Example sentences of "[adj] [num] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The major achievement that could be claimed by March 1983 — a notable one indeed — was that inflation had fallen from a peak of 22 per cent in early 1980 to a mere 5 per cent . |
| 2 | In four of these 10 patients the anaemia was due to folate deficiency , in three to iron deficiency , and in the remaining three to a combination of these deficiencies . |
| 3 | If the South is redefined to include only the four regions of the South East , South West , East Anglia and the East Midlands , then the net movement of people from North to South can be seen to have risen from a low point of only around 10,000–20,000 a year in the early 1970s to a peak of nearly 70,000 by 1985–86 ( Figure 4.2 ) . |
| 4 | The number of full committees were being reduced from the two or three dozen common in the early 1960s to a more manageable fifteen or sixteen , and chief executive officers were being appointed in many parts of the country . |
| 5 | Parcel bombs sent in early 1990 to a retired Army officer in Valencia , to a prosecutor who had investigated the 1987 Barcelona supermarket bombing [ see p. 35851 ] , and to the Interior Minister , José Luis Corcuera , were defused . |
| 6 | ALBA Yacht Services , based at Oban on the west coast of Scotland , offer a wide range of boats from Moody 31s to a Westerly Sealord with which to cruise the Western Isles . |
| 7 | C Walker and Sons was founded in Blackburn 30 years ago by two brothers , Jack and Fred Walker , with a few thousand pounds of capital and has grown from a business with a turnover of under £100,000 in the late 1950s to a £620m concern with 3,400 employees in the UK and Ireland and profits last year of £48.4m . |
| 8 | Seat claims the C is a feasible exercise and is seriously considering production with engines ranging from a 1-litre four to a six with 200bhp . |