Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [verb] to [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is compounded , broadly speaking , of two atoms of hydrogen attached to one of oxygen : H 2 0 . |
| 2 | But in the second week television coverage of defence doubled to 12 per cent , and in the third week it doubled again to 26 per cent before almost disappearing from the bulletins in the fourth and fifth weeks . |
| 3 | For the person who becomes a Christian the moment of comprehension leads to one conclusion only — commitment . |
| 4 | The farms of the Edinburgh School of Agriculture extend to 1,200 hectares embracing hill , upland and lowland and there is a comprehensive range of plot , field and farm scale facilities that are fully equipped for large animal and crop plant experimentation . |
| 5 | It seems to err in moving the death of Archbishop Lyfing to 1019 ( C and E together speak strongly for 1020 ) , but D adds that his other name was Ælfstan and that he was very firm in counsel whether in matters of church or state . |
| 6 | Henry H noted threateningly at the end of a letter of command addressed to one of his prévôts : ‘ If you do not do this , William of Vernone or his servants will do it ; and if they do not do it , my justice shall do it . ’ |
| 7 | Now suppose the velocity of circulation rises to 5 and the number of transactions increases to 40 million . |
| 8 | An intervention with a low probability of harm given to millions can do more damage than one with a high probability of harm given to a few |
| 9 | It is important that our colleagues and the public recognise that although , in general , preventive strategies by their nature are likely to involve minimal risk , this does not mean zero risk ; an intervention with a low probability of harm given to millions can do more damage than one with a high probability of harm given to few . |
| 10 | Thus in 1981–86 the South gained 580 000 people , twice the increase recorded in 1976–81 , while the rest of Britain saw its population fall by almost 200 000 , an increase in the rate of loss compared to 1976–81 and moving against the national trend ( table 8.2 ) . |
| 11 | One of the possible kidnapping charges and that of theft relate to two incidents in which Mrs Mandela was part of a group which allegedly abducted three people before assaulting them in the old Mandela home in Soweto . |
| 12 | In Scotland , there are now 76,293 young people aged between 18 and 24 out of work compared to 73,106 in January 1992 . |
| 13 | Essentially , then , comparative industrial relations is a systematic method of investigation relating to two or more countries which has analytic rather than descriptive implications . |
| 14 | Higher , higher rate , rate , well you do n't start to pay that until you 've exceeded the twenty three thousand seven hundred plus your personal allowance , so y you your basic rate of tax goes to twenty three seven hundred then you can add , add on your basic allowance , and for most people if they 're earning er a single person twenty seven and a half and married person twenty eight and a half above that you 're paying higher rate tax . |
| 15 | The TCSC was sceptical about the Treasury 's forecast of inflation dropping to 3 per cent by 1992 given that official predictions have been wrong so often in the past . |
| 16 | So when the actual rate of inflation rises to 4 per cent in Fig. 6.4 , people continue to expect zero inflation for a while and only in the long-run do they revise their expectations upwards towards 4 per cent . |
| 17 | But as industrial capitalism developed , the basis of conflict shifted to one of ‘ competing rationalities ’ . |
| 18 | A shower will use approximately 30 litres of water compared to 90 litres for a bath . |
| 19 | Rearrangement is extensive in thymocytes of wild-type compared to RAG-1 mutant mice ( negative control ) , as indicated by the virtual disappearance of the germ-line band and the presence of several bands corresponding to DJ rearrangements . |
| 20 | PURSUIT OF LOVE shot to 5–1 favouritism for the 2,000 Guineas , on May 2 , with an emphatic two-length victory in yesterday 's European Free Handicap as he became the 200th winner trained by Henry Cecil for Lord Howard de Walden . |
| 21 | The problem can be overcome in the case of any straight step function by evaluating the Fourier transform of the corresponding exponentially decaying step function and then finding its limit as the rate of decay goes to zero . |
| 22 | One of the first questions which this thesis attempts to answer is whether these three definitions of risk can be sensibly used , and if they can , how are the three types of risk related to one another ? |
| 23 | The WRI 's figure for 1988 was 3.6 per cent , with the US rate of growth amounting to 4.1 per cent . |
| 24 | His sense of anticipation turned to one of unsureness . |
| 25 | From just over 30 million in 1870 , the number of Japanese grew to 44 million in 1900 , 64 million in 1930 and 83 million in 1950 . |
| 26 | Richard Kedie , of Forest Road , had claimed there were no drugs in his house but police later found two quantities of cannabis amounting to 41 grams . |
| 27 | The rate of increase slipped to 3 per cent during the period compared with 3.6pc in the three months to the end of January , the Labour Research Department said in a survey of more than 600 settlements . |
| 28 | Azeri pressure was also said to be behind Turkey 's decision not to go ahead with deliveries of electricity amounting to 30-35 Mw per day , which had been due to start on Dec. 1 . |
| 29 | Seen thus , they resulted in the evolution of a language-based view of reading taken to one extreme position . |
| 30 | Changes to Decree 2 were announced on Jan. 25 , 1990 , reducing the period of detention permitted to six weeks and restricting the power of signing a detention order to the Chief of General Staff ( previously , the inspector-general of police and Internal Affairs Minister had also been able to sign detention orders ) . |