Example sentences of "to [adj] [coord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Delta Libræ is an Algol-type eclipsing binary , with a range of from 4.8 to 6.1 and a period of 2.33 days . |
| 2 | Finally there is the Cepheid variable T Vulpeculæ , with a range of from 5.4 to 6.1 and a period of 4.4 days . |
| 3 | After lunch ( not included ) visit the Medieval town of Gouda , famous for its cheese but with a lot more to discover such as St. Jans Kerk which contains over half of Holland 's antique stained-glass windows , the Gothic City Hall dating back to 1430 and a collection of fascinating museums . |
| 4 | Ellis and Shepherd ( 1974 ) first drew attention to this but a number of experiments by Young and his colleagues have failed to show any influence of age of acquisition of words on dichotic listening ( Young and Ellis , 1980 ) or tachistoscopic hemifield asymmetry ( Ellis and Young , 1977 ; Young and Bion , 1980b ) even when it is the age at which words are first read rather than heard that is under investigation ( Young , Bion and Ellis , 1982 ) . |
| 5 | However , the Sports Council for Wales is taking what can only be described as a very aggressive approach to this and a number of other sensitive recreation/environment issues at present . |
| 6 | One of the things that can emerge is a great deal of mutual help , so that there is not just one group of people giving out to another but a group of people reaching out to one another . |
| 7 | In addition the National Free Church Council supported a peace mission by W. R. Cremer , Radical MP for Haggerston from 1885 to 1895 and a Wesleyan . |
| 8 | Confusingly , it was another Richard Hutchinson , of the City and later of Stepney , who was co-treasurer for sick and wounded soldiers , widows , and orphans from 1643 to 1660 and a judge for imprisoned debtors in 1653–4 , and who served as co-paymaster of the navy under the treasurers in 1688–71 , appearing in the latter part of Pepys 's diary . |
| 9 | Zeta is an Algol-type eclipsing binary , with a range of from 3.6 to 4.1 and a period of 1.67 days ; suitable comparisons are Eta ( 4.4 ) , Delta and Chi Eridani ( 3.7 ) . |
| 10 | My weight had by now gone down to six and a half stone . |
| 11 | Why allowed three minutes for , but I might extend that to three and a quarter , I think , if the time goes well . |
| 12 | The 7-year sentence originally imposed was adjudged to be excessive and reduced to three and a half . |
| 13 | Gone down from ten pence to three and a half . |
| 14 | The bungy cord is fixed to these and a safety rope goes on to the harness . |
| 15 | By 1908 Wilson noted that the 1,000 or so Chinese seamen shipped at United Kingdom ports in 1905 had increased by 1907 to 5,000 and a deputation of 40 seamen was organised to wait upon Winston Churchill , then President of the Board of Trade . |
| 16 | But in reality this option will be closed to all but a handful . |
| 17 | It is a staple of the multilateral trading system , and is extended by the United States to all but a handful . |
| 18 | The January 1983 Medau News would contain an article explaining the new system to all and a letter would be sent to class secretaries ( some of whom may have changed since Sept. ) asking again for their help in encouraging membership amongst class members . |
| 19 | Anthony Gittens , secretary of the Britons from 1949 to 1973 and a member since 1924 , was a prominent member of the IFL in the 1930s and opened a branch at Kentish Town in London . |
| 20 | Other options are to change to less temperature sensitive chemicals , again from alkali to solvent , or perhaps to abrasive and/or an increase in concentration . |
| 21 | For the case under consideration , as ο goes from zero to infinity , the frequency spectrum features a fall in amplitude from to zero and a phase shift that changes from zero to -90° . |
| 22 | However , if the sale proceeds exceed the value of the pool , the balance of the pool is reduced to zero and a balancing charge arises on the excess . |
| 23 | One is Eta , a semi-regular star with an official range from magnitude 3 to 3.9 and a period of around 233 days . |
| 24 | The electronic information explosion knows no frontiers ; we may soon be enveloped in a world-encompassing atmosphere of information messages and ‘ noise ’ of a variety and density not known before , able to plug in to one or a multiplicity of channels and capture information of a wide diversity of nature and origin , much of it junk . |
| 25 | The role of providers , ie directly managed units , self-governing hospitals and private suppliers , is stated to be the delivery of ‘ contracted services within quality and quantity specification to one or a number of clients in return for agreed levels of income ’ ( DoH , 1989f ) . |
| 26 | It is interesting to not that the values achieved in 1989 were broadly at about three times the turnover seen in these outlets , whereas today , a multiplier of approximately one , to one and a quarter times turnover , is far more appropriate . |
| 27 | It is fairly rich , and is an easy binocular object ; it contains the Cepheid variable S Normæ , which has a range of from 6.8 to 7.8 and a period of 9.7 days . |
| 28 | Lambda Tauri is an Algol-type eclipsing binary , with a range of from 3.3 to 4.2 and a period of 3.9 days . |
| 29 | Er one time the locksmiths had a rise from ni eighteen , twenty to twenty-one a man , it was a big rise but the locksmiths ' union they altered it from to twenty and a half , twenty-one , twenty-one and a half , three rises before you went from a lad to a man 's raise , you know . |
| 30 | The other bright variable is Zeta , a typical Cepheid with a range of from 3.7 to 4.3 and a period of 10.2 days . |