Example sentences of "to [adv] [adv] [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most domestic soakaways are simply holes in the ground lined with hardcore ( 10mm to 150mm ) to within about 250mm of the top . |
| 2 | Prune all the stems back to within about 4in of the ground in mid to late March when the sap is rising . |
| 3 | ‘ I get to within about 5lb of my goal and get stuck . |
| 4 | Readers fixate a high proportion ( over 80% ) of the content words in a text compared to only about 40% of the function words . |
| 5 | According to John Collier , the chair of Nuclear Electric , the new station would capitalize on Sizewell B ( due to start operating in 1994 ) and could produce electricity at less than 3p per unit , compared to just over 4p for Sizewell B and between 6p and 8p for the older stations . |
| 6 | Profits of the Bisto-to-Mr-Kipling-cakes giant have nose-dived from £150m to just over £92m with big bites taken out of both bread and cakes . |
| 7 | Losses in the fourth quarter were nearly two thirds higher in sterling terms at $49.4m ( 1991 : $30.6m loss ) following the impact of the New York snow storms in December which cost $8m and additional claims costs in connection with Hurricane ‘ Andrew ’ which amounted to just over $11m in the quarter , including assumed reinsurance and the cost of the reinstatement premium . |
| 8 | WHITBREAD Investment Company , the offshoot of the eponymous brewing empire , increased its income 9 per cent to just over £7million in the six months to the end of September . |
| 9 | European sales jumped by 18 per cent to just over £3billion for the quarter , and on a similar rise the enlarged US activities passed £1billion , the global total moving above £5 billion . |
| 10 | He has nearly 29% of the company , but that will be reduced to just under 21% on flotation . |
| 11 | Even if we add in the £1.2bn spent on other administrative and clerical staff as a crude proxy measure of the managerial and administrative ‘ overhead ’ it amounts still to just under 6% of total NHS expenditure . |
| 12 | And these Encore guitars from John Hornby Skewes range between £109 for the SW213 acoustic to just under £250 for the Ovation-based 7EGNS electro-acoustic . |
| 13 | He has nearly 29pc of the company , but that will be reduced to just under 21pc on flotation . |
| 14 | A perfectly satisfactory standard total hip replacement could be marketed for not much over £100 , but the price in Britain now varies from £250 to well over £1000 for each implant . |
| 15 | This VAT rate increase would raise about 10,000 million , amounting to well over 10% of our 30% standard rate of tax . |