Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reproachfully , Rosa dipped into the deep pot of olives and served a scoop of the waxy jade pebbles on to a dish and set it near Tommaso . |
| 2 | The speed of transmission varies from 6 minutes down to a matter of seconds per A4 page , depending on the type of fax machine used . |
| 3 | Another possibility for the seminar is that if you want to bring some notes along to a sort of , if you show me a if you dream up hypothetical questions and then put a plan to answer them so that I can skim down it in about a minute or two . |
| 4 | The payback on Visa and Access is growing as people try to keep running debts down to a minimum . |
| 5 | Pin the angled offcuts from the legs on to a scrap piece of wood to make an excellent cradle for planing and also for clamping blocks . |
| 6 | At lunchtime , when everyone was brewing up , the navigator plotted all those little legs on to a map . |
| 7 | Lift the triangles on to a baking sheet . |
| 8 | Having first transferred the shapes on to a piece of tracing paper , I find it easiest to almost trace the designs on to the cake , piercing through the outlines into the icing at regular intervals with a special cake scriber , or a sharp pin . |
| 9 | Since it may be appropriate to vote funds piecemeal to a project in order to control the financial risk involved , several columns for estimates should be provided . |
| 10 | Since it may be appropriate to vote funds piecemeal to a project in order to control the financial risk involved , several columns for estimates should be provided . |
| 11 | They unloaded their trays on to a table . |
| 12 | At least you 'll have enough light to return , even if you 've worn your legs down to a stump . |
| 13 | In the end , I never quite mastered the backhand , but I got the tantrums down to a tee ( you can not be serious ! — Ed ) . |
| 14 | Mr How had set up a property firm called Prosperpoint , and transfered cash from his clients investment funds through to a bank in the Isle of Man , then on to Switzerland , then back to Prosperpoint . |
| 15 | DAVID FEHERTY played what he considered to be the best golf of his life in the BMW tournament in Munich yesterday , thanks largely to a tip from a friend . |
| 16 | Dealing opened in lacklustre mood but managed to edge up thanks largely to a rise in manufacturing output between December and January . |
| 17 | The maximum loan is 90 per cent of property value on mortgages or 75 per cent on remortgages up to a maximum of £150,000 . |
| 18 | From that point there was no way back for the Prestwick man , and Corsie went on to add another 7-2 win in the third set , thanks mainly to a count of 4 on the third end that finally sealed Gourlay 's fate . |
| 19 | Bethesda disposed of Beaumaris by five wickets with 10 overs left thanks chiefly to a fighting 60 by Bryn Butler . |
| 20 | Standing up , she began to load the tea-things on to a tray . |
| 21 | She got up and began slamming the tea-things on to a tray . |
| 22 | This is a most luxurious , hotel set in large gardens close to a complex of pools . |
| 23 | The donation was similar to unemployment benefit and from November 1918 was available for periods up to a maximum of thirteen weeks to all the unemployed covered by the 1911 insurance scheme , to ex-servicemen , civilians , insured and non-insured alike . |
| 24 | They 're usually purchased over the counter with no instructions , but last week I bought one in a plastic sleeve , on which the following instructions were printed : ‘ This voltage indicator is suitable for testing AC voltage from 100 volts up to a maximum of 500 volts against earth The metal part on top of the indicator must be touched to operate it , and the earthing position of the user largely determines whether it lights up or not . |
| 25 | NATO insisted on placing a limit of 275,000 each on US and Soviet personnel only , while the Warsaw Pact wished to include foreign deployments by all countries up to a maximum of 300,000 each by NATO and the Warsaw Pact . |
| 26 | I was gon na ask him , do you actually eat the products still to a limit ? |
| 27 | But if you are careful you can keep the costs down to a minimum . |
| 28 | We want to keep the commercials down to a minimum . |
| 29 | Questions similar to this one seem to occupy an inordinate amount of the energies of scientists all over the world , not to mention grouses about the shortsightedness/injustice/lack of imagination of a straight thumbs down to a researcher 's pet proposal . |
| 30 | This initial period can be extended by two further extensions of 10 and 15 working days respectively to a maximum of 45 working days . |