Example sentences of "to [num] [noun sg] [Wh pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prior knowledge ranged from seven of the subjects who previously knew all 40 of the junctions down to one subject who previously knew just six , the mean number known was 29.6 . |
| 2 | In fact , the final point on this graph is almost exclusively attributable to one subject who gave a rating of 17 or over on nine separate occasions during the drive . |
| 3 | ‘ I see you got your hair cut by the scenic route , ’ she remarks to one gentleman who has neatly slicked a few strands over his bald patch . |
| 4 | If such a possibility is likely to arise , then the analysis of the actual forms must be confined to one person who will act in complete confidence , destroying the forms as soon as his analysis is complete and there has been adequate discussion of the data ; or preferably , an outside person should be invited to undertake the task . |
| 5 | A news , release sent to The Times , New Printing House Square , Gray 's Inn Road , London WC1 may possibly find its way to one person who will be interested in it , but it is not very likely . |
| 6 | But according to one retailer who thinks that the mail-order operation needs a lot of work to modernise and improve it : ‘ It represents cannon rather than rifle shot — it is old fashioned and they do not target customers properly . ’ |
| 7 | We spoke to one miner who admitted tampering with samplers in another pit to Whitemoor . |
| 8 | She was a good deal teased by children playing in the parks , according to one park-keeper who was sorry for her and tried to help her , and once had her bags snatched by a gang of youths . |
| 9 | Civil association is comprehensive , compulsory , and exclusive since citizens are subject to one sovereign who has authority over all within that jurisdiction and whose laws are obligatory . |
| 10 | I well remember during one hot dry summer talking to one grower who was complaining about his poor crop of parsnips . |
| 11 | " You learnt a lot " , according to one woman who had worked on the Encyclopaedia Britannica , which was her most vivid memory , as well it might be . |
| 12 | PETER WOODIFIELD reports on the assault on the invisible barriers and speaks to one woman who has bypassed them |
| 13 | To one soldier who told him he worked a seven-day week , the Prime Minister retorted : ‘ I know the feeling . ’ |
| 14 | To one soldier who told him he worked a seven-day week , the Prime Minister retorted : ‘ I know the feeling . ’ |
| 15 | We talk to one victim who says all sides should be named when cases come to court . |