Example sentences of "be [adv] [n mass] to [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Recognise that alcohol , cannabis , cocaine , LSD , heroin , Methadone , minor tranquillisers , sleeping tablets and many other mood-altering substances are all cross.addictive to sufferers from addictive disease and that all these drugs feed the disease regardless of whether they are legal , illegal or medicinally prescribed .
2 It will more probably be about 13% to 14% .
3 While salaries for newly qualifieds may be around £28,000 to £35,000 with a car , a director with five or six years ' experience in the industry may get £75,000 plus .
4 Severn Trent Water , for example , supplies a free meter , and d-i-y costs are around £30 to £70 .
5 But their offers were around £400m to £450m , while Littlewoods clearly expected the price of more than £500m .
6 For the first nine months of the year , taxable profits at the group whose brands range from Persil to Flora , were ahead 10pc to £1,459m from £1,331m .
7 For the first nine months of the year taxable profits at the group , whose brands range from Persil to Flora , were ahead 10% to £1,459m from £1,331m .
8 For the first nine months of the year taxable profits at the group , whose brands range from Persil to Flora , were ahead 10% to £1,459m from £1,331m .
9 The compiler is reportedly 10% to 20% faster than the top-ranked GNU C Compiler .
10 It was about £400 to £450 a day to each member of the gang .
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