Example sentences of "to [noun prp] in [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Completed on May 1 , 1927 it first flew on May 12 and proved to be an excellent design , setting a world class record for long-distance flight when it flew the 1,240km from Kharkov/Sevastopol to Moscow in fifteen hours thirty minutes . |
| 2 | A good golf course is one thing that will bring visitors to Henley in larger numbers , and increase the demand for residential sites in the neighbourhood . |
| 3 | Arsenal manager George Graham was the most strident of those who hinted to Clough in recent weeks that when points go out of the door , football philosophy should fly through the window . |
| 4 | It was also the first clear opening afforded to Kelly in 86 minutes of nonstop seeking . |
| 5 | If you 're able bodied , the thirteen mile rail journey from Leominster to Hereford is simple.You just cross the footbridge from Platform One to Platform Two to catch the train , which gets to Hereford in ten minutes . |
| 6 | The aims of the present study were to characterise the antibody response to Giardia in these children and to investigate the significance of antibodies to Giardia heat shock antigen in chronic infection . |
| 7 | Despite health problems compounded by the trip , Mr Jones is to head back to Romania in three weeks . |
| 8 | The success of the scheme erm , has enabled erm , some sale of places to other local authorities , and if I can just draw your attention to a slight error on page three , there is reference to Powys in two lines , and if you would delete please Powys one , placed in Staffordshire , er , it should read Powys two , placed by Staffordshire . |
| 9 | The first Iranian ambassador to be assigned to Kuwait in five years ( Kuwait having supported Iraq in the Gulf war ) , Hussein Sadeqi , took up his post on Sept. 29 , 1989 . |
| 10 | The chroniclers were kind to Edward in these years , aiming much of their criticism at his mistress , at those around him at court , and in 1376–7 at John of Gaunt ; but his loss of touch does much to explain the growing political factionalism in England in these years . |
| 11 | Use of a monoclonal antibody to PCNA in investigative studies requires standardisation of the method in relation to established methods for measuring cell proliferation . |
| 12 | It was his first visit to Ireland in twenty years . |
| 13 | In 1927 she swam the 120 miles from London to Folkestone in stages ; and on 7 October 1927 , at her eighth attempt , she became the first Englishwoman to swim the Channel ( from France to England in 15 hrs. 15 min . ) . |
| 14 | All one can say with any certainty is that the Pounds ( and probably the Yeatses also ) paid at least two visits to Sicily in these years , and that on at least one occasion — probably on more than one — they stayed there for some weeks , if not months . |
| 15 | ‘ There is no real benefit to Scotland in these figures and we will never be able to fund our health and education services properly until we have an independent government . ’ |
| 16 | Annotated bibliography of material relating to Scotland in Parliamentary papers 1800-1900 |
| 17 | On her first official visit to Derbyshire in fourteen years , Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother , President of the National Trust , received a royal welcome at Calke Abbey in May . |
| 18 | ‘ I brought immense powers to Tara in those days , ’ said the Robemaker after a moment . |
| 19 | The concept of syntactic approximation is quite well known ( see , for example , unc and has been applied to CSP in similar circumstances to ours |
| 20 | This machine was the second of its type to by built , it established a record for long distance flight when it flew from Hendon to Mudros in 55 hours , over a 10 day period . |
| 21 | These single-shot service weapons , dating from the mid-nineteenth century and firing a lead bullet which inflicted appalling wounds , had been exported to Abyssinia in great numbers by the French . |
| 22 | Occasionally , when he came back to Cambridge in later years , and especially when he came back to help the university elect another professor of divinity , he would be nostalgic , and say , ‘ I should like to have another go at being regius professor , . |
| 23 | Doris was always coming weeping and shrieking to Mavis in those days , saying he 'd be the death of her , and meanwhile Fred would reel down the cellar steps and visit the tarts for consolation . |
| 24 | In February 1990 the Chinese government admitted for the first time that HIV infection had spread to China in significant numbers , particularly to the south-western province of Yunnan , which because of its proximity to the " golden triangle " of drug production in Thailand and Burma had a relatively high number of intravenous drug users . |
| 25 | After losing 83–6 to Blaydon and 42–3 to Horden in recent weeks , the injuries are not helping to get back on the rails in time for their final two league matches this month against Sunderland and Mowden Park . |
| 26 | After five trips to Wembley in recent seasons , Tranmere Rovers head for Italy next week for their first competitive match in Europe . |
| 27 | Albion have sold almost 41,000 tickets for their first trip to Wembley in 23 years . |
| 28 | I am already looking forward to Atlanta in four years time . ’ |
| 29 | Israeli immigration officials confirmed on April 10 that some 300 Albanian Jews ( almost the entire Jewish community in Albania ) had been airlifted to Israel in recent weeks . |
| 30 | Memory returned to Seb in disjointed snatches and he hastily checked he was wearing his trousers . |