Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [adv] to [adj] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to the National Statistics Office , the inflation rate in December rose to 14.1 per cent , the highest rate since Aquino came to power , although by January the rate had fallen back to 13.1 per cent , compared with 12.8 per cent for November 1989 . |
| 2 | A report published on Dec. 17 by the European Communities indicated that 9.9 per cent of European forests had suffered up to 25 per cent defoliation in the previous year . |
| 3 | By the 1987 parliament it had risen only to thirty-seven per cent . |
| 4 | Mr Giles Phillips , catchment control officer for the Thames areas , said that voluntary restraint had saved up to 10 per cent of water supplies . |
| 5 | In 1989-90 that figure had gone up to 73 per cent . |
| 6 | The suspension of petrol sales , first adopted as a temporary measure on Jan. 24 [ see also p. 37759 ] , came amidst allied claims that bombing raids had destroyed up to 80 per cent of the country 's oil refining capacity . |