Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] to [noun] was [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At 20°C , the cyclic AMP response to histamine was much more sustained , with little variation in the cyclic AMP content between one and 15 minutes after the addition of 0.5 mmol/l histamine ( Fig 2A ) . |
| 2 | The intermittency route to chaos was also inferred , with pure xenon in the laser tube , from a sequence in which a single frequency ( with its harmonics ) progressively broadened on increasing the discharge current , just as one would expect for increasingly frequent bursts of noise against a background of steady oscillation . |
| 3 | I decided to study linguistics at M.I.T. Although I learned a great deal , particularly regarding rigorous methods in linguistics , I must confess that the M.I.T. approach to linguistics was too narrow for my taste , and I found the hothouse atmosphere there somewhat uncomfortable . |
| 4 | Marryat 's common-sense attitude to life was certainly not insensitive . |
| 5 | The ratio of service staff to passengers was frequently about one to three , and that did not include seamen . |
| 6 | In 1980 , UK bank-lending to industry was only around 22% of GDP , whereas in France the figure was 30% , in West Germany almost 34% and in Japan around 51% . |
| 7 | Asian children performed just as well as other children in the six local education authorities but their admission rate to university was almost half of the corresponding figure for school leavers in all the state schools in England . |
| 8 | Many commentators claimed that Bush 's decision to reverse US policy on arms sales to Taiwan was largely motivated by his poor domestic standing in the run-up to the US presidential election in November . |
| 9 | Neil Jenkins of Pontypridd was badly exposed last season and the summer tour to Australia was truly a baptism by fire , but he has the physique to return to the top level if his confidence can be restored . |
| 10 | Doubling of the stamp duty threshold to £60,000 was also viewed as the right sort of nudge for the depressed housing market , while the exemption of whisky from excise duty increases was a desperately-sought boon for the industry . |
| 11 | From then on , Kennedys attitude to Iran was unashamedly interventionist . |