Example sentences of "[verb] to [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Why are cats attracted to people who dislike them ? |
| 32 | Mitsubishi confirmed in February it was talking to SGS , and the SGS spokeswoman said on Friday that talks were continuing.SGS-Thomson calculates the world Flash memory market at $300m last year , and expects it to grow to $500m this year and , fuelled by demand for small , light portable storage , to soar to $2,500m by 1996 . |
| 33 | It is widely expected to soar to 1m-2m this year . |
| 34 | The deficit for the 1990 underwriting year is expected to soar to £2.4 billion , after £2 billion of losses were suffered in 1989 . |
| 35 | I would appeal to people to take this opportunity to vote with their conscience — to vote for the future and for life . ’ |
| 36 | Sandyport chairman Hugh Buckner believes that the offer will appeal to people who wish to realise capital gains from a business or trust ; those with business activities in more than two countries ; sports stars , promoters and entertainers with large incomes ; and those who legitimately wish to minimise the tax burden . |
| 37 | The reason it 's on the A-side is because we think it should be a single and it might appeal to people who are n't necessarily Carter fans . |
| 38 | As you say it 's the sort of thing that might appeal to people because then they can go and look at their poster . |
| 39 | It will appeal to people who would like to live in a large country house but who ca n't at the moment , and also to foreign customers who do n't have a base in this country |
| 40 | There 's no reason why you could n't appeal to people and erm for reading , you know , I mean it 's like well do n't make it in T V , put text in there , but also make it visual . |
| 41 | Anglia saw pre-tax profits leap to £14.5 million in 1992 , from £8.38 million in the previous 14-month period . |
| 42 | A 52% profits leap to £39.5m at Northern Electric sent the shares to 453p , a jump of 7p . |
| 43 | Financial services including pensions and life insurance subsidiary Allied Dunbar , whose Liverpool office is one of the country 's best performers saw trading profits leap to £376m in the nine months from £142m . |
| 44 | His pay packet as Tory MP for Putney will plummet to £32,193 . |
| 45 | There is something insulting about the way in which a stranger can visit a place which is forbidden to people with infinitely more interest in such a journey . |
| 46 | Belgian Blue steers to £905.00 , Simmental heifers to £672.00 . |
| 47 | 18 month old Charolais steers £612 to £950 , 12 month old Charolais steers £510 to £650 , 18 month old Charolais heifers £506 to £735 , 12 month old Charolais heifers £410 to £570 , 18 month old Limousin steers £584 to £830 , 12 month old Limousin steers £480 to £664 , 18 month old Limousin heifers £510 to £774 , 12 month old Limousin heifers £412 to £584. 18 month old Hereford steers £538 to £710 , 12 month old Hereford steers £430.00 to £520.00 , 18 month old Hereford heifers £490.00 to £532.00 , 12 month old Hereford heifers to £433.00 . |
| 48 | Charolais heifers to £524 . |
| 49 | Welsh Black in-calf heifers to £980 . |
| 50 | Fourteen month old bulling heifers to £620 , dairy section ; Friesian calved heifers £1135 , Friesian calved cows £740 , Friesian cow and calves £622 , Hereford cow and calves £700 , in calf Charolais heifer £830 , cull cows Hereford 117.5p , Charolais 117p , Friesian 114.5p , Welsh black 90p , highest price per kilo 117.5p , overall £869.50 , Williams Brothers Trogog Isaf , Amlwch . |
| 51 | Interest charges nearly quadrupled to £1.7million , but the Wednesbury development , which will include an IKEA furniture superstore , promises to keep property revenues rising . |
| 52 | These will be useful in any event in explaining to people what the problem is and discussing what the possibilities of re-use are . |
| 53 | Now the key to explaining to people doing any particular project , are which procedures is the quality plan . |
| 54 | ‘ He panders to people 's whims , ’ she said pointedly , still looking at Werewolf . |
| 55 | Once food has cooled to 5°C or colder , if any food poisoning bacteria are present most will grow only very slowly and it would take a long time for them to reach large enough numbers to cause a problem . |
| 56 | Time was initially divided between two sections within the station in order to broaden the range of contacts , and visits were made to other stations , but , as the time devoted to data collection lengthened and data collection itself became more intensive , the focus narrowed to one section : roughly about twenty people . |
| 57 | They crashed to 4p on news that the recession-bashed property group had plunged to a £41.6m loss ( from £7.15m profit ) . |
| 58 | Its share price began at $38 , soared to $55 but then crashed to $9 during a market collapse in 1903 . |
| 59 | Heifers : K Croskery , £460 for a 330kg Simmental ; beef types claimed to £129.80 paid to a local farmer for a 490 kkg at £635 . |
| 60 | At the same time , the proportion of freight carried on the railways between 1980 and 1990 dropped from 9% to 7% , while the proportion using road transport rose to 83% . |