Example sentences of "a [noun] to [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | McHale is giving a trial to 6ft 1in goalkeeper Ian Taylor , 24 , who has been released by Carlisle United . |
| 2 | In the case of n-grams , there are 13,166 legal quad-grams of the total possible combinations ( from the above 14,000 word dictionary ) , a reduction to 3% compared to 0.3% for words . |
| 3 | Typically overheating by 1°C increases energy consumption by 7 per cent , and so heating a building to 22°C rather than the statutory maximum of 19°C increases the amount of energy used by over 20 per cent . |
| 4 | They include a responsibility to staff who depend on their employers for a decent standard of living and a responsibility to the customer who expects a decent service . |
| 5 | Available from Sanderson of Berners Street , London W1 , selected Sanderson specialists and gift stores nationwide , prices range from £3.95 for a napkin to £45 for a china teapot . |
| 6 | It began with a three at the 10th , where he hit a four-iron to 20ft and holed the putt . |
| 7 | It should allow him to produce a $5,000 to $20,000 Sparc portables line featuring 16-inch to 25-inch colour displays with resolutions of 1152 x 900 and 1280 x 1024 . |
| 8 | The company , which is projecting a $80m to $100m loss for 1992 and a sizeable loss for first quarter of 1993 ended October 31 , also cut another 200 workers before Christmas . |
| 9 | Promotions give a boost to sales in the competitive market and support the overall marketing plan together with good quality , competitive prices , and excellent service — everything that Stoddard Templeton stands for . |
| 10 | Meanwhile IBM Corp , which took a 3% to 4% stake in Wang for $25m last year and agreed to consider a 12% to 16% stake if its AS/400 and RS/6000 OEM deal was successful , will not be investing more money . |
| 11 | The blitz will be headlined by the long-awaited eight-way system and a 25% to 30% performance boost for the uni-processor 9021 , which is expected to tail off somewhat as more processors are added and coupling overheads multiply . |
| 12 | The amino acid sequence of aEF-1α showed a 56% to 61% similarity to EF-1α from other archaebacteria ( except S.acidocaldarius ) ; the degree of similarity to EF-1α from eukaryotes ranged 50% to 54% and it was significantly lower , 9% to 30% , compared to eubacterial EF-Tu . |
| 13 | Film Choice : A hymn to people power |
| 14 | Mr. Graham : Perhaps they are the professional advisers who advised the Government to sell the royal ordnance factory in my constituency for a pittance to people who later recouped the price in one sale . |
| 15 | Lotus wants a partner to help put a £1,500 to £2,000 version of the bike into the shops within a year . |
| 16 | The year has been good for programme sales , particularly overseas where sales increased more than a half to £18.8m . |
| 17 | This , together with a rise in TV advertising , helped boost Anglia 's profits by a half to £4.8 million in the six months ended June . |
| 18 | Legislators recently told the government to make the request because crocodiles have proliferated and are a menace to people near rivers . |
| 19 | ‘ I JUST potter and have a chat to people passing by . |
| 20 | The couple have lived in the house for more than 20 years and most of the gardening is done by Mrs Ashdown , who said : ‘ I just potter and have a chat to people passing by . |
| 21 | Pork loin chops are down 40p a lb to £1.39 , boneless pork steaks down 40p a lb to £1.99 and Somerfield fresh chicken breast fillets down 70p to £2.59 a lb . |
| 22 | Pork loin chops are down 40p a lb to £1.39 , boneless pork steaks down 40p a lb to £1.99 and Somerfield fresh chicken breast fillets down 70p to £2.59 a lb . |
| 23 | The Z86017 general purpose peripheral adaptor provides the PCMCIA bus interface and control logic needed to implement peripheral functions such as hard disk controllers , Flash memory cards , facsimile modems , keyboards , and local area networks on a PCMCIA card ; the Z86017 will function over a 3V to 5.5V power supply , includes a 256-byte attribute memory for defining which function the card is designed to implement , and costs $7 in large volumes ; samples are out now . |
| 24 | Meanwhile IBM Corp , which took a 3% to 4% stake in Wang for $25m last year and agreed to consider a 12% to 16% stake if its AS/400 and RS/6000 OEM deal was successful , will not be investing more money . |
| 25 | The relevance of such a test to works of art , particularly literature , which deals with private , not public behaviour , is hard to see . |
| 26 | For the RMP at Thorey Island , Sunday morning brings watermanship tests , swimming and PT and a return to barracks after lunch . |
| 27 | A return to works of art |
| 28 | This will be particularly pertinent where the retirement is early in the tax year and is followed by a return to Sch E employment . |
| 29 | So that was a benefit to people outside and people inside the church . |
| 30 | Wit this technique a 10m to 15m spacing will be efficient . |