Example sentences of "[v-ing] to [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Flames leaping to thirty feet in the air were reported just off the road at Wheatley causing a stretch of the road to be closed all day . |
| 2 | Sessions last 45 minutes , and four instructors cater for a maximum of 24 children in the following groups ; walking to two years , 2–3 years , 3–4 years , 4–5 years . |
| 3 | Continue exercise programme , increasing swimming to twenty lengths , walking to twenty minutes . |
| 4 | Also enclosed is a copy of the part of the script which involves you , and of the part of the schedule relating to 16 June , the day you are involved . |
| 5 | The IMS advised that , initially , a fairly simple system relating to one location and containing a limited amount of data should be set up . |
| 6 | This is followed by a listing of more detailed criteria relating to one aspect : place value . |
| 7 | The few in existence up to 1706 had their administrative authority vested , as in the continuing case of the public parish roads , in the justices of the peace at quarter sessions , but from that date , beginning with acts relating to two stretches of the road to Holyhead , in Bedfordshire and in Worcestershire , independent trustees took over the administration of the tolls and the responsibility for road maintenance . |
| 8 | ii The National Study of Health and Growth ( NSHG ) , a surveillance study including , each year , around 9000 children aged 5–11 years , has previously reported results relating to two effects of passive smoking in children : firstly , a possible negative relation between children 's height and the reported number of cigarettes smoked by parents in the home , and secondly , a dose-response relation between prevalence of respiratory symptoms and parental smoking . |
| 9 | This certainly overstated the decline , but records for the whole county between 1965 and 1970 showed a general recovery , and during this period there were breeding season records from 97 sites relating to 44 pairs and 53 single birds . |
| 10 | Otherwise between 1948 and 1976 there were 20 records relating to 21 birds : in January ( two ) , February ( one ) , March ( two ) , April ( one ) , May ( one ) , September ( six , relating to seven birds ) , October ( three ) , and November ( three ) . |
| 11 | Otherwise between 1948 and 1976 there were 20 records relating to 21 birds : in January ( two ) , February ( one ) , March ( two ) , April ( one ) , May ( one ) , September ( six , relating to seven birds ) , October ( three ) , and November ( three ) . |
| 12 | Figure 5 shows that in one patch , replacing the Ca 2 + containing high K + bath solution with the Ca 2 + free high K + solution decreased P o from 0.200 to 0.005 and returning to 1.2 mM Ca 2 + increased P o to 0.359 . |
| 13 | In the evening they gravitated to Soho , moving from the Wheatsheaf , to the Highlander , the Black Horse or the York Minster , and perhaps taking in a meal at Fava 's , then Minton 's favourite restaurant , before returning to 37 Hamilton Terrace to crash out on divans , some staying the night with Susan Einzig at her flat in Hampstead . |
| 14 | There were other rooms with more beds , but keeping to one room meant only lighting one fire ; the autumn weather had turned chilly early . |
| 15 | Taylor led off eight Hurricanes in V7671 , climbing to 28,000 feet , when many Ju87s were seen below at about 10,000 feet just as the A.A. barrage opened up against them . |
| 16 | Bamberger and Wynne getting off at 1200 and climbing to 12,000 feet . |
| 17 | In addition , for longer range bombing , there were seven Zeppelins at the call of the Crown Prince 's Army , including the LZ.95 , Germany 's largest and latest , capable of climbing to 12,000 feet , beyond the effective reach of fighters . |
| 18 | Climbing to 200 feet above the sea , he baled out about one mile south of Rabat , landing in a field between Zebbug and Luqa . |
| 19 | Maximum lifespans may be much greater , some narwhal and spotted dolphin living to 40–50 years , and the Baird 's beaked whale possibly to the ripe old age of 70 years . |
| 20 | Sitting in Manchester , the judge said after listening to two hours of legal argument from counsel for Blandford , his wife and the Official Solicitor , that he now had no power to rectify his error made on May 17 when he ordered the Marquess to be jailed if he failed to pay the money in two weeks . |
| 21 | Very refreshing after listening to two terms of this death-of-the-author stuff . ’ |
| 22 | It did n't seem as if the awful man was listening to one word of what she was saying ! |
| 23 | Thus , attention — listening to one voice rather than another for example — is non-overt action . |
| 24 | We allocated speaking and listening to one profile component since they are essentially reciprocal , interacting activities and , as such , best taken together . |
| 25 | Yesterday the jury donned headphones to begin listening to four months worth of FBI wiretaps of the Edmond headquarters . |
| 26 | Messages are flying through the ether , coming from every side , like we were listening to twenty stations at once . |
| 27 | I know this may sound like a long shot — but someone who 's been listening to 2 Pac 's ‘ 2PacalypseNow ’ super-LP was recently arrested in a stolen car ( with the tape still playing ) for killing a police officer in America . |
| 28 | mhm All right , and Frankie Rickford , what would you like people to be able to be empowered to do as a result of listening to three women talk about this issue ? |
| 29 | Listening to ten tapes , |
| 30 | In Scotland , according to 1987 figures from the Forestry Commission , 918,000 hectares of land are covered in conifers compared to 78,000 hectares of traditional broadleaved trees . |