Example sentences of "to [n mass] on [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That still leaves Swiss banks with a handicap : an indecisive government , still dithering over the reform of a stamp tax of up to 3% on some transactions . |
| 2 | Moreover , by relating this information to data on spreading rates , the directions of relative plate motions derived from the analysis of earthquakes , and palaeomagnetic evidence of continental palaeolatitudes , it has been possible to establish the direction and speed of present-day plate motions and what is probably a fairly accurate history of movements over the past 200 Ma or so ( Fig. 2.16 ) . |
| 3 | Men with £3 — £4 were probably smallholders , but , although £2 attracted the same rate of tax , men at this level tended to overlap with those beneath , their assessments being reduced to £1 on some occasions . |
| 4 | The shares added 2p to 356p on better prospects for this year . |
| 5 | The benefits include a lump sum payment for accidental injury up to £50,000 for standard cover and £100,000 for premium cover ; up to £25,000 standard and £50,000 premium for a fatal accident ; £25 or £50 for each day 's hospitalisation for up to a year , £250 or £500 towards specialist outpatient treatment after leaving hospital and up to £500,000 on both levels to cover against third party claims for injury or damage to their property . |
| 6 | One was finally found in Wales , but the company refused to deal with a record which might cause offence to people on religious grounds . |
| 7 | Poll Tax Benefit , of up to 80% , can be granted to people on low incomes who have to pay the personal charge . |
| 8 | Indeed , during almost a thousand years the only important legislation concerning English highways was a statute dating from the reign of Edward I. It required lords of manors to supervise the felling of trees and undergrowth up to 200ft on both sides of any ‘ highway ’ that led from one market town to another . |
| 9 | Donald Campbell raised both land and water speed marks during 1964 , the former to 403.1mph in July and the latter to 276.3mph on New Years Eve . |