Example sentences of "[num] [noun] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The organization nevertheless attracted 50,000 supporters to a rally in central Sofia on Jan. 14 when it presented its platform for the round table talks . |
| 2 | Such a ‘ crisis admission ’ might last from 2 days to a fortnight . |
| 3 | Warders in riot gear stormed the room after four hours and marched the 12 protesters to a segregation block . |
| 4 | Take 30 seconds to a minute . |
| 5 | There are 12 points to a pica , one pica = 0.166in . |
| 6 | He left the family car in the garage and cycled 12 miles to a supermarket to save 50p on groceries . |
| 7 | Despite owning a D-reg Montego , he cycled 12 miles to a supermarket in nearby Carterton to save 50p on family groceries . |
| 8 | Forty bunks to a barrack room . |
| 9 | ‘ The machine originally comes from the States and is powered by a 20cc chainsaw engine which does 300 miles to a gallon of fuel . |
| 10 | John Clinch ( 83 ) and Paul Harris ( 82 ) put on 170 for the first wicket against Stowmarket , who were skittled out for only 85 thanks to a burst of 4–1–7–5 by Richard Pybus . |
| 11 | Each is worth 10 GCs to a collector ( providing the adventurers do n't flood the market ) . |
| 12 | If you give yourself six months to a year to understand yourself better , gradually to alter your eating and exercise behaviour , you will become slim and healthy and you will stay that way . |
| 13 | The main drawback to specialist reviews is their late appearance , often six months to a year after publication of the book to which they refer . |
| 14 | Frequently they are relevant and will be followed on appeal — but during the six months to a year it takes for an appeal to come to a hearing the minister could have changed , while the current appeals will have been lodged long before the words have been spoken . |
| 15 | Six months to a year of squeeze control leads to intercourse no more frequently than once a week , increasing as the problem subsides . |
| 16 | The latest initiative is the Livingston Software Innovation Centre — this is the only organisation in Europe that aims to remove the hassles plaguing start-up companies , by providing them with ‘ a nice roof over their heads ’ free of charge for the vital six months to a year before they start making money . |
| 17 | By this time it was becoming obvious that in spite of the fact that the French were conveying the impression of a limited operation ‘ to restore order ’ ( which might be at least six months to a year ) they were hoping for more moderate Vietnamese leaders to emerge and , in the meantime , they would not after all negotiate with Ho Chi Minh . |
| 18 | To go back a little , there is much to be said for spending six months to a year ( a small-minded regulation forbids any longer time ) in a solicitor 's office before pupillage . |
| 19 | Six teams of experts are going to Russia and two to Ukraine for placements of six months to a year ; each team consists of between four and six engineers , who will install computerised protection systems and leak detection devices . |
| 20 | Six months to a year whatever with a back problem . |
| 21 | There would be a gap of anything from six months to a number of years over which a veil was drawn . |
| 22 | Exports rose 6.8 p.c. to a high of $37.8 billion , while imports fell modestly . |
| 23 | The look.up table values are chosen to ramp up the motor velocity over six steps to a maximum stepping rate which is of the clock frequency . |
| 24 | Since me you 've had Hampshire , Old , Illy , Bairstow , Lamb and Hartley — and 10 bob to a tanner young Carrick will be smoked out within the fortnight , right ? |
| 25 | He analysed more than 100 responses to a television programme Help asking for experiences of residential care . |
| 26 | It involves five or six visits to a clinic or hospital for key investigations which include blood tests , semen analysis , an ultrasound examination and a minor operation to check that the woman 's tubes are clear . |
| 27 | I HAVE been married for 26 years to a wife I have loved since I was 20 . |
| 28 | As a guide , there are roughly six glasses to a bottle of wine , 25 measures to a 70cl bottle of spirits and four glasses , or enough for six mixers in a 500ml/18fl oz bottle of tonic . |
| 29 | The following year his talent for crowd control , grounded in his years as a Baptist preacher , was put to more commercial use when Cook personally conducted 1,673 people to a working-man 's demonstration in Paris . |
| 30 | I got one with a big chunky battery , it should 've lasted about six month to a year |