Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] to [noun] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their anxiety may be displaced on to the actual ceremony , making the responses correctly , being the centre of attention , or on to details of the reception or party to be held afterwards . |
| 2 | Earlier research has shown that only to 30% of the student population reach this level . |
| 3 | It suggested that up to 20% of the school population might have such needs at some time in their school career ( previously around 2% of children had been legally classed as ‘ handicapped ’ ) . |
| 4 | ‘ This means that up to 50pc of the total running costs could be funded through the European Regional Development Fund , ’ Dr Evans writes . |
| 5 | ‘ The main differences between the two styles of cuisine is in the way the Chinese blend ingredients , how they introduce colour into the food , and that up to 90% of the work is done prior to cooking . ’ |
| 6 | Accountability must flow downwards and outwards to users of the service , as well as upwards to councillors and ministers . |
| 7 | Now the government wants to sell two big oil refineries , the National Tourist Organisation , and up to 49% of the shares in the vast state telecoms company . |
| 8 | For all the shite that is preached about freedom and democracy and liberties and individuals , the economist-driven society views 20% of the people of this island , and up to 60% of the world 's population , as ‘ surplus to requirements ’ . |
| 9 | Loss of organic matter in the upper layers of the soil was found to be at a rate of 9% per annum in the first 2 years in Trinidad , while after clear-felling and burning in Ghana , up to 13% was lost per annum and up to 33% of the cations . |
| 10 | Partly , these relate to fears that state policy ( especially social security and housing policy ) might be helping to create such families ; and partly to disapproval of the way in which absent parents are able to evade their ‘ responsibilities ’ to provide for their families . |
| 11 | There may , of course , have been shorter-term adaptations first to abnormality and then to absence of the cortex on one side . |
| 12 | Other litigation between Condy and A. D. Mitchell , who had joined the firm in 1870 , led at first to estrangement and then to reconstitution of the company as Condy & Mitchell Ltd. , with Mitchell and Henry Bollmann 's eldest son , H. J. Bollmann Condy , as managing directors . |
| 13 | A constant feature of most appraisals took the form of a circling sequence of perceptions and responses , returning again and again to aspects of the work that had already been considered . |