Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] to a [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In support of the National Gallery 's case Mr Vlnas points to a 1946 agreement signed between Slovak officials and the gallery exchanging the altar for 380 prints , ten Gothic paintings , and twelve Gothic statues . |
| 2 | At the top end of the draw , the United States swept to a 3-0 win over Denmark and will next face Austria . |
| 3 | MERSEYSIDE Hockey clubs had another bad day yesterday in the National League , Neston losing 4-2 to Firebrands and second division bottom club Warrington crashing to a 6-1 defeat at Guildford . |
| 4 | Millwall cruised to a 2-0 win over Leicester . |
| 5 | Smith , the British No 23 from Staffordshire , could hardly do anything right as Croft raced to a 4-0 lead and broke service four times en route to the first set . |
| 6 | If McHale reverts to a 4–2–4 system Thompson will push on the right flank with Mark Ash recalled to right-back after being left out for the last three games . |
| 7 | In their two previous clashes with Kenfig , Llanelli romped to a 47-3 victory in 1981 and 33-12 in 1990 . |
| 8 | Burnell toiled to a 75 , while Hutt , who birdied two of the first three holes after lunch , then took seven at the 4th , including two penalty strokes from grounding his club in a water hazard . |
| 9 | Now Mr referred to a two percent clear up rate , I 'm not quite certain what figure that is , I know in Wiltshire it 's much better than that in the thirties and forties . |
| 10 | Sean McKee slumped to a 2–9 2–9 3–9 defeat to Uel Maguire but his Civil Service team defeated Covehill 4–1 ( 17–5 ) . |
| 11 | Watson slipped to a 77 in the third round while Nowicki shot his record breaking 67 , but the lead going into the final round was shared by MacPherson and Cottrell , who added a 71 to his earlier rounds of 73–74 . |
| 12 | GUY WHITTINGHAM 'S golden touch deserted him as Portsmouth slipped to a 3–0 defeat in Bari last night . |
| 13 | The second half opened up with Theresa Harrison hitting ten points as Sunderland eased to a 47–29 victory . |
| 14 | A Ray Upton double gained Star their second success of the season with a 2-0 win against Holmlands in division one and Windmill sailed to a 6-3 win over ESWA with Dave Harding ( 3 ) , Gary Myers ( 2 ) and Tommy Cartwright scoring . |
| 15 | But the highlight of the night was a superb five goal haul from last season 's leading goalscorer Kenny Morris — three from short corners — as Harp Senior League champions Holywood coasted to a 7-0 win over Civil Service at Olympia . |
| 16 | Michael Duffy coasted to a 5-1 win over Vince McCluskey in the fourth round of the Nescafe Asian Open . |
| 17 | DEMOCRAT Bill Clinton leapt to a 21 per cent lead over Bush in a major poll released yesterday . |
| 18 | Oakmere struggled to a one wicket win , Nigel Troup taking 6–30 . |
| 19 | She was held up briefly in the final when the in-form Sanchez-Vicario swept to a 4–1 lead ( and deservedly so ) and yet Martina , the grass court player supreme , merely drew on her experience , stepped up a gear , kept her nerve and won 5 games in a row to deflate the Spanish challenge . |
| 20 | Local teams confirmed their strength by notching up three of the four titles , with Lismore romping to a 38–9 win in the intermediate decider and Loreto , Omagh , retaining their crown with a 21–14 win over St Michaels . |
| 21 | Lurgan cruised to a five wickets victory over CYM at Terenure . |
| 22 | established as North East Two exchange places with second following their 19–9 success as Thorn plunged to a 12–10 defeat by Redcar . |
| 23 | WHEN Sara Gomer , Clare Wood and Julie Salmon collapsed to a 2-1 defeat to Indonesia in the first round of the Federation Cup in Melbourne last December , they were the laughing stock of the tennis world , writes our correspondent from Tokyo . |
| 24 | Watts 's challenge ended when he triple-bogeyed the 3rd and 4th holes en route to a 75 after lunch , while Pullan struggled to a 74 . |
| 25 | Cardiff swept to a 46-12 win over Aberavon , and their eight tries knocked Swansea off the top of the Heineken League for the first time since February 5 . |
| 26 | Half-way leader Mats Lanner collapsed to a 77 , and saw no fewer than 23 players go past him . |
| 27 | His Commonwealth Games team-mate Willie Wood scrambled to a 20-19 victory over David Holt while three of England 's Auckland team , David Bryant , Tony Allcock and John Ottaway , all won their opening matches . |
| 28 | Swede Joakim Haeggman stumbled to a 79 and will need a massive improvement to survive the halfway cut . |