Example sentences of "[adj] to [adj] [noun pl] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a rheumatoid arthritic 's inflamed knee there might be 50 cu.cm of inflamed joint capsule , consuming energy at 30 to 40 times the normal rate . |
| 2 | General Accident have indicated that subject to satisfactory trials the Traffic Club may be launched nationally to all interested local authorities during 1993 . |
| 3 | Subject to these Conditions the Carrier shall be liable for : |
| 4 | Gold is pretty heavy , being six to eight times the , weight of the gravels , and it follows a certain line down the riverbed . |
| 5 | The largest of these will be able to lift six to seven times the maximum load that the space shuttle can carry . |
| 6 | The effluent from paper making contains 10 to 100 times the amount of contaminants produced in the manufacture of polystyrene foam . |
| 7 | At this age , heavy smokers have 10 to 15 times the rate of fatal heart attacks of nonsmokers . |
| 8 | Their high-energy laser programme , concentrating on chemical lasers , is three to five times the size of its US equivalent . |
| 9 | But the feature that really marks the P5 out from its predecessors is the integrated floating point processor that is claimed to offer three to five times the performance of the one in the 80486 , giving the P5 its reputation as a RISC-killer . |
| 10 | While other ventures such as property lending faltered , American consumers piled up credit-card debt and tolerated interest rates three to four times the rate of inflation . |
| 11 | High-precision laboratories can produce results with error terms of less than plus/minus 20 years ; they employ very carefully controlled measurement procedures , but they also require samples three to four times the size of those used by normal-precision , conventional laboratories . |
| 12 | It promises three to four times the performance of an AS/400 E90 . |
| 13 | It suggests these should be in the 3,000-4000 megawatts range — three to four times the current government goal , and in line with figures proposed by environmental groups . |
| 14 | There are several spine-like papillae at the apex of the jaw , distal to these papillae the jaw appears to be covered by irregularly spaced oral papillae which are smaller and more rounded than those at the apex . |
| 15 | The former measurement is in terms of a value equal to twenty times the logarithm to the base ten of the ratio of the root-means square pressure of a sound to the reference pressure , which is normally taken to be two times ten to the minus five newtons per square metre , and the unit of measurement is on a uniform scale based upon ten times the logarithm to the base ten |
| 16 | The debt at the end of the American war had been sixteen to seventeen times the revenue , and prophets of doom were widely heard amid the financial gloom . |
| 17 | The growth in part-time jobs from 1981 to 1985 records the smallest growth in the ranks of the flexible workforce — totalling no more than 300,000 for the whole period . |
| 18 | The distance between the excitation and detection electrodes was chosen on the basis that the CSA can be measured up to a diameter of 4 to 5 times the interelectrode distance . |
| 19 | After perhaps ten to fifteen minutes the feeling faded , although I also did not wish to speak and I made my way outside . |
| 20 | So , in this study , the more able children added on steps in addition at 3 to 5 times the speed of the less able children . |
| 21 | Either way , the amount of money you can borrow will be based , if you are at work , upon a multiple of your earnings — usually two-and-a-half to three times the value of your gross earnings per year . |
| 22 | For example , if the examination lasts from 10.00 to 13.00 hours the time-table for six equally weighted questions would be as follows |
| 23 | We have innumerable paths that need constant work but due to financial pressures the lucky ones might only receive around six weeks ' work a year . |
| 24 | If delays are incurred due to technical defects the problems have to be dealt with speedily and with a high degree of certainty that the defect has been cured . |
| 25 | Due to high winds the chimney stack became unsafe . |
| 26 | If subscribers were limited each to twenty shares the greatest possible number would be 1,500 , and the least 75 . ’ |
| 27 | In about eight to twelve hours the cheese will be firm enough to be turned into a deepish glass dish or large soup plate . |
| 28 | Courtaulds Nippon Paint , a 50/50 joint venture between Courtaulds Coatings in the UK and Nippon Paint in Japan , will bring together the coil coatings technology of both companies and will make available to European customers the best Japanese technology and the systems Nippon Paint has developed for providing fast-response customer service . |
| 29 | Erm what place erm does the convenor see being made in the legal processes to make available to estranged couples the opportunity for erm voluntary conciliation between the parties ? |
| 30 | ‘ There 's nobody in the UK to date that 's really offered small to medium-sized businesses the same buying power and service as large companies , ’ said Jane Knowles , marketing manager for Business Superstore . |