Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [verb] to [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Producing three pages of detailed questions relating to last year 's accounts may entitle an interviewer to draw an adverse conclusion . |
| 2 | It is the coarse fish close season and there are six weeks to go to 16th June . |
| 3 | In parliamentary by-elections on Nov. 29 in the two Paisley constituencies in Scotland , Labour held both seats with sharply reduced majorities ; the Conservative share of the poll fell only marginally , although the Scottish National Party candidates moved from fourth to second place in each case ( and the Liberal Democrats fell to fourth place ) . |
| 4 | WE STILL do n't know which Tory backsliders dared to second Sir Anthony Meyer 's nomination papers in his bid for ultimate power . |
| 5 | Summit leaders called on all countries to contribute to Third World aid by assisting victims of " the unprecedented drought in southern Africa " . |
| 6 | An internal memorandum by the chief economist of the World Bank , Lawrence Summers , which suggests encouraging polluting industries to relocate to third world countries , has been leaked to The Economist . |
| 7 | The court ruling comes at a sensitive time for the Japanese government , which is claiming a lead role in environmental affairs , and has strenuously denied that it encourages its hazardous industries to relocate to third world countries . |
| 8 | You ca n't , you have to , people with temporary contracts have to first |
| 9 | It has been estimated that the total fees paid to third parties in the take-over process in the UK in 1985 came to £500 million , about 7 per cent of the value of the transactions , and the figure will be much higher in the case of contested bids . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes , I 'm coming , but I 've one or two things to attend to first , ’ she explained . |
| 11 | The benchmark now set by the Halifax is certain to influence how other societies respond to last week 's 1-point increase in bank base rates to 15 per cent . |