Example sentences of "[adv prt] to [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The filters are of non stick nylon and singed polyester , filtering out particles down to 0.4 microns . |
| 3 | Roy Poynter and Derek Seager both won one , but went down to unbeaten Dave Stenning . |
| 4 | What happens if you actually try and get down to absolute zero or even pass the other side ? |
| 5 | The extreme flexibility of the Course allows part-time students to change later to a full-time mode , just as it allows full-timers to drop down to part-time study . |
| 6 | Indeed , the Secretary of State for the Environment has said that we should remove the county council layer of government and move down to all-purpose districts , the size and boundaries of which have yet to be decided . |
| 7 | Already the FIS is discussing whether it should start the European season in Scandinavia , these days more reliably enjoying early snow , then move down to Central Europe to artificial-snow centres . |
| 8 | ‘ Then bring them down to Central Gardens , where we hope to have the biggest can collection ever seen in the region or perhaps the country . ’ |
| 9 | Frequent use of search was often marked by a period of experimentation with a variety of firms in the first instance , followed by a settling down to regular work with a smaller number of firms with whom the client had achieved a modus vivendi . |
| 10 | Happy Charlotte Hughes puts her staying power down to regular habits . |
| 11 | Bids for more will be scaled down to 17,000 shares . |
| 12 | As Heath went down to electoral defeat in February 1974 , the yellowing of the 1970 Reorganisation of Central Government White Paper was the last thing on people 's mind . |
| 13 | At that entrance , every ship goes through a painstaking security check examination right down to molecular level , which can seem endless . |
| 14 | Sicilian wealth and power was coveted both by outside powers and by Syracuse , the greatest polis of Sicily down to Roman times . |
| 15 | 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 ) . |
| 16 | From New Bond Street I drove down to historic Cliveden near Taplow , for many years the home of the Astor family , which made a lovely setting for the Looking Glass Ball in aid of the Royal National Institute for the Blind 's Looking Glass Appeal . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | To avoid attracting unwelcome attention Jim kept his speed down to 75 m.p.h. , less than half the Jaguar 's maximum . |
| 19 | Then at the crucial point which only his body can decide , either he 'll drop ’ — she slapped the table — ‘ down to normal inside of a few hours , or his temp . |
| 20 | At the mention of Whillans ’ middle-aged spread , Steve smiles and observes that while he and Greg Child began the climbing thin and disappeared , Whillans trimmed down to normal weight . |
| 21 | So the school 's first job was to cut me down to normal proportions — which they did . |
| 22 | Finish by slowing back down to normal training pace again for the last 16 to 17 minutes . |
| 23 | Westminster Evening Institute also settled down to serious work . |
| 24 | Tomorrow she really must settle down to serious work on her novel ; time was slipping past , her deadline was approaching and if she did n't get on with it she 'd have Joe making agitated phone calls and coming down to visit . |
| 25 | Fianna Fail 's formula is that once the Unionists get down to serious discussions they will be addressed . |
| 26 | He said the buy-out had been a possibility for some time , but the two sides had only got down to serious discussions in the past few months . |
| 27 | They wanted to keep them happy , they let them carry on with their religion , it did n't interest them but when it comes down to serious things like killing erm political agitators , the Romans wanted to deal with that themselves . |
| 28 | Then the crew got down to serious drinking . |
| 29 | It was high time she got down to serious thought about her doctorate . |
| 30 | Needing to think very deeply about her situation , however , Leith pushed thoughts of Sebastian from her and got down to serious thought . |