Example sentences of "[adj] to a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The necessary trade-off between resolution and penetration limits the maximum depth presently attainable to a few millimetres . |
| 2 | 5029 is due to remain at Bury until the end of February , and is subject to a six steamings a month agreement , so it should see extensive use , and provide plenty of opportunities to experience GW ( four-cylinder power in Lancashire ) . |
| 3 | This document won praise from the liberal majority at the Council , and was readily accepted , subject to a few amendments . |
| 4 | It is a social ritual , somewhat akin to a few drinks after work . |
| 5 | Weight is equal to a hundred times the number of engines . |
| 6 | Well the distance is equal to a hundred miles an hour , times how many hours has been travelling for ? |
| 7 | There is no problem here if the information is very specialised and only likely to be useful to a few outlets . |
| 8 | " I too shall be attending the ceremonies prior to a few days ' relaxation at the hill station of Dalat . " |
| 9 | But such generalizations as these , while perhaps being applicable to a few individuals of each country , can reasonably be said to be prejudiced statements based on inadequate sampling . |
| 10 | Commuters can expect delays on the Northern Lane service tonight due to a technical problems at Sandhills and an incident at Moorfields . |
| 11 | Jameie Geekie , Buckley 's key bowler , and Colin Evans , their young batting hope are both ruled out due to A level studies and that will improve the chances for Chris Lloyd 's Wrexham side , who are in need of a success after falling 19 points behind . |
| 12 | Therefore , the futures price will respond first to information of a general nature , while information specific to a few companies will have little impact on the index or the futures price . |
| 13 | The East Gate had been built thousands of years before at a place where a long ridge ran down into the valley causing it to narrow to a hundred yards or less . |
| 14 | Once all the information has been incorporated , the sequence of phases will have been assigned dates at various points , although these will be of differing quality : some may be accurate to a few years , others only to the nearest couple of centuries . |
| 15 | It 's based on my experience of presenting thousands of them in close to a hundred countries around the world , under a wide variety of conditions . |
| 16 | What with all those houses , plus the school , he must have been worth close to a million pounds , give or take the odd thousand . |
| 17 | From nothing he amassed a fortune estimated at close to a million pounds by a combination of sustained hard work and practical technical ability . |
| 18 | He informed Wilner that he had calculated the energy that would be released and it was over a million kilojoules , equivalent to a thousand grams of dynamite . |
| 19 | These have maximum ranges of 2000 km and 4100 km respectively , and they each carry a single warhead with a yield of one megaton ( equivalent to a million tonnes of TNT ) . |
| 20 | This course permits students with a general qualification in biology at degree level to undertake further study in specific areas of biological science up to a standard roughly equivalent to a specialised Honours degree . |
| 21 | Although sympathetic to a progressive rights theory , Dignan attempts to avoid this problem by examining in some breadth and detail the validity of the assumptions made by Dworkin concerning modern liberal political systems , and argues that Dworkin 's assumptions may help provide the peace movement with a legal theory . |