Example sentences of "to [noun] [adv prt] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well organised folks can book a permit to camp up to a year in advance , but we managed to get in despite having no permit when we arrived . |
| 2 | While its gardens were small , it had the inestimable good fortune to back on to a park with splendid views across the city and one arm of the river . |
| 3 | On 15 May 1990 a facility letter was issued by the bank to I.B.C. up to a maximum sum of £2m . |
| 4 | Its telescope will have a mirror 60 cm across , and will be cooled by liquid helium to a temperature of only a few degrees above absolute zero ; and its detectors will be sensitive to wavelengths up to a maximum of 120 micrometres . |
| 5 | The mingling of the two can be seen clearly in ‘ Kubla Khan ’ , where ‘ Alph , the sacred river , ran through caverns measureless to man down to a sunless sea ’ ; here our conscious perception of the river is obscured as the river runs away from our field of view and begins to mingle with our subconscious creative side ; critically , at this point in the poem the emphasis switches to the more ‘ fantastic ’ scenery of Xanadu , where we are informed of ‘ incense-bearing trees ’ and similarly exotic imagery . |
| 6 | That worked very well indeed er over a period of what twelve to eighteen months , the whole street , which was mainly residential , was brought up to standard up to a higher standard , simply by providing new fronts . |
| 7 | As secret agent 006 and a half your mission is to parachute down to a high security island and secure the plans to the ultimate satellite laser weapon . |