Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [adv] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two in the upper jaw are up to 5 in ( 13 cm ) long . |
| 2 | Reported crimes of violence are up to 250 every Saturday night . |
| 3 | Officials say about 1.4 tonnes of rhino horn stockpiled , but conservationists claim the real figure is up to 10 tonnes . |
| 4 | There were suggestions that the death toll was up to five times higher than officially stated . |
| 5 | Apart from performances which have left the team knocking on relegation 's door , revelations on Robert Maxwell 's death that the club was up to four million pounds in debt , stunned the terraces . |
| 6 | His mind was back to those warm childhood days before the war . |
| 7 | Their lead over the patrol boat was down to two hundred yards . |
| 8 | In the more recent squad of 35 the figure was up to four after Sale 's David Baldwin had been brought in as cover for Dooley . |
| 9 | The annual budget of NAEP was once as much as 7.1 million dollars ( about £3.5 million pounds ) , although by 1982 the figure was down to 3.88 million dollars . |
| 10 | But this year , the figure was down to 2,558 , so since the general election , unemployment has fallen by 28.7 per cent . |
| 11 | By 1979 , the figure was down to 367,000 . |
| 12 | The village is back to normal , but the army 's sealed off the ruins . ’ |
| 13 | By the time that the glider is down to 500 feet or so , an inexperienced pilot often will have forgotten the wind direction , and if he realises this it will increase his anxiety . |
| 14 | If it begins to look doubtful that the site can be reached and the glider is down to 1,000 feet , it is time to select the best possible field within easy reach and to make a safe landing in it . |
| 15 | Beccaria 's appearance of humanity is perhaps to some extent due to the fact that , unlike Bentham , he often glossed over the darker implications of his arguments . |
| 16 | At this point the layer of sediment is up to 2 km thick . |
| 17 | Now the proportion is down to less than a quarter , and falling . |
| 18 | The lack of confidence engendered by such a barren run was all to evident , as Tottenham soon set about imposing themselves on this unremarkable match . |
| 19 | Her mood was back to normal , although there remained some problems over her finances , and the legal situation was not entirely sorted out . |
| 20 | Whereas in 1987–8 some 14 per cent of their wheat imports came as aid , in 1988–9 the percentage was down to 11 per cent . |
| 21 | The commerce sector was down to 7.8 per cent growth in 1990 , from 8.3 per cent in 1989 , and transport and communications also recorded a slight fall in growth , at 8.8 per cent compared with 9.4 per cent in 1989 . |
| 22 | ‘ The dog 's heartbeat was down to 25 to 30 when the average is 75 to 80 for the needs of the body , ’ he said … |
| 23 | Photomontages produced at the inquiry were up to 56 per cent inaccurate , the group says , suggesting a cutting 150 feet narrower than the one now being built . |
| 24 | His aim is not to mock or preach but to explain one country to another , and his sense of the absurd keeps him from becoming solemn . |
| 25 | The disk is round to subpentagonal ; covered with thickened skin ; no scales but granules are scattered over the surface which are more conspicuous in dried specimens ; disk diameter up to 20 mm . |
| 26 | The disk is round to subpentagonal , up to 11 mm in diameter ; and is covered with stubby spinelets with an irregular crown of many points . |
| 27 | The disk is round to subpentagonal covered by low granules which have a rugged crown of many small points , disk diameter up to 11 mm . |
| 28 | The disk is round to subpentagonal not deeply indented interventrally , disk diameter up to 8 mm . |
| 29 | The disk is round to subpentagonal , disk diameter up to 6 mm ; covered by small scales amongst which the centrodorsal and primary plates are inconspicuous . |
| 30 | The disk is round to subpentagonal , high with almost vertical sides ; covered with many plates amongst which the centrodorsal and primary plates are usually distinct ; diameter up to 8 mm . |