Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] to [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So too , if we consult the Report of Her Majesty 's Chief Inspector of Constabulary , 1975 ( or almost any other year for that matter ) we find ourselves assailed within the space of only a few paragraphs with repeated references to The report was generous enough to remind us that the personal violence over which so much ink had been spilled amounted to less than 4 per cent of known serious crime . |
| 2 | Foreign contributions already received amounted to over $46,000 million and the total foreign commitment came to $54,000 million , with 96 per cent of the outstanding amount being due from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait , already the largest contributors with payments of $12,700 million and $12,500 million respectively . |
| 3 | As a percentage of joint gross national product ( GNP ) this represented an increase from the existing ceiling of 1.2 per cent ( although 1992 expenditure was calculated to come to only around 1.14 per cent ) to 1.27 per cent by 1999 . |
| 4 | Indeed , the average current-account balance ( ignoring whether the balance is a surplus or deficit ) of the big seven industrial economies is forecast to fall to only 0.6% of their collective GNP this year , down from a peak of 3.0% in 1986 . |
| 5 | The following day Sharif sent a special envoy to the UN Secretary-General , calling for a UN fact-finding mission to Kashmir , and warning that Pakistan " can not be expected to continue to indefinitely prevent such marches by use of force " . |
| 6 | The economy was predicted to expand by 8 per cent in 1992 , its ninth year of consecutive growth , while inflation was expected to fall to around 13 per cent , from 18.7 per cent at the end of 1991 . |
| 7 | In the United States , the encyclopaedia was launched early in 1991 at US$399 but the price is expected to fall to about US$299 by the end of the year . |
| 8 | Jointly funded by local businesses and Thamesdown Media Arts , it 's designed to appeal to both a Swindon and a national audience . |
| 9 | In 1991 sales are expected to slip to around 13.5m . |
| 10 | Altogether — including the logo design , new stationery ( and , in some cases , new shop fronts ) the cost of the new identity is expected to come to about £600,000 . |
| 11 | The supply from waste/recycled resources is expected to increase to over 70% of regional aggregates consumption by 2011 . |
| 12 | The game currently turns over $3.5 million a week , which is expected to increase to around $8 million a week within two years . |
| 13 | In the case of developing countries , different dates of origin may in themselves be expected to lead to quite different features in their industrial relations despite the attainment of a similar stage of economic development . |
| 14 | Moreover , the significance of public meetings in the late eighteenth and earlier nineteenth centuries differed according to both their type and the changing general political context . |
| 15 | This meant that the final total of kids to be rescued came to around one hundred and twenty . |
| 16 | By the year 2010 this figure is forecast to grow to around 87 per cent . |
| 17 | The British aircraft industry was expected to shrink to only a fifth of its existing size , giving the USA an enormous head start . |
| 18 | The former Digital Equipment Corp plant in Springfield , Massachusetts is host to a new company formed and staffed by former DEC staffers , SpringBoard Technology Corp , which will specialise in the refurbishing and low-volume manufacturing of tape drives , disk drives and modules : SpringBoard is scheduled to open on May 24 and is expected to grow to over 100 staff . |
| 19 | In the aquarium it can be expected to grow to about 13cm . |
| 20 | It is found in the rivers of Colombia and Peru , and in the aquarium it can be expected to grow to about 130mm . |
| 21 | Speaking in the wake of an 86-hour bombing blitz which is expected to run to almost £30m — nearly a third of the total compensation bill for the past 12 months — he conceded the people of Northern Ireland had been through ‘ a harsh time ’ . |
| 22 | THE cost of the IRA 's 86-hour bombing blitz is expected to run to almost £30m — nearly a third of the total compensation bill for the past 12 months . |
| 23 | Revenues from oil and gas production were expected to amount to around 20,000 million kroner in 1990 , equivalent to nearly 7 per cent of the national budget . |
| 24 | Although inflation in October is expected to decline to around 7.2 per cent , because a 1.25 per cent increase in mortgage rates in October last year will drop out of the annual comparison , the recently announced increases in mortgage rates will send inflation back up again in November . |
| 25 | But in October , the rate is expected to slow to around 63 4 per cent because a mortgage rate rise in October 1988 drops out of the annual comparison . |
| 26 | Unemployment climbed by 30 per cent in January 1991 and was expected to double to nearly 300,000 by the end of 1991 . |
| 27 | By the early 1980s its annual emission had been reduced to 630,000 tonnes ( equivalent to the total national emissions of sulphur dioxide from countries such as Sweden , Belgium and Denmark ) and , in line with Canadian policy , it is expected to decrease to around 300,000 tonnes by 1995 . |
| 28 | Although earnings slipped from 8.1p to 17.6p last year due to a much higher tax charge , they are expected to improve to about 20.3p a share in the current year . |
| 29 | By the end of 1994 , the group plans to have 62% of lines equipped to provide ISDN service , up from a projected 55% in June of last year , while this is expected to rise to nearly 68% by the end of 1995 . |
| 30 | This was primarily to be financed by increasing the deficit by DM5,900 million ( which was therefore expected to rise to nearly DM33,000 million ) but also by expenditure cuts , most notably of DM545 million on defence . |