Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [num] [noun pl] to " in BNC.
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1 | There is a much appreciated personal escort for the 100 yards to the hotel , for the price of a handful of Marlboro . |
2 | It was impressive how she coped with the two children for the twelve hours to Juliaca while her boorish husband slept , the baby 's shawl across his face . |
3 | The employers yesterday increased their offer to further education lecturers from 5.3 per cent for the year to April , to 8 per cent , with a £700 one-off , lump sum payment for the 17 months to September next year . |
4 | The Halifax estate agency losses for the six months to 31 July compare with break-even in 1988 . |
5 | TULLOW Oil , which joined the Unlisted Securities Market on Thursday , yesterday announced pre-tax profits of Ir £41,000 for the six months to 30 June , against £18,000 last time . |
6 | SINGAPORE Para Rubber reported lower profits before tax of £148,000 for the six months to 30 June , compared with £212,000 previously . |
7 | Losses before tax have been cut to $1.3m ( £800,000 ) for the six months to 30 June , compared with $15.1m in the same period last year , on sales up 14 per cent at $60.2m . |
8 | JAMES GULLIVER , chairman of the troubled furniture and carpets retailer Lowndes Queensway , yesterday announced ‘ with sadness ’ a £16.9m pre-tax loss for the six months to 30 July . |
9 | Pre-tax profits for the six months to October 1 came in at £134,000 as against a full year 's loss of £128,000 and a previous half time profit of £258,000 . |
10 | Guinness Mahon , a British merchant bank 65%-owned by Bank of Yokohama , gave warning that bad debts will plunge it into an after-tax loss of £35m ( $67m ) for the six months to March 31st . |
11 | THE shares of Sage Group jumped 31 to 484p yesterday after the Newcastle-based accounting software supplier unveiled a 44 p.c. rise in pre-tax profits to £4.34m for the six months to end-March . |
12 | Johnson Matthey turned in pre-tax profits of £32.6m for the six months to 30 September 1991 , virtually unchanged against the same period in 1990 ( at £32.5m ) , according to chairman David Davies . |
13 | TI 's interim pre-tax profit for the six months to 30 June 1992 stood at £50.2m on a turnover of £471m , slightly less than the comparable 1991 figure ( £54.2m on a turnover of £441m ) . |
14 | In his report ( see ACCOUNTANCY , September 1992 , p 100 ) on the proposed framework for financial reporting published by the New Zealand Society of Accountants ( NZSA ) last year , Bob Beale mentions the NZ government 's audited financial statements for the six months to 31 December 1991 . |
15 | Turnover for the six months to the end of March almost doubled to £101m and the interim loss fell from last year 's £6.2m to £5.6m ( tour operators traditionally make a loss during the winter months when few people book holidays ) . |
16 | Guinness , the international drinks business , has included an audit review from Price Waterhouse in its interim results statement for the six months to 30 June 1992 . |
17 | Britain 's second biggest privatised water giant has romped in with pre-tax profits up from £123.7m to £130.7m for the six months to September . |
18 | Profits for the six months to August are expected to be down to £8 million compared with more than £9 million in the same spell a year ago . |
19 | Diploma Plc has reported net profits for the six months to March 31 of £5.2m , up from just £300,000 last time , on turnover that rose 19.5% at $74.0m ; at the pre-tax level , profits were 225% ahead at £8.1m ; earnings per share rose 46% to 10.7 pence . |
20 | Linx Printing Technologies Plc has reported net profits for the six months to 31 December up 2.7% at £496,000 on turnover up 16.9% to £5.8m . |
21 | Renishaw Plc saw net profits for the six months to December 31 down 27.1% at £2.2m , on turnover that rose 3.3% to £22m . |
22 | MR Data Management Group Plc , formerly Microfilm Reprographics , has reported net profits for the six months to December 31 up 6.9% at £2.7m on turnover up 14.0% at £18.6m ; pre-tax profits rose 5.5% at £4.0m . |
23 | Logica Plc reported net profits for the six months to 31 December up 74.3% at £2.3m on turnover up 5.7% to £104.2m . |
24 | Trace Computers Plc has reported net profits for the six months to November 30 down 52.0% at £105,000 on turnover that fell 9.0% at £8.8m ; at the pre-tax level , profits fell 52.5% at £105,000 and earnings per share fell 49% to 0.78 pence . |
25 | Trace Computers Plc blames the fall in turnover for the six months to November 30 ( figures , see page five ) , on a planned reduction in the scale of its computer supplies business , where turnover fell by nearly £1m ; the company managed to shave £122,000 from its administrative and operating costs ; the original businesses of insurance broking systems , property management systems and bespoke software development have continued to prosper , the company says , and the Proteus distribution systems business , consolidated on its return to profits last year ; Trace Financial also made a small profit and there was interest in the BlueChip stockbroking product ; the group is still investing about £2m a year in research and development — with some contribution from its customers ; the Pink networking technology company had a disappointing half year , turning in a small loss after having made a profit last year . |
26 | Lucas Industries Plc saw net losses for the six months to January 31 stood at £4.9m against profits of $77.4m , after £3.5m redundancy and reorganisation costs this time and £15.4m last time , on turnover that rose 11.5% to £1,287m . |
27 | Prestwick Holdings Plc has reported net profit for the six months to January 31 up 25.9% at £102,000 on turnover that rose 30.0% at £18.1m . |
28 | For the six months to December 31 1992 , TE Electronics reported a net loss of $53m , contributing to Tandy Corp 's plunge in profits for the period ( see below ) . |
29 | Siemens AG has reported net profits for the six months to March 30 up 2.1% at the equivalent of $548m on turnover up 5.7% at $23,125m . |
30 | Sage Group Plc has reported net profits for the six months to March 31 up 23.3% at £3.6m , after £102,000 losses from discontinued operations last time , on turnover that rose 44.8% to £21m . |