Example sentences of "to a [adj] [noun pl] [coord] " in BNC.
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1 | Where the countryside is more hospitable , this can be left to a thousand feet or so . |
2 | Here the land rises to a thousand feet or more above sea level . |
3 | The Australian desert , for example , is structurally an ancient worn-down plateau of crystalline and ancient sedimentary rocks , the more resistant of which rise to a thousand metres or more ( a few thousand feet ) above the general surface level . |
4 | As the spectrum includes four b-type bands we assign these to a 1 vibrations and the a-type bands to b 2 vibrations ( Fig. 5.30 ) . |
5 | It was one of those typical Arctic mornings , with the sun shining through a veil of sea-mist which limited visibility at sea level to a hundred metres or so . |
6 | The East Gate had been built thousands of years before at a place where a long ridge ran down into the valley causing it to narrow to a hundred yards or less . |
7 | These typically cater for up to a dozen boys and girls of various ages , and they are run by a houseparent with some assistance by day . |
8 | It 's beleived up to a dozen men and women are employed on his estate and today despite the news , the work went on . |
9 | Jameie Geekie , Buckley 's key bowler , and Colin Evans , their young batting hope are both ruled out due to A level studies and that will improve the chances for Chris Lloyd 's Wrexham side , who are in need of a success after falling 19 points behind . |
10 | Their advice should probably have been to go down the High Street to a large newsagents and buy one or more magazines devoted to the PC and read up on the subject . |
11 | Once again they were relatively complex to use and whilst smaller and faster still restricted the user to a few faces and sizes at any one time . |
12 | I tried declaring my own sense of dissatisfaction to a few friends and found I 'd caught a tiger by the tail . |
13 | Instead , what we have are literally thousands of measures in educational testing , social surveys , attitude research or statistical analysis , with little or no idea as to how any of them could conceivably be reduced to a few dimensions or compared with agreed-upon standards . |
14 | WACC has acquired a certain expertise in this field , but its activities so far have been confined to a few countries or sub-regions . |
15 | He will normally find that this assumes the shape of a pyramid , with a broad base of people who had only 1 or 2 hearths tapering to a few persons or a single individual who owned a disproportionate share of the wealth . |
16 | If the user only wishes to produce text on the system and is prepared to restrict this to a few styles and sizes then such a device is perfectly adequate . |
17 | Sands and gravels deposited by water flowing from the melting glaciers are restricted to a few localities and there are no major raised beach deposits resulting from sea level changes relative to the land surface . |
18 | ‘ He took me to a few parties but I was uneasy about him . |
19 | ‘ It 's just a way of introducing all these girls to each other , so they can make friends , go to a few parties and have fun , ’ she said . |
20 | All are strongly seasonal , with activity limited to a few days or weeks in summer . |
21 | They must be able to cope with aridity , high daily and seasonal temperature ranges , seasonal swings in photoperiod from long days to long nights , and a growing season ranging in length from three to four months on the polar fringes to a few days or even hours in higher latitudes . |
22 | With this technique it is possible to restrict activation to a few cells and , by simultaneously monitoring single unit activity through a nearby recording electrode , establish the extent of spread of effective stimulation . |
23 | If your hospitalization is sudden , say , you are struck down with appendicitis at work , ask your work colleagues to telephone the neighbour who keeps your spare key and ask him or her to check that your home is all right , look after your pet or take your pet to a local kennels or vet to be looked after , water your plants , and generally keep an eye on things . |
24 | By 1973 the Conservatives had moved to a statutory prices and incomes policy and massive state intervention in industry ; the reorganization of secondary schooling along comprehensive lines proceeded , albeit at a slower pace than under Labour , and the trade union legislation under the Industrial Relations Act was effectively non-operational . |
25 | Mr Heath 's U-turn in 1972 , shifting from free-market policies to a statutory prices and incomes policy and state intervention in industry , is a negative example for her . |