Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [unc] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turnover increased 66.7% to £11.2m , some £8m of which came from the US company . |
| 2 | Overall , UK turnover increased 29.2% to £10.4m , while operating profit grew 43.1% to £4.2m . |
| 3 | Pre-tax profits rose 112.1% to £1m , while turnover increased 33.3% to £20.9m . |
| 4 | Pre-tax profits for the year ending October 31 rose 14.9% to £3.2m , while turnover increased 40.6% to £17.9m . |
| 5 | ICL saw pre-tax profits down 38.1% to $38.6m , while turnover increased 32.1% to £2,477.9m . |
| 6 | ICL saw pre-tax profits down 38.1% to $38.6m , while turnover increased 32.1% to £2,477.9m . |
| 7 | Pre-tax profits rose 236.3% to £1.2m , although turnover fell 14.6% to £24m due to the disposal of non-profitable activities . |
| 8 | Turnover fell 2.5pc to £13.19m . |
| 9 | For the year ending December 31 , pre-tax profits plummeted 86.5% to £1m , while turnover fell 5.9% to £102.6m . |
| 10 | The subsidiary 's profits came out at 80% of 1991 figures and were equivalent to $2.2m , while turnover fell 11.7% to $168.1m . |
| 11 | According to the quarterly Wall Street Journal Europe-Dataquest Europe Ltd report on the market , sales of personal computers rose 19.4% to 2.5m machines , just shy of the 20.8% rise in the fourth quarter of 1992 — but volume ai n't all , and the price war meant that total industry revenue slipped 3.3% to $5,100m . |
| 12 | IBM Japan Ltd reported net profit for 1992 down 44.8% to the equivalent of $268m ; turnover slipped 1.6% to $10,750m ; the company says service business including systems integration showed double-digit growth from the previous year but that hardware sales turned in a double-digit drop ; ‘ We are still in the midst of changing course to become a service company , ’ the company said — ‘ Along with the severe state of the economy , that resulted in lower sales and profits ; ’ systems integration , accounting for just 8% of sales , grew by 40% and IBM Japan plans to increase staff there by half this year ; hardware sales accounted for 53% of the total , but the ratio could reverse this year ; the company plans to cut operating costs per employee by about 10% , further reducing headquarters staff by a quarter , reducing the number of top executives by a quarter and slashing executive bonuses in half . |
| 13 | Income from facilities management grew 8.8% to £59.7m , making up 14.5% of the total . |
| 14 | Paris-based computer services and distribution group Metrologie International SA said it had an operating loss in the first quarter of 1993 due to a drop in activity and pressures to reduce gross margins : the loss was equivalent to about $3.6m and turnover on a like-for-like basis fell 15.9% to $73.5m . |
| 15 | And while non-hardware businesses did grow , growth was bought dearly : costs and expenses for the third quarter soared 35.4% to $18,700m . |
| 16 | The most disconcerting news within the figures is that hardware sales in the quarter fell 9.9% To $7,000m — and that is in comparison with a 1991 quarter that was not exactly sparkling . |
| 17 | Net earnings per share fell 38.9% to $0.22 in the nine months . |
| 18 | Earnings per share fell 40.4% to 19.8p . |
| 19 | Net per share fell 58.3% to $0.05 . |
| 20 | Net earnings per share fell 66.7% to $0.04 in the quarter , 96.7% to $0.01 in the year . |
| 21 | Net earnings per share fell 87.5% to $0.01 in the quarter , and 29.2% to $0.17 in the nine months . |
| 22 | Net per share fell 63.6% to $0.04 in the quarter . |
| 23 | Net earnings per share fell 80.8% to $0.05 in the quarter , and 70.3% to $0.19 in the nine months . |
| 24 | Net per share fell 41.2% to $0.10 . |
| 25 | Net per share fell 76.5% to $0.04 in the quarter , and 42.9% to $0.12 in the half . |
| 26 | Net earnings per share fell 84.6% to $0.02 . |
| 27 | Net per share fell 51.4% to $0.17 in the quarter , and 29.8% to $0.40 in the half . |
| 28 | Net per share fell 43.75% to $0.09 in the quarter , 23.9% to $0.35 in the nine months . |
| 29 | Net earnings per share fell 21.7% to $0.18 in the quarter , rose 80.6% to $0.56 in the nine months . |
| 30 | Net per share fell 85.7% to $0.02 in the quarter , 6.5% to $0.43 in the year . |