Example sentences of "[adv] to [adj] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 If we were to shift the age of retirement down to 55 or up to 70 , the people would still be the same !
2 As the DOH has become more confident , however , limits on size have been progressively relaxed ( from practices with 11,000 down to 7,000 and now experimentally with consortia of practices as small as 3,000 ) .
3 In the case of a patient with a very high level , say 9 , that would bring it down to 7 but then the level will probably remain static .
4 But it must never be forgotten that the political , economic , cultural transformation of the world by European influences went on right down to 1945 and beyond .
5 The consequences of Lloyd George 's containment of pacifism in the early months of 1918 were to be inscribed in the history of Europe over succeeding decades — down to 1945 if not beyond .
6 Oscars come from water with a low pH , and so you may have problems with the viability of the eggs/sperm unless you can get it down to 6 or less .
7 Boesset continued this series of lute Airs down to 1632 as well as reviving the four- or five-part airs de cour in nine books from 1617 to 1642 .
8 And most of them moved down to Green as soon as it was built .
9 But er you know it come down to forty-six and usually only do about thirty-eight now that is , sommat like and er it 's only half a week .
10 I think we 've said it before did , about David Lawrence that he , he has the ability to bowl very quickly and in that learning curve of test cricket , he 's now got to go from a , a lad who goes for five and six and all the regularly , he 's got to drop that economy rate , down to three and still take the and then he 's a test bowler .
11 tt I said well you might as well tune in to that as well hmm
12 Critics saw the policy as a legacy of the NCTA and applicable perhaps to technical but not higher education .
13 They read them and yes they send away to several and then you have to score , you have to have something better than somebody else .
14 If many banks and lagoons are at very similar depths , it would mean a remarkably and almost incomprehensibly uniform subsidence over a very large area , confined , incidentally , largely to tropical and especially tropical oceanic areas .
15 Wellington encouraged him to talk about his hunting exploits , not to flatter but out of genuine interest .
16 Gordon Owen , the managing director in charge of Mercury , says the group is anxious not to more than double the network in a year as it is a case of ‘ how fast you can go without falling over ’ .
17 THE University of Southampton announced plans yesterday to more than double its student numbers over the next 35 years by building an additional campus .
18 There 's more to this than just finding Mike before he gets to Bernard , is n't there ? ’
19 But there may be more to this than comradely debate .
20 An Ur-freezer , it goes directly to zero and beyond without narrative deviation .
21 John Taylor , Curator in the Department of Egyptian Antiquities in the British Museum and Nicholas Reeves , formerly at the B.M. and now Honorary Curator of the present Earl of Carnarvon 's Egyptian collection at Highclere Castle , have brought together objects and documents that trace Howard Carter 's Egyptian career up to 1922 and then follow the archaeologist into his retirement as consultant and dealer and finally death in 1939 .
22 An opportunity for someone with knowledge of regulatory affairs in the Pharmaceutical Industry to broaden their experience and work on international policy questions affecting the industry up to 1992 and beyond .
23 Of the vast multitude of varieties that are available , old and new , and despite the astonishing achievements of the modern breeders and growers , not many varieties match up to all or even most of the desirable specifications , and it is difficult , nay , impossible to name one that does not have some fault somewhere .
24 Sometimes a gets up to thirty and then they give it to the person
25 It was a very dangerous business , if up to thirty or so golfers were letting fly .
26 up to fourteen and then
27 now of course it 's up to sixteen or rather under sixteen .
28 Senna also made a brilliant start from eighth on the grid and was swiftly up to fifth and then fourth when he overcame Alesi in a wheel-to-wheel battle down the back section .
29 The Greeks had built predominantly in only one or two storeys ; the Romans built up to four or even five , and the arched type of construction was more suitable for this type of work .
30 There are usually very many muscles — up to 2000 or so in some Lepidopteran larvae — and the system is bilaterally symmetrical .
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