Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] to [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Delayed due to staff shortages . |
| 2 | He got used to people asking him ‘ and what do you do ? ’ |
| 3 | The reduction in weight was partly achieved by using 1.5 to 2mm thickness leathers for the uppers , compared with the traditional 3mm . |
| 4 | But Michael Heseltine , the President of the Board of Trade , made clear to MPs that the Government did not consider that saving mining jobs should be a factor taken into account in giving consents for gas-fired stations . |
| 5 | Now I 'm sure you can relate this to people that work with you , or the situation that you yourself have come across , how would you go about , first of all with Barbara , how you can improve the situation ? |
| 6 | THE shares of Atlas Converting Equipment , whose profits have quadrupled since 1986 , plunged 203 to 580p after the company warned of a slowdown in orders . |
| 7 | A bank agreed to increase this to £135,000 , reducing to £120,000 after three weeks , but it required the security of a second charge on the shareholder 's matrimonial home , which was jointly owned by himself and his wife . |
| 8 | As a general guide , you will need 12 to 20mm ( 1/2 to 3/ 4in ) for a hem or seam , much more for a pocket . |
| 9 | After a quiet few months , computer systems group Vistec sprang to life , gaining 2 to 17p . |
| 10 | The latter 's market price firmed 2 to 48p , while ASH sat at 93p . |
| 11 | The latter 's market price firmed 2 to 48p , while ASH sat at 93p . |
| 12 | PERHAPS foreshadowing a few desperate reactions this morning life-jacket , parachute and ejector seat specialist Wardle Storeys rose 12 to 376p . |
| 13 | Invesco shares rose 5 to 72p . |
| 14 | The profit beat City expectations and the shares , which have more than doubled in the past year , rose 5 to 71p . |
| 15 | There are now international proposals that banks in major countries should maintain capital reserves equal to 8% of their assets , weighted according to risk . |
| 16 | The shares rose 11 to 149p thanks to the same-again payout , and the yield is a fat 9.2 p.c . |
| 17 | The shares rose 4 to 254p yesterday . |
| 18 | The shares rose 4 to 88p — scant reward for investors who supported last year 's rights issue at 260p . |
| 19 | Similarly , Lasmo , offering a 6.2p final , rose 4 to 190p after 5m shares went through at 187p . |
| 20 | Cheery figures from both Tesco ( up 4½ at 255½p ) and Next ( gaining 5 to 71p ) put consumer-related stocks on a firm footing from the outset , with J Sainsbury adding 6 to 386p , Kingfisher up 2 to at 463p and Argos rising 3 to 234p . |
| 21 | Legal & General was up 6 to 325p on a recommendation from Kleinwort Benson , CU gained 7 to 411p and GA rose 3 to 390p . |
| 22 | Against a depressed market trend , ECC , paying a 13.4p final , rose 3 to 517p , Ladbroke ( 6.23p final ) added 3 to 214p , MB-Caradon ( 53/4p final ) put on 2 to 263p , while Redland ( 16¾p final ) was up a heady 14 at 481p . |
| 23 | Directly accessing the experience of service users avoids inadvertently confounding measures of process and outcome ; where evaluations have used measures of , for example , individual programme goals achieved it may be that the result owes more to staff activity ( in this case , in setting achievable goals ) than to real differences in client experience ( de Kock et al. , 1988 ; Repp and Barton , 1980 ) . |
| 24 | Tate & Lyle benefited from a broker recommendation — reportedly by Warburgs — and the shares rose 16 to 421p in active trade . |
| 25 | Guinness , paying out 7¾p , rose 1 to 540p , despite a chunky line of 5m shares changing hands late in the day at 533p apiece . |
| 26 | The stock rose 8 to 29p . |
| 27 | Over lunchtime , both Kwik Save and Nurdin & Peacock were pumped up remorselessly , gaining 15 to 568p and 12 to 166p respectively . |
| 28 | With the City looking for £14m profits next year , rising to £20m in 1993 , the shares rose 40 to 750p yesterday . |
| 29 | Harland 's shares rose 15 to 94p compared with 585p before the profit warning . |
| 30 | The shares rose 15 to 415p . |