Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [noun] to [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 715/33 has 8Mb to 192Mb memory , the 715/50 16Mb to 256Mb . |
| 2 | Cable & Wireless rose 3p to 853p , Standard Chartered climbed 5p to 953p , while Midland Bank parent HSBC firmed 10p to 705p . |
| 3 | In the current economic climate banks will not normally lend more than 50% of the value of invoices and may sometimes only be prepared to lend 20% to 30% . |
| 4 | The new law followed a bill approved by parliament on Oct. 31 granting compensation to people deported or imprisoned under the Communist regime between 1939 and 1989 , and the families of those unlawfully executed . |
| 5 | Shares of Pennine Optical slipped 2p to 75p on the Third Market as the company paid £1.6m for A-Z Dental , a false teeth maker . |
| 6 | Pre-tax-profits in the year to March 31 jumped 64% to £64.2m from £39.1m in the previous 12 months . |
| 7 | Turnover in 1992 rose 11% to $32,095m , and is forecast to grow 6.7% this year . |
| 8 | Amersham International dropped 9p to 408p . |
| 9 | Pringle sweater giant Dawson International climbed 8p to 228p ahead of Tuesday 's interim figures . |
| 10 | At Millbrook , JA 11 recorded 5.2secs to 60mph , 11.5 to 100mph and only 17.4 to two miles a minute . |
| 11 | BAT Industries firmed 4p to 454p , GrandMet edged 2p better to 447p , Allied-Lyons climbed 4p to 614p although Rothmans International lost 4p to 693p . |
| 12 | Pearson , up 12p to 728p , was helped by a rumoured Kleinwort Benson upgrading , and Amersham International jumped 27p to 435p as Hoffman-La Roche , the Swiss group , emerged as a 5 per cent shareholder . |
| 13 | Nonetheless , elite theorists are reluctant to ascribe interests to people on some kind of ‘ objective ’ basis , independently of what people say they want . |
| 14 | Glaxo , by contrast , was able to gain 14p to 642p amid upgrading following yesterday 's results . |
| 15 | I wanted to give back something for the great interest and happiness I have had from being able to make music to people . |
| 16 | Well Labour were the first to introduce charges to people in the Health Service . |
| 17 | would have thought that graduates find it more difficult to impart knowledge to people than anybody else . |
| 18 | Northern climbed 10p to 285p ; Argyll jumped 9p to 361p . |
| 19 | Commercial Union advanced 7p to 595p , Sun Alliance added 4p to 368p , Legal & General went 6p better to 473p , Guardian Royal firmed 2p to 215p , General Accident climbed 8p to 677p and BAT Industries which owns Eagle Star , firmed 3p to 451p . |
| 20 | In the same sector , Royal benefited 5p to 312p following news of the sale of a US reinsurance operation . |
| 21 | In the same sector , Royal benefited 5p to 312p following news of the sale of a US reinsurance operation . |
| 22 | Commercial Union pushed 7p ahead to 600p , Sun Alliance added 3p to 368p , Royal Insurance went a penny better to 309p while Guardian Royal gained 2p to 215p. after reporting interim profits in line with the City 's forecasts . |