Example sentences of "[adv] to [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perrier Pick of the Fringe The provocative South African satirist Peter Dirk Uys ( 9.30pm to 14 Oct ) plus the surreal , but this year more accessible cabaret/theatre duo The Front Lawn ( 11.15 12-14 Oct only ) in the last week of the Edinburgh Festival Perrier panel 's choice of the fringe . |
| 2 | A strong wind tore through the trees whipping the branches fiercely to one side while the rain swept across their faces . |
| 3 | For racial nationalists , all these influences led inexorably to one conclusion . |
| 4 | Alice could see that it was not going to be easy for any of them to admit obligation to Jasper , even though he was being correctly impersonal , sitting somewhat to one side of the scene waiting for their approval , the image of a responsible cadre . |
| 5 | The shiny black central sphere flicked suddenly to one side , jumped as if touched , like an animalcule at the bottom of a microscope imprisoned by the tension of a viscous fluid . |
| 6 | The recommendations which flowed from this committee , published in 1919 , owed much to one member , Raymond Unwin , and it is from this source that earlier years of experiment in site planning ( focusing particularly on density and layout ) , house design and standards of accommodation finally came to fruition as national policy . |
| 7 | Next year the stage and flytower will be extended — heightening the grid by 3.4 metres to 21 metres , and making the stage 3 metres deeper to 15.25 metres . |
| 8 | it was a it was full pass inside to two fullbacks er , for the Southampton player that was running on this fullback shaded it away you know , guiding him out of it , he 's running to the e sa Smeichel came out to the edge of the area but he was like right on the edge as the player was coming to him , so he just let it roll a little bit further , he stopped it with his foot , the guy came and tackled him off got it instead of just picking it up with his hand , I mean he was actually in the area but like he was right on the edge and he took a step back |
| 9 | I noticed that when Pyke was about to talk he put his head thoughtfully to one side and looked away into the distance . |
| 10 | Pushing a chair gently to one side , he placed it on the table and sat down . |
| 11 | Hands gripped her shoulders and moved her gently to one side . |
| 12 | Then , stretching out one hand , he pushed her very gently to one side and strode past her into the living-room . |
| 13 | Students may compete for the BBC Carlton Hobbs award which is given annually to two students from any of the drama schools ; the award offers a six month contract with BBC radio , as well as guaranteeing that vital entry into British Equity . |
| 14 | A long-term grain accord regulated the sale of US wheat , feed grains , soybeans and other commodities to the Soviet Union , increasing the total amount from the current 9,000,000 tonnes annually to 10,000,000 tonnes [ see also p. 37324 ] . |
| 15 | By 1964 there were 4.4 million TV sets ; a second TV channel began transmitting programming in April ; the amount of programming transmitted by the two channels rose from 4000 hours annually to 7400 hours ( 1964–7 ) ; the number of TV sets rose by a million a year between 1964 and 1967 . |
| 16 | Mr Newbegin said Go-Ahead Northern is currently taking delivery of 30 new single deck buses which will bring the average age down to 9.1 years by May . |
| 17 | The filters are of non stick nylon and singed polyester , filtering out particles down to 0.4 microns . |
| 18 | Bids for more will be scaled down to 17,000 shares . |
| 19 | Benefits of the system include a shortening of the production line by 400 metres and a saving in manufacturing time of 24% ( down to 26 hours for Safrane , as opposed to 34 hours for the Renault 25 ) . |
| 20 | These can be used down to 600 and 350 cm -1 , respectively ; for lower frequencies , CsI can be used down to 200 cm -1 but it is softer and much more expensive . |
| 21 | To avoid attracting unwelcome attention Jim kept his speed down to 75 m.p.h. , less than half the Jaguar 's maximum . |
| 22 | If you are aiming to go back for a landing , only stay long enough in that thermal to get properly centred before moving off again down to 1500 feet and starting to look for the next bit of lift . |
| 23 | Bill could n't beli well they came down to seventeen pound , I thought well that 's not much |
| 24 | Its diet consists of herring , mackerel , pilchard , rats-tails and argentines , also squid , and , as it will go down to 610 metres ( 334 fathoms ) deepwater species . |
| 25 | This has gradually been whittled down to nine attainment targets per child , to take 12 to 15 hours , and the tests are to be paper and pencil only . |
| 26 | Down to nine men , our lads deserve the highest praise for a 3–3 draw . |
| 27 | Thame 's Russell was then dismissed for dissent taking them down to nine men , from which there was no way back and Headington ran out comfortable winners . |
| 28 | We settled down to nine channels of T.V. and a tour of the room-service menu , ordering things we 'd only read about — pastrami on rye ; blue-jack cheese ; sourdough bread and grits and black-eyed beans . |
| 29 | Some women have found that they need to take evening primrose oil for only ten days before their period but , until your PMS eases , it is a good idea to take the capsules every day and then try cutting down to ten-14 days before your period . |
| 30 | He only ever puts the gas on half-way to the first mark on the knob and in the winter keeps the central heating down to sixty degrees : " I sit with the blanket round me . " |