Example sentences of "[num] of [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Britain almost two-thirds of 25- to 29-year-olds buy their homes , compared with only 15% in Germany . |
| 2 | During the previous three years , Crawford had written hundreds of letters to producers and directors in his search for work , but it was his love of cycling — he sometimes rode from South London to Brighton and back in a day that landed him his first work in repertory theatre . |
| 3 | Hundreds of accidents to children and thousands of deaths of animals are caused every year by thoughtlessly discarded waste . |
| 4 | We hand over hundreds of prisoners to police every day form appearance in court without any problem . |
| 5 | Mr Smith , a Northampton headmaster , has been involved in bringing hundreds of refugees to Britain from the Yugoslav war zone . |
| 6 | But today , Odessa 's chances looked much brighter thanks to the intervention of a Northamptonshire headmaster who has brought hundreds of Bosnians to Britain . |
| 7 | The report calculates that acid rain throughout Europe causes between £200 billion and £600 billion of damage to lakes , forests , crops , buildings and human health every year . |
| 8 | LAST month President Bill Clinton announced a package of $13 billion of aid to Russia , including substantial forgiveness of its foreign debt . |
| 9 | The bank had increased provisions on Dm12 billion of loans to customers in the east including Dm3 billion of unguaranteed credits to public authorities . |
| 10 | ‘ It will contribute billions of pounds to Britain 's balance of payments and will sustain BNFL as one of Britain 's biggest yen earners . |
| 11 | Its chairman , Helmut Sihler , said that environmental concerns would add tens of billions of dollars to industry 's costs . |
| 12 | The move came after the Gatt talks , thought to worth billions of dollars to world trade , broke down in Chicago earlier this week . |
| 13 | Armagnac 's second marriage , to Béatrix de Clermont , tended ( like that of Gaston I of Foix-Béarn to Jeanne of Artois ) to incline him towards northern France and the Capetian or Valois court rather than towards an absentee king-duke of Aquitaine . |
| 14 | A dynastic connection was established by the marriage in 1324 of Jean I of Armagnac to Régine de Goth , daughter and heiress of Bertrand de Goth , vicomte of Lomagne and Auvillars , nephew of Clement V. By the marriage contract Bertrand was obliged to give 1000 1 . |
| 15 | The flotation will allow Carpetright , which last month revealed a rise in pre-tax profits for the year to May 1 of 178pc to £7.8m , to raise about £9m for itself . |
| 16 | Just over three-quarters of births to women under 20 were outside marriage in 1989 , compared with 37% in 1977 and 8% in 1971 . |
| 17 | It is gratifying that , whereas 10 years ago only one in nine of visitors to Northern Ireland was a pure holiday visitor , the figure is now one in five . |
| 18 | The award recognises that Dame Catherine — with an estimated fortune of £24 million — has donated millions of pounds to charity . |
| 19 | WHAT is it about we British that makes us pay millions of pounds to actors who have never heard a shot fired in anger , while we ignore the heroes whose deeds they are paid to portray ? |
| 20 | WHAT is it about we British that makes us pay millions of pounds to actors who have never heard a shot fired in anger , while we ignore the heroes whose deeds they are paid to portray ? |
| 21 | Some of his expert systems have been used in plant/factory environments for several years ( i.e. COATEX for the process industry , ESEMA for manufacturing industry , etc. ) bringing benefits amounting to millions of pounds to AES Ltd customers . |
| 22 | The only clue for the millions of viewers to Julia 's ordeal as she introduced a feature on the plight of homeowners was her close cropped blonde hair . |
| 23 | Large areas have been ruined by nuclear testing , which exposed millions of people to radiation . |
| 24 | The most intriguing example , however , comes from the surviving receiver 's account for Gloucester 's land in the region , in which the only annuity , other than fees to ducal officers , was one of £5 to Katherine Haute , a kinswoman of the queen . |
| 25 | The most intriguing example , however , comes from the surviving receiver 's account for Gloucester 's land in the region , in which the only annuity , other than fees to ducal officers , was one of £5 to Katherine Haute , a kinswoman of the queen . |
| 26 | On Europe the pattern has been one of resistance to proposals but , in the end , accepting compromise . |
| 27 | Mobility deprives one of claims to breeding . |
| 28 | Instead , the mood , revealed by the Mass Observation report , is one of indifference to royalty . |
| 29 | Mrs Woolf presented the issue primarily as one of access to justice , explaining that incorporation would short-circuit the lengthy process of taking cases to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg [ which usually takes a minimum of five years ] . |
| 30 | In this , art nouveau 's flowing , organic , and sensual lines were superseded by the rectilinear , geometric , metallic , and crystalline forms of deco — The shift from art nouveau to art deco was one of movement to stasis , of depth to superficiality , and betrayed a self-satisfied , Byzantine ornamentalism . |