considerable cost and , presumably , inviting long-term eutrophication problems that characterise many developing countries ( section 6.3.1 ) . |
| 5 | He was reckoned one of the islands ' best fishing guides , a man who could name his own price to the rich northerners who came to the blue waters to kill gamefish , but Bonefish believed that his family might stray from the path of righteousness if he spent too much time away from home so he restricted his guide work to just a few weeks of the year . |
| 6 | This equipment can measure freon concentrations down to just a few parts per trillion . |
| 7 | None the less , Fabry-Perot experiments seem to give rise to broadly the same sorts of instability as those predicted from ring cavity analyses . |
| 8 | I could point to quite a few leaders about whom I am not enthusiastic but I will refrain from naming them , and concentrate on those I like . |