Example sentences of "[noun sg] to [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Political news direct from the Commons rose from 13% of items before the experiment to 21% after . |
| 2 | Promotions give a boost to sales in the competitive market and support the overall marketing plan together with good quality , competitive prices , and excellent service — everything that Stoddard Templeton stands for . |
| 3 | A key feature of any quality assurance programme should be a system whereby managers regularly review different aspects of the service and provide feedback to staff about their performance and the performance of the unit so that new objectives can be set for the next assessment period . |
| 4 | He is certainly a bitter disappointment to people in this country . |
| 5 | Damaged by its losses — which were reduced by $80m by the time the quarter ended — Comdisco had its credit rating chopped and reported a net loss for the quarter ended December 31 , 1987 , of $56m … despite a growth in revenue to $327m from $268m . |
| 6 | Her attack on any notion of art as ‘ expressive ’ was generalized into an opposition to works of art whose main effect on an audience lies in their ‘ meaning ’ . |
| 7 | Asko , Mannesmann , Bayer and even Deutsche Bank itself limit any one shareholder to 5% of the votes ; at Hoesch the figure is 15% and at Volkswagen 20% . |
| 8 | Prices range from £2.50 for a tin of herbal tea to £2,999 for a marvellous cherrywood desk incorporating cupboards , shelves and drawers . |
| 9 | Well it it also allows me to once again break in here because er one of the things that you ca n't do in home improvement areas is talk to people about the final price on the phone . |
| 10 | The discount rises from 1/2 % for £20,000 — £29,999 equity to 1% for £40,000 and over . |
| 11 | This predicted 91% of fetuses who became distressed in the first stage of labour , and combination with ultrasonographic estimation of the volume of amniotic fluid improved prediction to 100% with only a slight fall in specificity . |
| 12 | to call for all SSDs and SWDs to issue guidance to staff on identifying and dealing with elder abuse ; |
| 13 | This year Benskins came back with a demand for a £5,000 a year increase that would have taken John 's annual rent to £23,000 plus £100 a week for the business rate . |
| 14 | This , together with the addition of six big new unnamed customers and a lower than usual number of client losses , led to an 11% rise in turnover to £4.5m from the bureau and facilities management services division . |
| 15 | It cut prices up to 12% on some of the PS/ValuePoint machines , with a 12% cut to $2,540 on the 66MHz 486DX2 model with 4Mb , 212Mb disk and 6314 Super Video Graphics Array monitor . |
| 16 | Prices range from £40.82 for an Automatic Porch Light to £81.69 for a Security Light Lantern . |
| 17 | 12.4 The Director has agreed to the continuation of the Advisory Group on Violence to Staff within the Department . |
| 18 | 7.6 Research on violence to staff in Social Work Departments shows that those who have been attacked can mistakenly feel that they have failed professionally and so may not report an incident in which they have been involved . |
| 19 | Outdoor pigs are cheaper to run : without buildings , capital costs are cut from £2,000 per pig to £150–200 per pig . |
| 20 | Jakarta plant key to sales in Indonesia |
| 21 | SMITHS Industries , the aerospace-to-medical systems group , saw pre-tax profits fall 13 p.c. to £44.3m in the six months to February , but with £95m of cash in its coffers , the interim dividend rises 5 p.c. to 4.1p on June 5 . |
| 22 | ‘ It is a recovery , ’ said chairman Sir Ian MacLaurin , announcing profits up by 31 p.c. to £545m before tax for the 53 weeks to February 29 . |
| 23 | Invesco saw pre-tax profit drop 23 p.c. to £14.5m in the year to December , after an exceptional item of £16.6m . |
| 24 | Sales rose 11 p.c. to £314m in 1991 and profits grew at the same rate , to £13.4m before taxation . |
| 25 | Work on installing spray booths for Japanese car makers in Britain helped boost results of the automated manufacturing systems division , with profits up 36 p.c. to £9.9m on turnover 50 p.c. ahead at £150m . |
| 26 | SMITHS Industries , the aerospace-to-medical systems group , saw pre-tax profits fall 13 p.c. to £44.3m in the six months to February , but with £95m of cash in its coffers , the interim dividend rises 5 p.c. to 4.1p on June 5 . |
| 27 | FRIENDLY Hotels is lifting its dividend total 10 p.c. to 5½p with the payment of a 3.3p final , despite a 35 p.c. fall in 1991 pre-tax profits to £3.89m . |
| 28 | Dividends are up 10 p.c. to 5½p after a final of 3.8p payable on May 30 . |
| 29 | The core insurance business lifted its earnings 18 p.c. to £22½m in 1991 , but a slump in mortgage profits , a £2½m loss from the estate agency business , and a £1.34m exceptional loss on commercial mortgages , saw pre-tax profits slip 4 p.c. to £21.2m . |
| 30 | The results showed profits down by 62 p.c. to £73m before taxation in the 12 months to January 1992 . |