Example sentences of "of a [adj] [noun pl] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The view from the summit is far reaching , extending over half of Scotland and a confused jumble of a hundred peaks to the islands of the Hebrides . |
| 2 | It is n't rare for a quarter of a million pounds to be spent on an act in one year . |
| 3 | Marine and Quaternary Geology : This group is concerned with the study of fundamental physical , chemical and biological processes which enable Quaternary climatic and environmental changes and their causes to be inferred on timescales of a million years to less than one year . |
| 4 | We added 5 µmol/ml of a single phospholipids to human biles which contained an average of 21 µmol/ml of various native phospholipids . |
| 5 | Clearly there are other choices for the parameters , but for all realistic values the critical concentrations will be small , and the length scale of the individual layers will be a small fraction of the chamber depth in the range of a few centimetres to several metres . |
| 6 | In this context the loss of a few passengers to the Channel Tunnel is a relatively minor issue . |
| 7 | Mr Osenat nevertheless put the paintings up for sale at their estimate , FFr2.5 million and sold them in the space of a few seconds to the town 's Mayor ( who is also , ironically , Chairman of the Board of the Hospital ) , who then donated them to the museum on behalf of the town . |
| 8 | I append the headings of a few subjects to which I have given some attention , and which I could write a readable article upon . |