Example sentences of "[adv] to [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Active life in the sense of engagement with the physical necessities and well-being of society belongs properly and sensibly to people who feel no inner compulsion towards , or understanding of , spiritual issues — as he much more trenchantly put it , they have " no sauour " of " goostli occupacioun " ( 12.123 – 4 ) . |
| 2 | Frogmore Estates edged ahead 2p to 463p , British Land went 3p better to 383p while MEPC advanced 8p to 495p . |
| 3 | BAT Industries firmed 4p to 454p , GrandMet edged 2p better to 447p , Allied-Lyons climbed 4p to 614p although Rothmans International lost 4p to 693p . |
| 4 | Glaxo shed 2p to 618p , Zeneca went 3p better to 756p and SmithKline Beecham dipped 3p to 455p . |
| 5 | Anglian Water firmed 3p to 480p while Thames Water went 3p better to 504p . |
| 6 | Commercial Union advanced 7p to 595p , Sun Alliance added 4p to 368p , Legal & General went 6p better to 473p , Guardian Royal firmed 2p to 215p , General Accident climbed 8p to 677p and BAT Industries which owns Eagle Star , firmed 3p to 451p . |
| 7 | Although it may not seem much to people who are used to talking in millions , it will be a substantial risk for the individuals involved . |
| 8 | Improvements in the quality of the air we breathe have been achieved and are being achieved all the time particularly in respect of those pollutants either proven or suspected of causing physical environmental harm , especially to people . |
| 9 | As well as being , then , a means of administration and management of social relations , the state , and its symbols of home , land , family , nationhood and communal experience , are also seen as offering a sense of identity and security : especially to people who have little understanding and control over the processes affecting their everyday lives . |
| 10 | because , you know , especially to people , and this is this is not talking down to people but er to somebody who does n't understand pensions or anything who |
| 11 | Lewis and Ruddock , egged on by Holyfield 's camp which wanted one of them removed from their man 's path , were courageous enough to buck the cosy cartel of challengers-in-waiting to set their own agenda . |
| 12 | One 's enough to kill.Police target the lunchtime drinker . |
| 13 | He 's got to get his head down to buck , so be ready for him . ’ |
| 14 | Recommended US price is $1,000 for a single licence , going down to $600 per user for 100 concurrent users on the network : UK prices will be set by the various sales channels . |
| 15 | There is also an additional 3000 machine , the 990/100 using a 48MHz chip , taking the entry-price of the 3000 range ( more expensive than their HP-UX equivalents ) down to $365,000 — the 9000s start at $335,000 . |
| 16 | By end-December 1991 , the combined effect of a small number of new entrants and a larger number of withdrawals had reduced the total number of firms to 18 and aggregate capital was down to £432 million . |
| 17 | Trained by Peter Monteith at Rosewell , just outside Edinburgh , the nine-year-old has been waiting the good ground he will encounter today and , in the words of his trainer , with prizes going down to £4,000 for fourth place and £600 for sixth , ‘ it would be mad not to run him ’ . |
| 18 | And , in an exclusive interview , Merson told me : ‘ I 'm back to the weight I was all last season , 13 stone , but ideally I would like to get down to 12st 10lb . |
| 19 | Frozen cooked and peeled prawns are down to £2.99 from £4.99 . |
| 20 | Grocery savings include spaghetti , down 20p to 78p a kg , olive oil down 30p to £1.49 for 500ml and sun-dried tomatoes down to 99p from £1.35 for 285g . |
| 21 | Pentos , the Dillons bookshops group , slithered all the way down to 56p , 14p lower on the day , after a profits warning . |
| 22 | Four hours later he had been beaten down to £2,900 . |
| 23 | Normal prudent accounting principles require that the prepayment should be written down to £20m where it can be seen that it will not be fully recoverable ( see also CA 85 , Sch 4 , para 23 ) . |
| 24 | For the year to 30 September , Leeds Permanent Building Society made a bad debt provision of £105.3m , forcing profit before tax down to £152.7m ( v £290.2m ) . |
| 25 | When Mrs Thatcher left office , they were down to £455 million and falling fast . |
| 26 | Listen to this from County NatWest : ‘ M & S is still a core holding long-term , but even quality has its price : The rating is too rich short-term and we would continue to take profits down to 300p . ’ |
| 27 | The day was cold and snow was down to 1500′ . |
| 28 | Japanese government economists reported in January that Japan 's trade surplus with the USA remained almost static , edging down to $45,000 million in 1989 from $47,600 million in 1988 . |
| 29 | The caddies ' prizes for the 18 entrants were £1 , for the winner down to 2s. 0d. , and a club supplied by the Professional for the best behaved caddie . |
| 30 | Major institutional investors felt the deal gave too much to Mr Ritblat , his family and British Land management — New British Land was to be paid £15million a year in management charges for the first three years , coming down to £10million as properties were sold . |