Example sentences of "they [be] [adj] to [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is possible to adjust the data for the high proportion of part-time workers , by assuming that two of them are equivalent to one full-time worker . |
| 2 | In fact , they are 70 to 80 per cent effective . |
| 3 | But it is important to remember that they are two to three kilometres beneath the surface of the sea , and in some cases thousands of kilometres from the shore . |
| 4 | They are 10 to 15 per cent lower and asking prices now are more realistic . ’ |
| 5 | The two basic amino-terminal α-helices sit in the major groove so that they are perpendicular to one another on opposite sides of the DNA duplex ; they resemble nothing so much as a pair of short chopsticks . |
| 6 | of the liability to everyone and leave householders to claim the discount if they are entitled to 25 per cent . |
| 7 | They are entitled to three visits and three food parcels a week and are allowed their own clothes , with one pair of shoes — usually trainers — supplied by relatives . |
| 8 | Well see , they 're twenty to three , right ? |
| 9 | He was saying , they 're entitled to twenty days training each year . |
| 10 | At Canberra , gangs would try to beat me up ; in Jamaica there were fights , but they were one to one . |
| 11 | They were equivalent to 0.57 per cent of an individual 's income in 1975 but fell to 0.35 and 0.4 per cent in the early 1980s . |
| 12 | There were times at the Oval when both sides had thoughts of winning ; at one point the bookmakers quoted 100 to 1 against a West Indies victory , but a day later they were 5 to 4 when England 's Pythonesque second innings was at its nadir . |
| 13 | They were eight to one in the National . |
| 14 | They plotted it together and they were nice to one another during the whole of that time and when it was all over and the lawyers were serving papers , their parting was quite unbearable . |
| 15 | When Alida came home , they were polite to one another , no more . |
| 16 | They were identical to 36–43 except that they were fitted with track brakes and regenerative equipment , for regular use on Anerley Hill . |
| 17 | It was because people could not enjoy full genital orgasmic potency that they were hostile to one another and anti-social . |
| 18 | Vacuum cleaners , pop-up toasters , food mixers — by 1960 they were common to 70 per cent of American families . |
| 19 | I believe they were given a home with luck and Arab backing , but then they wanted a State which they got , I believe they were entitled to one . |
| 20 | They were entitled to 50 per cent . |