Example sentences of "to [adj] a [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Wellingborough the number of male boot and shoe makers rose from 613 in 1841 to 814 in 1851 and to 861 in 1861 ; female numbers rose from a mere 37 in 1841 to 473 in 1851 and to 744 a decade later . |
| 2 | Laxton 's population fell from 534 in 1851 to 500 a decade later . |
| 3 | We 'll come on to that a bit later on . |
| 4 | The human race is producing so much information — it is n't factual information , we 're not just looking at price movements of stocks and shares , but in the scientific community it 's very much to do with ideas and how that person can get across his ideas , his concepts to people to half a world away . |
| 5 | The defining of duties and responsibilities is not impossible , but I ca n't see local authorities committing themselves to such a survey now . |
| 6 | Recollecting his churlish behaviour , Isabel wondered how she could be attracted to such a man even for a moment . |
| 7 | Second , close relatives must resemble each other with respect to such a character more than do distantly related individuals . |
| 8 | They wondered why they were asked if they could stand heights and naturally no one admitted to such a weakness so seven volunteers were picked to appear in Les Jambes de la Femme . |
| 9 | I believe that he committed himself to assuring that he would never be party to such a thing again if he could prevent it . |
| 10 | However , in recent years the number and diversity of these studies has grown substantially to such a point where evidence from America , Japan , Europe and Australia all point to a link between moderate drinking and a significant reduction in death rates from heart disease * . |
| 11 | But they have n't got it quantified to such a point where they can actually distinguish a tonsillectomy which might have a lot of procedures but actually takes about half a minute with er other things that are , you know , much much more complicated and the cost of tonsillectomies is unreasonably high compared with erm , you know , with |
| 12 | But I mean , it 's getting to the stage now where it 's gon na become counter-productive , well , for me cos it 's got to such a point now where I 've got exchanges going through , I 've got erm sales going through , details to be typed , canvassing going out , instructions , appointments to make , the outcomes |
| 13 | I had never been to such a show before — not at all the thing that well-bred young ladies are supposed to attend — but she made me laugh … |
| 14 | I should have transferred to pastoral a while back . |
| 15 | The number of historians in higher education increased rapidly , from some 17,000 in 1962 to 27,000 a decade later , and their professional training and competence rose markedly . |
| 16 | US Abortion deaths dropped from 292 to 36 a year when abortion was legalised in 1973 |
| 17 | I think she down to five a day now five today is it ? |
| 18 | Their rates of pay were normally 3/ to 3/6 a day when they were not on piece work . |
| 19 | New title output was now down to four a month rather than the previous figure of 12 to 14 . |