Example sentences of "to [num] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the mid-1950s only a few of the simpler , standard power stations were beginning commissioning three to three-and-a-half years after the start of work on site , but the BEA failed to get their average performance near to that of their best or up to the similar three-year timings achieved by the Atomic Energy Authority in developing their smaller ( but more challenging ) demonstration nuclear power plants . |
| 2 | Thomas Law reported in 1896 that in one Lancashire town the local Council nominated nine men for election to eleven vacancies on the Board of Guardians and all nine were elected . |
| 3 | ’ We did six weeks of riding , six to eight hours in the saddle every day . |
| 4 | Detectives now believe that up to eight members of the 18-strong gang are actually killers who have fired fatal bullets in gun attacks in North Belfast . |
| 5 | I 've been to eight countries in the last two weeks . |
| 6 | Second , a study of problem drug users known to eight agencies in the South Tyneside area during a six-month period in 1981 ( Pattison et al .1982 ) produced an estimated annual prevalence rate of 1.2 known opioid users per 1,000 of the adult population , compared to about 5 per 1,000 in Wirral . |
| 7 | Patients were seen , and if indicated examined , at the outpatient clinic every two to four weeks during treatment and every four to eight weeks during the period thereafter . |
| 8 | By arranging housing visits six to eight weeks before the transfer , the employee can find property for rent , sign the necessary agreements and return home knowing that the property will be ready on the date of transfer . |
| 9 | Patients were divided in two groups : ( i ) fulminant hepatic failure , when hepatic encephalopathy appeared in less than two weeks after the onset of jaundice , and ( ii ) subfulminant hepatic failure if hepatic encephalopathy complicated liver failure two to eight weeks after the onset of jaundice . |
| 10 | The sore of primary syphilis is followed after six to eight weeks by the development of the secondary stage . |
| 11 | Whether because of the easing of the general supply situation , or because of the improved coordination , the delays in completing power stations were progressively reduced in the 1950s , with completion on average nearly eleven months behind pessimistic schedules in the early 1950s but down to eight months by the mid-1950s . |
| 12 | A rechargeable battery protects the stored programme data for up to eight months in the event of the programmer being unplugged . |
| 13 | A huge 2,000lb bomb destroys the forensic science widespread damage to 750 houses on the Belvoir estate . |
| 14 | In ordinary breathing droplets are projected 150 to 180 cm into the atmosphere and the distance is increased during talking , coughing and sneezing . |
| 15 | Subsequent reports said that rescuers had recovered up to 180 bodies from the wreckage . |
| 16 | If Sweden chooses energy policies that put the environment first , it can reach its target of cutting carbon dioxide emissions to 1986 levels by the year 2010 |
| 17 | The highest recorded count was 90 to 120 nests in the 1870s , and since 1948 was 48 nests in 1959 ; the 1970 figure was 41 , and there were 42 in 1976 . |
| 18 | The 5 km offset of the centre of figure from the centre of mass need not be explained by a change in crust thickness from 50 km on the near side to 75 km on the far side , but by an asymmetry spread over a greater depth and consequently slight on a global scale . |
| 19 | Seven million new leaflets are being sent to 35,000 GPs as the next stage of the BMA campaign against the NHS White Paper , which has now cost more than £2m . |
| 20 | The morning 's visit to the harbour at Porthleven was just one of a whole series of annual ‘ hits ’ and demonstrations carried out by the campaign group Surfers Against Sewage [ SAS ] , which from a St Agnes office has now swelled to close to 7,000 members across the country . |
| 21 | The Times said that the company planned to raise total number of lay-offs to 40,000 and the Journal said that IBM 's North American sales unit would increase lay-offs to 7,000 people from the previous target of 4,000 to 6,000 . |
| 22 | The water up to 500 metres around the ship has now been made a no-go area , for fear any oil still in the wreck could be a danger to life and property . |
| 23 | Serum concentration-time curves over eight hours were obtained from 34 healthy volunteers after a single oral dose of 400 to 500 mg of the different drugs . |
| 24 | The highest part rises to 500 ft on the Wolds which is thin chalk land , the low land is heavy clay with a little sandy gravel . |
| 25 | Tests will be carried out on up to 500 children across the North West who have been treated by the doctor . |
| 26 | A century ago , there were some 400 to 500 people in the village , a fairly self-sufficient community with farmers , grocers , shoemakers , blacksmith and joiner . |
| 27 | As temperature decreases with height in the troposphere ( reaching -40 to -80 °C at the tropopause ) , the effect of a warm stratosphere is to act as a ceiling or lid to vertical motion in the troposphere — that is , convective processes which produce clouds and precipitation are contained within the troposphere . |
| 28 | Alcatel Cable SA , Douvrin , France is increasing its optical fibre production to meet demand — when two new plants come on full stream in the middle of next year , annual output will grow to 930,000 miles from the 590,000 miles it did last year , bringing it close to the current number two , AT&T Co , but still way behind the 1.25m miles produced annually by Corning Inc . |
| 29 | The mean values for lower oesophageal sphincter pressure in patients with limited Barrett 's oesophagus ( mucosal junction located distal to 32 cm from the incisors ) or extended Barrett 's oesophagus ( mucosal junction located proximal to 32 cm from the incisors ) are shown in Figure 3 . |
| 30 | The mean values for lower oesophageal sphincter pressure in patients with limited Barrett 's oesophagus ( mucosal junction located distal to 32 cm from the incisors ) or extended Barrett 's oesophagus ( mucosal junction located proximal to 32 cm from the incisors ) are shown in Figure 3 . |