Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] to [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a part of Chile where half the region 's income goes to 10 per cent of the population and a quarter of all the people regularly do n't have enough to eat , the day to day problems of scraping together an income are common . |
| 2 | The defence budget amounted to 35,062 million koruna in 1989 and was expected to amount to 31,180 million koruna in 1990 , or 23.6 per cent of overall government expenditure . |
| 3 | IF so many countries can pledge troops to help relieve the crisis in Somalia , why is Britain 's support limited to two planes ? |
| 4 | A single processor supports 64 users ; an optional second processor goes to 128 active users , twice what the line could previously handle . |
| 5 | The information recorded on the birth certificate refers to one point in time — when the child 's birth was registered — whereas the information reported at interview refers to a period of employment of three months or longer , at any time from three years before the child 's birth up until diagnosis . |
| 6 | The damage amounted to two hundred and fifty pounds . |
| 7 | Several of these bits may be set in an instruction , in which case all the specified functions are carried out ; the order in which functions are performed is fixed by having each function assigned to one of four timing points within the basic instruction cycle . |
| 8 | Thus , the 1784 election led to 17 unbroken years of Pitt as prime minister ; after the First World War the coalition stayed on in name but the Conservatives won 335 seats in 1918 ; Churchill 's Great Coalition presaged the Labour landslide of 1945 and the iniquities of the Lib-Lab Pact were a major factor in Mrs Thatcher 's victory in 1979 . |
| 9 | Is it not true — as my hon. Friend the Member for Bradford , South ( Mr. Cryer ) pointed out — that as much public money goes to one CTC , to which parents who have not gone through the normal process will have access , as to all the other schools in the area , and that it goes there at the same rate ? |
| 10 | In answer to the question ‘ Do you approve or disapprove of the way … is handling his job as President ? ’ the respondents answers are given in Table 2 , which also shows that after the fourth month of Reagan 's first term , and in the wake of the assassination attempt on 30 March , his approval rating rose to 68 per cent . |
| 11 | However , evidence ( Humphrey , 1951 ) suggesting that left handers were more variable than right handers in their hand preference for different tasks led Humphrey and Zangwill ( 1952 ) to analyse the incidence of language disorders in a small group of left handers having damage confined to one or other side of the brain . |
| 12 | The amplifier will then have been adjusted so that zero field corresponds to zero output , the first step in achieving calibration . |
| 13 | In the academic year 1990/91 , work by the staff of the Department led to two national awards . |
| 14 | An intervention with a low probability of harm given to millions can do more damage than one with a high probability of harm given to a few |
| 15 | It is important that our colleagues and the public recognise that although , in general , preventive strategies by their nature are likely to involve minimal risk , this does not mean zero risk ; an intervention with a low probability of harm given to millions can do more damage than one with a high probability of harm given to few . |
| 16 | Investment growth rates , whilst also declining , continue to exceed the rate of overall economic growth : whereas fixed investment amounted to 25 per cent of GNP in 1970 , it absorbed 34 per cent of GNP in 1983 . |
| 17 | The two-year deal amounted to 9.5 per cent for the first year and inflation plus 2.5 per cent for the second . |
| 18 | The PDS vote plunged to 16.4 per cent ( compared with 24.0 per cent ) . |
| 19 | final you 've got ta be a bit more dramatic , you 've got ta think of the words that are dramatic words , final death toll amounted to twenty twenty dead , forty three injured . |
| 20 | BTR rose 7p to 437p with Kolhberg Kravis Roberts , which has filed notice of its intention to go to 15 per cent , reported to be buying . |
| 21 | In the financial year 1985–86 the gross sale of gilt-edged stock amounted to 11.9 billion of which 6.5 billion was accounted for by funding redemptions and official purchases of stock nearing maturity . |
| 22 | In the Champion Hurdle , William Hill cut Flown to 9-2 favourite from 5-1 , pushing out Coulton to 11-2 . |
| 23 | The Strategic planning guidance goes to two thousand and one . |
| 24 | In the fourth hour net secretion amounted to 22 ( 23 ) , 36 ( 24 ) , and 88 ( 40 ) ml/30 cm/h ( each n=five ) with doses of 6.25 , 12.5 , and 25 µg cholera toxin , respectively . |
| 25 | The order or weight given to one requirement over another will prejudice the solution . |
| 26 | Rodin in his will indeed bequeathed to the French nation the right to make bronze casts from his plaster models , a right that a National Assembly vote limited to 12 casts per model . |
| 27 | ‘ Altogether , Mravinsky had many serious and wonderful qualities , and his example as a musician committed to one orchestra , one hall and one city was so important . |
| 28 | Henry H noted threateningly at the end of a letter of command addressed to one of his prévôts : ‘ If you do not do this , William of Vernone or his servants will do it ; and if they do not do it , my justice shall do it . ’ |
| 29 | Also , as the model 's forward speed drops to zero and the pitch is increased for landing , there is a large drag on the lower main shaft bearing which can produce a yaw effect . |
| 30 | In 1987 , 1422 whales were killed , and in 1988 , the toll rose to 1690 pilot whales . |