Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [verb] [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IBM Corp says its Personal Computer Co shipped 30% to 35% more personal computers in the first quarter than it did during the year-ago period , and vice-chairman Jack Kuehler expects it to be ‘ reasonably profitable ’ in 1993 — but the personal computer business is now so volatile that making forecasts more than a quarter ahead is a mug 's game : following Conner Peripherals Inc 's warning on Friday that it is seeing oversupply and soft demand for disk drives ( CI No 2,142 ) , observers are saying that grey market prices for 80486s are now weak ; Finis Conner said on Friday that Conner would have to slash production and payrolls in the months ahead to remain competitive — ‘ The market is in total disarray , ’ he said ; ‘ the pricing that has occurred in the last four to five days has been something I 've never seen believes the booming personal computer industry is showing signs of slowing after being fuelled for over two years by the price war . |
| 2 | Within the intestinal mucosa , expression of T cell mediated immunity to gliadin in the gut occurs across a spectrum of histological and functional abnormalities . |
| 3 | INTERNATIONAL DATA CORP MOVES UNIT TO PRAGUE FROM FRANKFURT |
| 4 | At present , with Walker circulation flowing west to east at low level there is warm surface water in the eastern Pacific and cool surface water in the west . |
| 5 | For something really special , the unique Midsummer Spectacle offers excursions to Asolo and Marostica and stays in Bassano , Sirmione and Venice Lido , plus seats at the opening night of the Verona Opera Season . |
| 6 | In employing essentially utilitarian criteria , the Wolfenden Committee gave rise to legislation which decriminalised certain forms of homosexual conduct . |
| 7 | Cost-cutting helped boost operating profits 78% to £904,000 in the six months to end October . |
| 8 | On 29th April , 1971 the Guerilla Art Action Group sent letters to Nixon , Agnew , and Kissinger exhorting them to ‘ Eat What You Kill ’ , and providing the market prices of brains , tongues , blood and heads . |
| 9 | The half-time dividend rises 8% to 2.075p . |
| 10 | The Wedding Dress defines attitudes to marriage , A Different Kind of Love follows the biological clock and Complicity considers the mother-daughter relationship ; while The Chorley Belles claims that life does n't end with the menopause . |
| 11 | At the end of last year , again largely for political reasons , the Pakistan government granted licences to importers to bring in tea . |
| 12 | Milwaukee , Wisconsin-based Fiserv Inc is to acquire Data Line Service Co , a Covina , California-based computer services company serving more than 40 financial institutions in the state ; terms of the proposed transaction were not disclosed ; Data Line provides services to savings and loan institutions , savings banks and mortgage companies and has 250 employees with locations in Phoenix , Arizona and Dallas , Texas as well as the one in Covina . |
| 13 | WORK is to start next month on the first stage of a £6.5m scheme to improve access to Teesside Airport and the link between Darlington and Cleveland . |
| 14 | Lastly , the sub-district or neighbourhood network comprises connections to buildings that are not immediately connected to the district or city network , together with typical neighbourhood links . |
| 15 | Nearly 14 tonnes of gold deposited in the United Kingdom had been sold under a February 1967 Soviet-UK agreement to pay compensation to UK citizens for property which had been lost during the Soviet annexation of the Baltic states [ see p. 21882 ] . |
| 16 | The Schools Liaison Office organises visits to schools and can give information and advice about all aspects of the work of the faculty , as well as arrange interviews with appropriate departmental staff . |
| 17 | Shaw 's Heartbreak House pays homage to Chekhov , but it has nothing to learn from Joe Orton . |
| 18 | In this , the auction house lends money to owners ( dealers or collectors ) with their art holdings serving as security . |
| 19 | A four-year honours course allowing specialisation to honours level in either one or two of the major religious traditions of the world and one method of studying religion in general . |
| 20 | Teletext uses a broadcast signal to communicate information to specially adapted television sets , while Prestel uses a telephone link to allow access to information . |
| 21 | Shares in A B Electronics dived 6p to 50p , despite a 50.3p a share bid from TT Group . |
| 22 | ‘ The responsibility system with the household contract linking output to payment as the main form is in keeping with the present level of the productive forces in China 's rural areas and must be maintained as a basic system for a long time to come … |
| 23 | The December price dropped £34 to £706 per tonne . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Commercial Union pushed 7p ahead to 600p , Sun Alliance added 3p to 368p , Royal Insurance went a penny better to 309p while Guardian Royal gained 2p to 215p. after reporting interim profits in line with the City 's forecasts . |
| 26 | Motor dealer Lex Service dipped 3p to 335p on news that it has sold most of its shares in US electronics distributor Arrow for 146.6m dollars ( £94.4m ) . |
| 27 | TOBY Balding trained Romany King to finish second to Party Politics in last year 's Grand National . |
| 28 | Was this from an animal which was cut off when the ice bridge connecting Islay to Ireland melted more than 6,000 years ago ? |
| 29 | SCOTTISH POETRY LIBRARY ADDS HOLDINGS TO SUC |
| 30 | Ross Consumer soared 131p to 177p as Roger Shute of the BM construction group and friends moved in . |