Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [n mass] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both versions cost the same , and the fax option adds just £40 to the price . |
| 2 | The shares moved up 2p to 132p yesterday . |
| 3 | UB 's shares only nudged up 3p to 352p . |
| 4 | The only one of the renewable sources currently commercially exploited on a significant scale is hydro-electric power which in 1983 contributed about 7% to world energy supply . |
| 5 | Pre-tax profits jumped to £221.5m in 1992 from £186m the previous year with Steetley contributing about £50m to operating profit . |
| 6 | Prime also owes about $235m to Bank of Boston , Chemical Bank and others , $92m to Prudential Life Insurance Co and more than $400m to its bondholders . |
| 7 | Local authorities and the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive are contributing around £2m to the £20m investment by BR 's Regional Railways division in new rolling stock and track . |
| 8 | We have also committed over £900,000 to projects through the know-how fund . |
| 9 | USL repaid approximately $13m to AT&T from the proceeds and the remainder allows it to fund its cash flow requirements . |
| 10 | As they poured in further canfuls , I encouraged them to work out the amounts mentally by rounding off £1.19 to £1.20 , and taking away 1p . |
| 11 | By way of pay-off , each of the workstations need to set aside 10Mb to 15Mb of disk for log and work files , while the master machine needs to reserve 200Mb . |
| 12 | But Jim says the Minister asked for extras which added nearly £20,000 to the bill . |
| 13 | On top of which we came out $28 to the good . |
| 14 | The relationship with HP ( which HP has cemented with an 8% equity stake ) , will contribute around 5% to Sequoia 's figures this year , expected to rise quickly to 20% when the PA fault-tolerant boxes come on stream . |
| 15 | The market could well generate around $3,000m to $5,000m and grow some 25% to 30% a year . |
| 16 | IV training packages cost around £1,000 to £4,000 . |
| 17 | They cost around £40 to £50 an hour , but these elegant craft are the epitome of Venice and are worth the splurge just once . |
| 18 | Menus are sturdily British , and cost around £25 to £30 for a three course dinner . |
| 19 | A rise of 14p amid speculative interest added almost £10m to the value of the bathroom fittings and showers business on Friday . |
| 20 | The accused , assistant manager of an electrical goods shop , agreed to supply items costing over £16,000 to a person in exchange for two stolen building society cheques . |
| 21 | Throughout the reign , therefore , extraordinary war expenses added over £1,120,000 to the king 's usual expenditure . |
| 22 | On Friday they added over £220 to that healthy total , by holding a sale to raise funds to be divided between the Baicoi orphanage in Romania and research into cot death syndrome . |
| 23 | Thorn 's shares shot ahead 20p to 848p on the news that it had almost doubled annual profits to £289.9m . |
| 24 | The shares pushed ahead 8p to 520p . |
| 25 | The shares roared ahead 34p to 633p . |
| 26 | Evidently , the stock market believes that matters will not rest there and Pearl 's share price raced up 87p to 639p . |
| 27 | Plant and machinery : Leasing was hauled up 12% to £3bn |
| 28 | He told the court that after Swindon beat Bolton Wanderers in November 1989 he personally handed out £5,000 to the players and back-up staff . |
| 29 | Even ‘ Batman ’ , supposedly one of the most successful films of all time , has not officially made a net profit — partly because it paid around $50m to Jack Nicholson . |
| 30 | A Darlington couple paid over £2,000 to Mr Round last October for a kitchen that was never delivered ; Alan Dodsworth has since had to borrow from his father to get the job done by another contractor . |