Example sentences of "to [num] for [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The ratio of long- to middle-wave cones ranges from 1.6 to 0.42 for samples from individual animals and for the total sample has a value ( 0.89 ) that does not differ significantly from unity ( ) .
2 Therefore , positions previously considered as +1 on the basis of S1 mapping assays , correspond indeed to -3 for P A2b and -2 for P A3 .
3 The vertical arrows show the positions previously considered as +1 which , taking into account the start sites indicated by the primer extension analysis , correspond to -3 for P A2b and -2 for P A3 .
4 While in the quarter-century from 1950 to 1975 recorded notifiable offences per 100,000 population increased by just over 3,000 , from 1,094 to 4,283 , it took just the decade from 1976 to 1986 for crimes per 100,000 population to increase another 3,000 , from 4,346 to 7,331 ( Criminal Statistics , 1986 , Table 2.2 ) .
5 FORMER champion hurdler Beech Road has been cut to 12–1 for Saturday 's Mackeson Gold Cup even though there is an outside chance he could miss the race .
6 But UUUC voters were not so persuaded and their first preference votes varied from 2,609 for McNarry ( Un ) to 11,958 for Craig ( VUPP ) .
7 Libyan military recruitment among Tuareg nomads , notably prior to 1987-88 for service in the so-called " Islamic Legion " , had created the conditions in which those returning to northern Mali and Niger could be targeted as foreign-armed troublemakers .
8 The level of cabbage and Brussels sprouts consumption has decreased since 1982 from 3.81oz per week per person to 3.05 for cabbage , and from 1.54oz to 1.02oz for Brussels sprouts .
9 In July 1988 , the Home Secretary announced an increase in the remission period , from one-third to one-half for prisoners serving short sentences .
10 Here are some basic cooking guidelines ( see pages 136 to 140 for illustrations ) :
11 Corals have promoted last year 's winner The Fellow to 5–4 for Kempton , although that may well change again today after the Hennessy .
12 Tcket prices are going up 3 pounds for leeds fans ( from 7 to 10 for terraces ) but only 2 pounds for the home fans ( who have some special card apparently ) Could turn out to be quite an expensive trip …
13 After the transfer of his surplus in Stage V this left ten continuing candidates in the running for the remaining five seats and their votes at that stage ranged from 3,403 for Semple ( Unionist ) to 6,279 for Dickson ( UPNI ) .
14 A Committee of the Regions comprising representatives of regional and local authorities was also to be established ; it would have 189 members , ranging from 24 for each of the larger member countries to six for Luxembourg .
15 The decision-making age must truly be shifted from 16 to 18 ; the way to do that is to increase the number of A-levels to six for university entrance , and require passes in all of them .
16 Stewart Ritchie , of Scottish Equitable , suggests there is a grey area , of 40 to 45 for men and 35 to 40 for women , within which it is probably not worth making a change whether you are currently in or out .
17 A team drawn mainly from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne , directed jointly by the late Dr Nezih Firatli and myself , excavated in Istanbul from 1964 to 1969 for Dumbarton Oaks ( Harvard University 's centre for Byzantine research ) and the
18 They found the incidence per 100,000 of the population had risen from 3.4 in 1979 to 7.1 in 1989 for men , and from 6.6 to 10.4 for women .
19 Existing users can upgrade to 5.2 for £35 without documentation , or £75 with the books .
20 Under the social security reforms , announced on Sept. 6 , various separate pension funds including two virtually bankrupt state funds were to be merged into the heavily indebted state welfare organization IKA ; the retirement age was to be raised in 1998 to 58 for women and to 60 for men ( women being currently eligible for a pension after 15 years ' work and men after 25 years ) .
21 In 1950 , the index ranged from 36 for Guatemala to 77 for Argentina , but by the mid 1970s , it had risen to a range of 43 for Bolivia and 90 for Puerto Rico ( Felix 1983 ) .
22 Women born in 1935–9 with ‘ non-manual ’ fathers expected 2.10 children compared to 2.52 for women with ‘ manual ’ fathers .
23 The action begins with 36 holes of qualifying over both Valley and Dunluce courses , following which the field will be trimmed to 64 for knock-out by match-play starting Thursday .
24 The largest side-chain movements are 1.3 for Arg 55 and up to 0.7 for Phe 60 , Gln 63 and Trp 121 .
25 Lay members voted by 47 to 29 for women priests , and though the Bishop of Chester is not declaring openly which way he will vote , he has declared which way he favours .
26 The Commissioner proposed that the grant of afforestation costs increased from 1800 ECU per Hectare to 2000 for conifers and 4000 for broad leafed trees .
27 The eligibility age for state pensions would be raised over the next decade from 60 to 65 for men and from 55 to 60 for women .
28 The reforms entailed an increase in employees ' contributions from 3 to 11 per cent of gross wage ; the raising of the pensionable age from 63 to 65 for men and from 58 to 60 for women ; the abolition of special allowances for particular categories of employees ; and the merger of pension funds .
29 Under the social security reforms , announced on Sept. 6 , various separate pension funds including two virtually bankrupt state funds were to be merged into the heavily indebted state welfare organization IKA ; the retirement age was to be raised in 1998 to 58 for women and to 60 for men ( women being currently eligible for a pension after 15 years ' work and men after 25 years ) .
30 According to Bede , Wulfhere reigned seventeen years ( HE 111 , 24 ) , which led him to 675 for Wulfhere 's death , reckoning forward from 658 , but if Wulfhere did not become king until 659 a seventeen-year reign would suggest 676 for his death .
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