Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] to [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then again I 'm not trying to put that defeat down to one person . |
| 2 | Insulation up to 3 clo units ( p. 177 ) is effective for active people , and up to 4 units for sedentary work ( Brotherhood , 1973 ) ; additional thickness of clothing tends to be cumbersome and counterproductive , requiring more energy to carry it about . |
| 3 | The lady 's bid now to eighty pound . |
| 4 | More importantly , by reforming the tax structure , the Tories have brought down marginal tax rates further still , even compared with 1979 ; for example for the average earner the marginal rate including VAT has fallen from 49 p.c. then to 45 p.c. today . |
| 5 | Rory began brushing her thick mane of rippling wheat-coloured hair over to one side , eyeing the other girl with mild interest . |
| 6 | And another one moving the chaff away to one side . |
| 7 | Students should be given experience of steering the glider off to one side so that they learn how to use the controls independently instead of co-ordinating them . |
| 8 | Either replace with larger size wallplugs and screws , or move the bracket slightly to one side and refix . |
| 9 | Cross and turn right on footway back to Hundred House . |
| 10 | In general the dinners must extend over two years , but there are certain exemptions , and in particular students who are exempted from the ‘ academic ’ stage of the Bar examinations ( as most are ) can cut their dining period down to one year by double dining , i.e. by dining 24 times that year instead of the usual 12 . |
| 11 | In those days the artificial leg you were given did n't meet the skin ; you had to wear thick woollen socks over the join where the artificial leg met your own leg , and a metal belt to hold it in place , which pulled your body over to one side . |
| 12 | Moving through a confined space , for example if the glider is too large to go through the door , it is always wise to go nose first , swinging the glider right round and out with its nose close to one door . |
| 13 | Auden indicated a room off to one side . |
| 14 | Then a flicker of movement caught his eye off to one side of the clearing , and he saw the two youngsters were still hovering there uncertainly . |
| 15 | He summed up the disseminated structure of his novels ( often in his case a necessary result of serial publication , but also probably a matter of personal preference ) , in the same work , when he compared the chapters of a novel to a convoy of vessels and himself , the inventor , as a man-of-war turning attention now to one ship , now to another , in order to bring them all safely to port . |
| 16 | Place a little of this in a piping bag with a medium writing nozzle , and pipe a green branching tree on to one end of the stable . |
| 17 | I noticed that when Pyke was about to talk he put his head thoughtfully to one side and looked away into the distance . |
| 18 | When there was water in the pond behind the hut , Goshai used to go fishing , damming the pond in the middle and scooping the water over to one side , leaving little fishes panting on their sides in the mud . |
| 19 | As he tried in vain to jerk his head away to one side , shouting in fear , the taut rope caught him across the throat , cutting off the sound of his voice and throwing him backwards off his horse . |
| 20 | repayment can be arranged by phone up to 12 noon on any working day |
| 21 | He frowned , put his head slightly to one side and lifted it , trying to look round and over her head . |
| 22 | Athelstan turned his head slightly to one side . |
| 23 | She cocked her head slightly to one side , staring at Corbett , a slight smile on her lips as if he was telling her some merry jest or interesting tale . |
| 24 | In the decade up to 1982 employment in firms with over 1000 workers fell by over a quarter and the establishment of affiliated companies provided a vehicle for shedding labour . |
| 25 | The Centre has limited its research agenda initially to four programme areas . |
| 26 | Pushing a chair gently to one side , he placed it on the table and sat down . |
| 27 | Grant obeyed , flinging the pistol off to one side with a sweep of his arm . |
| 28 | AVAILABLE for use up to 7 bar — around 100 psi . |
| 29 | When she is ready to be mounted by the male she conspicuously moves her tail over to one side . |
| 30 | Claudia put the scarf carefully to one side and launched into the first task of the day , the ordering of silks and lace from London , Italy and France . |