Example sentences of "to [num] [art] [noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Seoul a 38-year-old woman set herself on fire and leapt to her death in front of Yonsei University , and two other people were hospitalized after setting themselves on fire during the May 18 demonstrations , bringing to eight the number of self-immolations ( six of them fatal ) associated with the current protests . |
| 2 | In reply to Lanark Road residents ’ objections , perhaps a good example of how carriageway reduction can simultaneously reduce traffic speed and volume is Niddrie Mains Road , where 4 lanes were reduced to 2 a couple of years ago . |
| 3 | It brings to 10 the number of hotels operated by Worldwide Inns in China , with a further five properties under construction . |
| 4 | A third invitation to UK employees to participate in the Dawson International PLC Savings Related Share Option Scheme was made during the year and increased to 1,728 the number of employees who have participated in the Scheme . |
| 5 | However , Timex said it had won a court order restricting to six the number of pickets organised by local AEEU officials , and requiring that picketing be peaceful . |
| 6 | The guidelines envisage that over the period to 2011 the proportion of aggregates supply met from primary land-based sources in the region will decline from 85% to just over 20% . |
| 7 | The guidelines envisage that over the 20 year period to 2011 the proportion of aggregates supply met from primary land-based sources in the region will decline from 65% to around 45% , despite a net increase in output . |
| 8 | Their court appearance brings to 26 the number of men charged by the inquiry team headed by Cambridgeshire deputy Chief Constable John Stevens , who was called to Northern Ireland three months ago to investigate allegations of collusion between security forces and Protestant paramilitaries . |
| 9 | Last May the plant at Cowley in Oxford decided to double its rate of production of the models from 300 to 600 a week for markets in the UK , France and Spain . |
| 10 | The Secretary of State will be aware of the further 600 redundancies announced yesterday in the shipyards in Barrow which will bring to 4,500 the number of jobs lost since ’ Options for Change ’ was announced about 18 months ago . |
| 11 | During the 30 years from 1951 to 1981 the proportion of males aged 60 — 64 who were defined as economically active decreased from 87.5 per cent to 74.6 ( Figure 2.12 ) . |
| 12 | The proposed conditions include limiting the number of aerotows — launches using a powered tug aircraft — to 50 a day on Sundays and 60 a day on other days , up to a maximum of 2,000 a year . |
| 13 | The latest tragedy brings to five the total of fishermen lost from the village in a week . |
| 14 | The ruling brought to 28 the number of violations of the Convention by the UK government . |
| 15 | The US negotiating team , led by Max Kampelman until his retirement in December , had on Oct. 30 proposed that anti-missile tests in space be permitted but that a limit be placed on their scope , with a specific assurance that the USA would limit to 15 the number of satellites deployed in a Strategic Defence Initiative ( SDI , or " Star Wars'-see p. 36760 ) test . |
| 16 | On April 4 in Amritsar 40 Sikh militants surrendered to the authorities , bringing to 200 the number of surrenders in the Amritsar region since November 1991 . |
| 17 | In 1992 , we established similar share schemes in BP companies in Austria , Germany , Japan , Malaysia , Singapore , Southern Africa and the USA , bringing to 14 the number of countries where we operate share schemes for employees . |
| 18 | The goal deluge at St James 's Park brought home the need to counter the effects of the new offside law which came into force that summer and which reduced from three to two the number of players required to be between an opposing attacker and goal when the ball was last played . |
| 19 | It is the key to the attempts of General Babangida , Nigerian head of state in 1989 , to restrict to two the number of parties allowed to fight the proposed 1991 general election — in theory in order to prevent excessive faction fighting based on ethnic groups . |
| 20 | Chandra Shekhar dismissed the government of Tamil Nadu and imposed direct rule on Jan. 30 , bringing to four the number of states being run directly by central government . |
| 21 | On Dec. 11 , 1989 , the opposition-dominated Upper House passed by 136 votes to 111 a package of bills for the abolition of the 3 per cent GCT . |
| 22 | From 1981 to 1988 the number of attendances at a genitourinary medicine clinic for uncomplicated postpubertal gonorrhoea fell consistently ( fig 1 ( top ) ) . |
| 23 | The abduction brings to 19 the number of Westerners missing and believed kidnapped in Lebanon |
| 24 | Two crewmen of the UK Royal Air Force were killed on Aug. 17 , 1989 , when their Tornado jet crashed into the North Sea near Humberside , just two miles from the spot where three others had been killed in a mid-air collision involving similar aircraft on Aug. 14 , bringing to 24 the number of Tornados lost in British airspace since 1983 . |