Example sentences of "to [adj] [conj] [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It stipulated that reductions would be made over five years ( taking 1990 as the base year ) instead of over 10 years backdated to 1986 as proposed by the EC [ see p. 37796 ] . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , the bill was passed by the Senate in July 1990 by 68 votes to 32 and approved by the House on Sept. 18 by 271 votes to 149 . |
| 3 | There were drunken brawls that rolled from one vessel to another and ended with a splash in the cloudy river , or there were glimpses of painted female faces , bodies barely concealed by thin silk shafts . |
| 4 | Note also an error in the text relating to the last set of transactions which should relate to l months 8 to 12 , not 6 to 12 as shown in the text . |
| 5 | There are 3–4 large irregularly arranged oral papillae ; distal to these and situated within the mouth slit is a series of 3 or 4 smaller papillae . |
| 6 | Items for the What 's on column are inserted free and can be phoned through to Ken on ( 0504 ) 41131 , faxed to 311273 or left at the offices of the Belfast Telegraph , 37 Glendermott Road . |
| 7 | He also promised unilaterally to reduce Soviet strategic nuclear warheads to 5,000 , rather than to 6,000 as required under the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty ( START ) [ see pp. 38320-21 ] ; challenged the USA to open negotiations to effect deeper cuts , i.e. a further 50 per cent reduction , in the strategic nuclear arsenal of both countries ; and called on the USA to join the Soviet Union in imposing a ban on nuclear testing for at least a year and to renounce the " no first use " nuclear strategy . |