Example sentences of "[adv prt] to [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | New title output was now down to four a month rather than the previous figure of 12 to 14 . |
| 2 | This approach thus represents an extension of the hierarchical system and can be considered to simplify down to such a system when each of the superior states are considered in turn . |
| 3 | The biggest problem is that when the clean coal technology plants are available , judging by present progress , the British coal industry will be run down to such an extent that it will not be able to meet the demand from the plants . |
| 4 | I think she down to five a day now five today is it ? |
| 5 | ‘ Cut down to twenty a day . ’ |
| 6 | Schwartzman and Volk reckon that weathering was helped along to such an extent that the Earth is 35°C cooler than it would have been on the lifeless Earth . |
| 7 | So I think you can be assured that it 's not something that 's been put to one side , it 's something that we 're trying to build in to all the work we do , in whatever ways appropriate , but er , I accept that the the implications for your comment , that we 've got to be continually , er watching ourselves , to make sure that we do that . |
| 8 | Reception We tuned in to all the broadcast channels with the loop aerial and found that some sets gave a far better picture than others . |
| 9 | She could n't be at all sure that giving in to such an impulse would have the desired effect . |
| 10 | He or she may be a member of an organization involved with harmonization — the EC Commission , Unidroit , UNCITRAL , for example — or an academic or other outsider who sends a proposal in to such an organization for consideration . |
| 11 | It would be unreasonable to expect the reader to believe that so many professional scientists and administrators could be taken in to such an extent as the tale required . |
| 12 | In 1861 the statistician and economist Cournot observed that ‘ the belief in philosophic truth has cooled off to such an extent that neither the public nor the academies any longer like to receive or to welcome works of this kind , except as products of pure scholarship or historical curiosity . ’ |
| 13 | And some people do up to two a week . |
| 14 | As for the pigs themselves , some played up to all the publicity , others were content to wallow in their victory ; settling for a quiet life . |
| 15 | Most of his news-making troubles began in 1986 when he and Madonna embarked on a movie that never lived up to all the hype and publicity that surrounded it , Shanghai Surprise . |
| 16 | In his early years Bill was a great competition golfer , fixing and playing in Artisan Matches of up to 18 a side , his opponent being the other Club 's Professional . |
| 17 | It estimates that 42,000 people will leave this year , 55,000 next year , and perhaps up to 60,000 the year after . |
| 18 | Figures for locomotive manufacture in Prussia show that up to 1842 the bulk of Prussian locomotives were imported from Britain . |
| 19 | It survived for quite a long time , until the accumulating ash had built up to such a thickness that its chain would no longer allow it to keep above the ash , and it died , its dreadful last moments clearly visible in its taut body , arched back and straining neck . |
| 20 | Evelyn had wrought herself up to such a pitch that she was utterly unprepared for this turn of events . |
| 21 | From what I learned at the meeting I ca n't see why he thinks I 'm up to such a task , but maybe la bête a ses raisons que la belle ne connaît pas . |
| 22 | At later stages the marsh cover becomes denser and deposition is encouraged , until finally the marsh is built up to such an extent that it is only covered at high spring tides . |
| 23 | By late December the number of people leaving had risen to up to 600 a day , not far short of the total for the whole of the period 1987-89 . |
| 24 | Well I think Yeah we could put it up to three a day we 'll got cos there is n't quite so much messing about you know . |
| 25 | The original version of this machine — which Nelson eventually patented in 1955 — could cut about a dozen bars a minute : the version now in use can cut up to 400 a minute . |
| 26 | Now it claims to be receiving up to ten a week , with Glasgow and Yorkshire emerging as illegal software hot spots . |
| 27 | In fact when the cleaning lady has an ‘ audit ’ of his desk and tidies up the heaps , it is a ‘ nightmare ’ , taking him up to half a day to get back on track . |
| 28 | It has been observed that some people switching from using a typewriter to a personal computer can gain up to half a stone a year because they no longer have to get up to consult filing cabinets ; and the same effects can be observed when people use remote-control television , extension phones , lifts and dishwashers . |
| 29 | Section 222 of the TCGA 1992 , provides that gains accruing on the disposal of , or an interest in , a dwelling house which is or has been an individual 's only or main residence ( together with garden or grounds of up to half a hectare in extent or other extent appropriate for the reasonable enjoyment of the residence according to the size and character of the dwelling house ) throughout the period of ownership ( but disregarding the last 36 months of that period ( TCGA 1992 , s223 ) are exempt from capital gains tax . |
| 30 | It contained , as well as the magnificent borders , twenty-five small miniatures , often up to half a page in height , and eleven full-page miniatures . |