Example sentences of "[prep] [n mass] to [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Budget systems range between £250 to over £1,000 , storing around half a gigabyte on standard data cartridges . |
| 2 | each Sainsbury 's , Savacentre and Homebase store will be offering a gift of £250 to under fives groups as part of the Good Neighbour Scheme . |
| 3 | Screening of at risk patients with a combination of genetic markers , ophthalmic screening for congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium and a negative bowel investigation may reduce an initial risk of 50% to well below 1% . |
| 4 | In this way , it applied to the Bible the ‘ inductive method ’ of scientific study developed in the rise of modern natural science , which similarly aimed to work up from pieces of data to more universal principles or laws . |
| 5 | The dispersal of people to increasingly distant suburbs and the growing concentrations of service industries in city centres were bound to lead to a re-invasion by young professionals and executives of inner areas long abandoned to the working class … |
| 6 | What are the skills that we need when we stand up in front of people to actually deliver what we have to say |
| 7 | Today , Amstrad shares have dropped from their peak of £2.34 to just 28p — less than half what its assets are valued at . |
| 8 | There will be a carry forward of £285,364 to today 's Tote Jackpot pool operating on the Newmarket card , on which Twist And Turn may prove hardest to beat in the Fielden Stakes . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's hard for people to really understand and identify with a problem , whether it 's Aids , Somalia or pollution , until they really get to see it first hand , ’ reflects Hines . |
| 10 | I think there 's a desperate need for people to actually be prepared to learn the skills and to do the very , very difficult work of doing that . |
| 11 | I 'm not prepared I 'm not prepared for individuals to get up but if your not if you do n't want to listen to what I 've got to say that 's okay but I do n't I 'm not prepared for people to perhaps to start making personal points about people actual work within the I certainly would n't do it I do n't think it 's it 's a question of . |
| 12 | colleges must provide facilities for staff to further their knowledge by advanced study , research , consultative work or secondment to other fields of employment . |
| 13 | Drives for these disks cost from £1,000 to about £3,000 , with huge jukeboxes costing as much as £250,000 . |
| 14 | SIR Phil Harris , one of the stock market stars of the 1980s , makes a dramatic comeback this month , having increased the value of his stake in his new venture Carpetright from £3m to about £30m . |
| 15 | SIR Phil Harris , one of the stock market stars of the 1980s , makes a dramatic comeback this month , having increased the value of his stake in his new venture Carpetright from £3m to about £30m . |
| 16 | In those years , the Communist vote dropped from 80% to less than 10% . |
| 17 | Prices from £69 to over £100 . |
| 18 | A perfectly satisfactory standard total hip replacement could be marketed for not much over £100 , but the price in Britain now varies from £250 to well over £1000 for each implant . |
| 19 | Owners have to deliver the deceased to the cemetery which will also supply plaques or granite memorial stones costing from £40 to over £100 . |
| 20 | However , concern has been caused by the fact that between 1976 and 1989 the ratio of debt to personal disposable income rose from 50% to over 100% ( BEQB May 1989 ) , and since 1980 the growth in credit has substantially exceeded the growth in income . |
| 21 | Cement giant Blue Circle added 2p to 177p , despite a downgrading of full-year profits from £105m to around £75m . |
| 22 | When the adventurers move from 5d to either 5c or 5e they are attacked by a swarm of shadowy , ethereal forms . |
| 23 | The guidelines for aggregates provision in the North Wales region under MPG6 indicates that while the proportion of supply from primary sources will decline from over 90% at present to around 20% in 2011 ( still requiring an absolute increase of over 4 million tonnes per annum to meet rising demand ) , the supply from secondary and recycled sources is expected to increase from 10% to over 70% during this period . |
| 24 | The guidelines for aggregates provision in the North Wales region under MPG6 indicates that while the proportion of supply from primary sources will decline from over 90% at present to around 20% in 2011 ( still requiring an absolute increase of over 4 million tonnes per annum to meet rising demand ) , the supply from secondary and recycled sources is expected to increase from 10% to over 70% during this period . |
| 25 | Four sizes are available , to suit tanks from 1′ to over 4′ in length . |
| 26 | In the above example , total cost ( ie total fixed costs plus variable costs ) range from £20,000 to about £38,000 . |
| 27 | With middle to top-quality carpets retailing at anything from £15 to over £40 per square metre , it can be a false economy not to call in professional carpet fitters for some jobs . |
| 28 | Profits of the Bisto-to-Mr-Kipling-cakes giant have nose-dived from £150m to just over £92m with big bites taken out of both bread and cakes . |
| 29 | Prices range from £1,500 to about £4,000 for the fully automatic version , with adjustable sections |
| 30 | The guidelines for aggregates provision in the South Wales region under MPG6 indicates that while the proportion of supply met from primary land sources will decline from 65% to about 45% over the period from 1991 to 2011 ( although requiring an absolute increase of up to 4 million tonnes per annum to meet rising demand ) , coastal super quarries are anticipated to supply almost 30% of demand during the last five years of this period . |