Example sentences of "and [adv] to [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The arrests gave Seth a record of at least nine drink driving incidents , leading the judge to order him into Alcoholics Anonymous and on to two years ' probation . |
| 2 | The share of personal assets owned by the 90 per cent below the richest 10 per cent has dramatically increased from 8 per cent in 1911 to 17 per cent in 1960 , and on to 46 per cent in 1983 . |
| 3 | And on to sixty five . |
| 4 | And so to 1991 . |
| 5 | And so to 1992 . |
| 6 | So , while it is always worth seeking out the names of journalists who have a special interest in your subject , and if appropriate sending the releases to them at home as well as to their office , always be sure to send your releases to the newsdesk and perhaps to one or two others on the paper too if it is appropriate . |
| 7 | Gloucester do n't believe in doing things the easy way … funny thing is they play better when they 're up against it … so this game was ideal … they were losing and down to fourteen men when Pete Jones was sent off mid way through the first half for stamping … |
| 8 | Behind , away from home and down to 14 men , Kelso ought to have been down and out , but Jeffrey rallied his men in typical fashion and the visiting pack dominated the first 25 minutes of the second half . |
| 9 | Dizzy knew the exact value of the people he kept , which was why he 'd given the estate management job to Diane and not to one of his regular hangers-on . |
| 10 | If George Bloggs of number 5136 was added to the list then the pointer contained in B Dale 's record should be changed to point to 5136 ( and not to 5138 ) and the pointer in Bloggs should contain 5138 . |
| 11 | I refer especially to the fact that Mr. Thorpe had access to two general practitioners and thus to two separate decision-making processes , which arrived at different conclusions . |
| 12 | During these years she also held the British record for endurance swimming , extending it from 26 hrs. in January 1930 to 44 hrs. 30 min. by the end of the year , then to 45 hrs. in 1931 , and finally to 46 hrs. in 1932 . |
| 13 | In Kent , the natural progression for a care manager would be to group leader , supervising five to ten care managers , then to locality manager , and finally to one of five area commissioners . |
| 14 | The ceiling would be lowered in successive years to 400 ewes and 830 in LFAs , the rest receiving 17% of premium , and finally to 350 ewes and 750 in LFAs . |
| 15 | Their destination was Ameland , an island off the northern coastline and home to AME-1 , an extraction and processing plant for gas from an offshore field . |
| 16 | Geologists believe that the eastern Barents Sea , an important spawning areas for fish and home to millions of seabirds , may hold vast oil reserves . |
| 17 | Binoculars revealed a low quay against the dark sand , and off to one side figures standing about on a bare slope with piles of baggage . |
| 18 | Among other measures in the budget , excise duties on tobacco products , petrol and diesel fuel were increased by more than the level of inflation ; the rate of corporation tax was cut from 35 to 34 per cent for 1990-91 and further to 32 per cent for 1991-92 ; and increases were made in child benefit . |
| 19 | Aggregate quotas for the 13 OPEC countries were increased progressively from 16,600,000 barrels per day ( bpd ) for the second half of 1988 to 18,500,000 bpd for the first half of 1989 , to 19,500,000 bpd for the second half of 1989 ( and further to 20,500,000 bpd for the fourth quarter of the year ) and to 22,086,000 bpd for the first half of 1990 ( see pp. 36573 ; 36751 ; 36910 ; 37053 ) . |
| 20 | The site is near the Autonomous University of Barcelona and the Vallés Technological Park and close to two large centres for micro-electronics and material sciences . |
| 21 | Upon their marriage they had moved from Allerthorpe to the market town and in 1881 were living and working in the Market Place , next door to Henry King the ratcatcher and close to two other saddlers . |
| 22 | ( The basic rate of income tax was cut from 33 per cent to 30 per cent in the 1979 Conservative Budget — the ‘ Incentive Budget ’ — but further cuts were not made until 1986 when the rate was cut to 29 per cent , and thereafter to 27 per cent in 1987 and 25 per cent in 1988 ) . |
| 23 | Between 13,000 and 16,000 people took refuge in Guinea and up to 40,000 in Côte d'Ivoire , where a relief operation was launched . |
| 24 | If you will , yes , this is it , yes Erm , between ten and up to fifteen , you 're an A two , and five to ten , you 're a B one , and below five is a B two , and I should n't think there 's a single B two in the room . |
| 25 | The share account was paying up to 8.75 p.c. net in 1979 , the monthly savings account paid a top rate of 9.5 p.c. net and up to 12.5 p.c. net was paid on term accounts . |
| 26 | The UNEP report calculates that a 10 per cent decrease in the ozone layer could cause 300,000 cases of skin cancer a year worldwide ( an increase of 26 per cent ) and up to 1.75 million cases of eye cataracts ( an increase of 8 per cent ) , and would affect people 's immune systems , leading to an increase in the incidence of infectious and other diseases . |
| 27 | In contrast , he selected those companies that had data in the PIMS system for at least seven and up to thirteen years ; this gave him data on 460 US companies . |
| 28 | In addition , pairs usually breed at Bracklesham Bay , Aldingbourne gravel pits , the Crumbles , and Normans Bay , and up to nine pairs do so at the Midrips . |
| 29 | will be available from one , first of April and up to sixty parishes will be invited to sign |
| 30 | There have been June or July records annually since 1960 , except in 1971 , 1972 and 1975 , and up to 27 birds have been seen together , although smaller numbers are much more usual . |