Example sentences of "to [n mass] [adj] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | UK profits soared 60 per cent to £60 million as the loss-making shirt and fabrics businesses were turned around . |
| 2 | to £225 million in the first half of the year — a substantial sum . |
| 3 | It has been forced to slash prices , with the result that profits dropped 11 per cent to £62 million in the six months to June — even though sales were up £120 million . |
| 4 | Although NatWest 's worldwide profits doubled to £211 million in the six months to July , in the UK they made a whopping £74 million loss . |
| 5 | In addition , it will be eligible for up to £3.66 million under the urban crime fund initiative that I announced on 26 November . |
| 6 | The cost of a larger scheme might be reduced from £58 million to £48 million by the same technique . |
| 7 | Germany 's visible-trade surplus widened to $12.5 billion in the 12 months to January ; its current-account deficit narrowed to $14.2 billion in the same period . |
| 8 | The group 's cash pile grew by £41 million to £451 million in the six months , while capital expenditure climbed to £82 million . |
| 9 | The Americans countered by accepting this for the first ten years , but adding an extra M per cent interest , bringing the annual figure to £40 million for the remaining fifty-two years . |
| 10 | It was estimated that the cost to the public of rescuing the stricken industry could amount to $500,000 million over the next 30 years . |
| 11 | Investment in manufacturing industry fell from £3.1 billion in the first quarter of 1990 to £2.5 billion in the last quarter of 1991 . |
| 12 | The breakdown of an estimated £30 to £35 million for the organisational costs goes roughly like this : £18 million from official suppliers , in kind , such as computers , copiers and clothing ; £6 million from ticket sales ; £3 million from the Sports Council and £6 million from advertising . |
| 13 | If all goes according to plan he will hold the public sector borrowing requirement to £35 billion in the current year , rising to £50 billion in 1993-94 , but the proportion of gross domestic product should stabilise at no more than 8 per cent , and fall slowly back to around 4 per cent by 1997 — still an alarmingly large figure in the eyes of some City analysts . |
| 14 | PROFITS of Central TV jumped from £3.4 million to £15 million in the first half of this year . |
| 15 | The group , that only last week was forced to replace its sick chairman , John West with the chief executive Maurice Warren , pushed pre-tax profits up 4.5 per cent to £56 million for the six months to end-December compared to £54 million in the equivalent period in 1991 . |
| 16 | Brokers now expect the group to make £54 million to £55 million in the current year . |
| 17 | Polish exports , made more competitive because of the decline in real wages and the lower value of the zloty , rose by 12.5 per cent to $6,880 million in the first half of 1992 . |
| 18 | The group which owns Selfridges and Saxone and is Britain 's biggest shoe shop owner saw profits crash from £2.4 to £8.8 million in the last six months . |
| 19 | But the strength of the operations are reflected in the quarterly breakdown of income from E&P which rose from £414 million at the start of 1992 to £515 million in the final quarter . |
| 20 | The current-account deficit in the USA narrowed to $100,000 million in the second half of 1989 , compared with $125,000 million a year earlier . |
| 21 | In the President 's budget proposal for 1993 , while the President requested an $11.1 million increase to $189 million for the National Endowment for the Humanities , his NEA request remained unchanged at $175.9 million . |
| 22 | Those on investments in OPEC increased from $2.6 billion to $6.1 billion over the same period . |
| 23 | Taxable profits more than doubled to £45.1 million in the 12 months to December as the team , led by Anthony Habgood , the chief executive brought in from Tootal mid-way through 1991 , got to grips with loss-makers and revitalised other businesses . |
| 24 | Market estimates suggest that approximately three quarters of secondary market turnover in dollar eurobonds ( which amounted to $358 billion in the first half of 1989 ) occurs in London . |
| 25 | But sky-high interest bills kept the lid on profits , up just one per cent to £353 million in the six months to July . |
| 26 | Profits slumped from £109 million to £38 million in the six months to last March . |
| 27 | Fields is confident that Prabhakar , who now directs ARPA 's $300-million microelectronics technology office , can run an agency whose budget is expected to quadruple to $1.4 billion in the next four years . |
| 28 | This has helped lift profits of Unilever , the Wall 's ice cream to Persil food and detergents giant , by 10 per cent to £888 million in the first half of this year . |
| 29 | TRADE , EXCHANGE RATES AND RESERVES Japan 's visible-trade surplus widened to $62.3 billion in the 12 months to November , but its current-account surplus fell to $37.7 billion . |
| 30 | Losses were reduced from £1.5 million to £1.1 million in the last six months of trading , and should go down further this year . |