Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] [n mass] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They dilute earlier recommendations — land registration would be confined to 10% to 15% of the UK 's estimated 100,000 potentially contaminated sites — but are still problematic for business . |
| 2 | At the same time , the Chancellor announced that with immediate effect the threshold for the 1 per cent stamp duty charged on houses would be lifted from £30,000 to £60,000 , which will cut the cost of buying a £60,000 home by £600 . |
| 3 | However they confirmed my suspicion that the system could n't be upgraded from 2Mb to 4Mb and , more importantly , the external port could n't be configured as Com1 . |
| 4 | The organism can be transmitted from fowl to fowl in the egg of Heterakis and in earthworms containing hatched larvae of the worm . |
| 5 | Up to high G any note in the instrument 's compass can be produced from ppp to fff with ease and certainty . |
| 6 | The savings limit will be raised from £3,000 to £6,000 with scaled deductions between these figures . |
| 7 | The new company 's nominal capital will be raised by $420m to $600m effective January 1 1994 . |
| 8 | And , with immediate effect , the minimum sum under the Government 's Gift Aid scheme which also allows individuals and companies to reclaim some income tax on charitable donations will be reduced from £400 to £250 . |
| 9 | The basic rate of income tax was to be reduced from 29p to 27p in the punt , and the upper 52 per cent tax rate was to be abolished , leaving a single higher rate of 48 per cent . |
| 10 | The little insert in the middle of the article , which I take it is not down to Sir Nicholas , is even more misleading because it suggests that the income eligibility limit on civil cases would be reduced from £3,060 to £2,293 . |
| 11 | Bull Ring Centre From the first week in January , solid brass wall switches will be reduced from £8.99 to £3.50 . |
| 12 | The cost of a single membership will be reduced from £15 to £10 ; joint membership from £20 to £15 and concessionary membership from £10 to £5 . |
| 13 | Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley announced the grant to the Terrence Higgins Trust will be reduced from £450,000 to £150,000 over three years . |
| 14 | Chancellor Norman Lamont announced in the Budget earlier this month that the tax credit on dividends is to be reduced from 25pc to 20pc from April 6 . |
| 15 | Last night , bets on what the premium would be ranged from 20p to 35p , which means the shares could kick off in the region of £2 compared to the 165p offer price . |
| 16 | The maximum fine in magistrates ' courts will be increased from £400 to £1,000 . |
| 17 | Two days ago the organisers of the NM English Open , to be played from August 16-19 at The Belfry , announced that their prize money would be increased from £250,000 to £400,000 . |
| 18 | Firstly , the VAT registration threshold is to be increased from £36,600 to £37,600 . |
| 19 | Car mileage should be increased from 24.5p to 25p for return journeys of up to 100 miles , or any other amount that the Finance Act should decide . |
| 20 | The leader 's allowance will be cut from £1,000 to £900 , his deputy from £800 to £720 and committee chairmen from the current £800 to £720 . |
| 21 | London Lighthouse 's grant is to be cut from £300,000 to £150,000 . |
| 22 | Samples will be cut from $3,375 to $1,900 next month . |
| 23 | 4.10 Cash should not be delivered by staff to clients in their own home unless the client is unable to come to the office to collect the money or go to the post office to collect it . |
| 24 | The unit has a stainless steel chilled storage cabinet with an integral blown-air refrigeration system which , the manufacturer claims , can be maintained at 3°C to 5°C . |
| 25 | But with the more urgent need to get the property market moving , the Chancellor of the Exchequer said that with immediate effect , the threshold for stamp duty on houses is to be doubled from £30,000 to £60,000 — which will save home buyers up to £600 . |