Example sentences of "[prep] a [num] [noun pl] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The view from the summit is far reaching , extending over half of Scotland and a confused jumble of a hundred peaks to the islands of the Hebrides . |
| 2 | It is n't rare for a quarter of a million pounds to be spent on an act in one year . |
| 3 | Marine and Quaternary Geology : This group is concerned with the study of fundamental physical , chemical and biological processes which enable Quaternary climatic and environmental changes and their causes to be inferred on timescales of a million years to less than one year . |
| 4 | He sold one of Derain 's paintings for a thousand francs to a Norwegian dealer and was able to offer Modigliani a contract . |
| 5 | ‘ Worth a thousand pounds to you . ’ |
| 6 | PRESTWICK 's David Gourlay , jun , the first Scot in action in yesterday 's opening day of the £140,000 Midland Bank World Indoor Championship , survived an off-green setback before moving through to the second round with a three sets to one win over past UK champion Stephen Rees . |
| 7 | With a dozen spills to hand , I reached for the matches in my pouch . |
| 8 | The Supreme Court in a nine votes to seven ruling in mid-July appointed Judge Adolfo Bañados to rule on whether to re-open the case of Orlando Letelier , an ambassador to the United States under the regime of Salvador Allende , who was murdered in Washington in 1976 [ see pp. 28273-74 ; 34989 ; 36097 ] . |
| 9 | What is more , introducing PRP for nurses has added anything up to a billion dollars to administrative costs in the US public sector — a figure which may send shudders down the spine of Britain 's cost-conscious NHS . |