Example sentences of "[noun] to a [adj] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was never , as we have seen , the Labour government 's intention that the independence of India should be the prelude to a general nunc dimittis , and this disposes of the plausible notion that once India was gone the pointlessness of holding on to the rest of the dependent empire , supposedly acquired to protect the sea routes to Bombay , was immediately perceived . |
| 2 | House-building rebounded from a loss in 1991 to a £2.6 million profit in 1992 , thanks to a 6 per cent increase in sales to 1,289 units and improved margins , which more than made good an average 8 per cent drop in selling prices to £81,000 . |
| 3 | However what I want to emphasize is that Residents ' Association 's case is not does not rely on an inner northern route acting as a an alternative to a western rel route . |
| 4 | What he envisaged was an access of " philosophical " seriousness : the positive alternative to a discredited status quo was " Schopenhauerian " . |
| 5 | The voluntary agreement commits the industry to a 50 per cent . |
| 6 | It was decided instead to adopt less strict targets for these areas and to tighten the target for the rest of the continent to a 60 per cent gap reduction . |
| 7 | The UK British Aerosol Manufacturer 's Association has committed its member companies to a 90 per cent reduction in the use of CFCs by 1990 , together with a voluntary ‘ ozone friendly ’ labelling system . |
| 8 | The bill would have limited textile imports to a 1 per cent annual increase , and set quotas for most shoe imports at 1989 levels . |
| 9 | Additional facilities include a cocktail bar featuring Dutch specialities & international classics and a cosy French restaurant ‘ Le Bistro ’ serving everything from a quick lunch to a sumptuous haute cuisine dinner . |
| 10 | But Portsmouth also has its problems within the F M R O and it was with interest walking round the town last night , I saw that Charles the Second fortified this town to a greater deg extent using . |
| 11 | The Government has made it clear that it may not use its power of veto , which protects Jaguar from takeover until the end of next year by limiting individual investors to a 15 per cent holding . |
| 12 | This card costs approximately twelve pounds p.a. and entitles holders to a ten per cent discount on accommodation . |
| 13 | The UK accounted for the largest downward revision for GDP in 1991 , from a 0.5 per cent rise to a 2 per cent fall , noted Freeman . |
| 14 | Gaviria announced on Feb. 12 that a special tax would be levied on oil , coal , gas and nickel exports and on international telephone calls , in addition to a 5 per cent surcharge on income and other taxes ( from which low earners were to be exempt ) , in order to raise 50,000,000 pesos to establish special mobile brigades to combat the guerrillas and protect the country 's infrastructure . |
| 15 | Stockholm : Strong gains by engineer Alfa-Laval helped the index to a 0.06 per cent rise . |
| 16 | After 1772 the " turnpike mania " settled down in a long steady progress to an eventual 22,000-mile peak in 1836 , accelerated only in the widespread speculative investment booms of the early 1790s , 1809 – 12 and the mid 1820s . |
| 17 | She tested it with the concept of Henrietta , and yes , undoubtedly it responded , changing its frequency to an angry buzz before returning to its smooth hum . |
| 18 | The 1990 Broadcasting Act limited newspapers to a 20 per cent stake in TV companies . |
| 19 | I had lost my virginity to a Belgian au pair who was a friend of my eldest sister . |
| 20 | The employers on Friday increased their offer of 7.6 per cent and one extra day 's holiday , in answer to a 10 per cent demand with two extra days now . |
| 21 | it goes on in our case , that both of our pension funds have had massive surpluses , i.e. erm there was a reported surplus by Watsons the actuaries , of one point erm seven billion which suddenly er vanished within one year to a seven er seven hundred million deficit and |
| 22 | And he now downgrades his own Maginot Line at Volx to a mere 8b± , after Patrick Edlinger discovered a toe-hook move to overcome the crux . |
| 23 | Well she ca n't be much cop if she 'd open her legs to a first date to a Dutch s sailor . |
| 24 | There was nothing of the old Cath Cathy usually enjoying more of a good laugh , she was always happy and cheerful , then she fell victim to a rare diso disorder |
| 25 | The Trustee Savings Bank Ltd in Ireland is to upgrade its data network to a national X25 network : it has signed a £600,000 contract with Motorola Inc 's Codex for a network consisting of 6500 Series packet switches controlled by the 9800 Network Management System . |
| 26 | Proximity to a weak 50Hz or 60Hz electric field therefore means that ions in a certain mass range can respond to cyclotron action . |