Example sentences of "[noun sg] to [n mass] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that the Conservative party is proud to have reduced the basic rate of tax from 33p in the pound to 25p and the upper rate from 98p to 40p ? |
| 2 | Earnings per share rose by 15 p.c. to 15.7p and the final dividend of 3¼p , up from 3p , is payable on May 29 . |
| 3 | While the firm would not be compelled to disclose or utilise the information about B when advising A , the fact that it owes a duty of confidentiality to B will not necessarily constitute a defence to a breach of its duty of disclosure to A. If the firm is to be fully protected it must obtain A2 's consent to its acting in the conflict situation after informing him of its conflicting duties and the fact that it can not perform its full duties of disclosure . |
| 4 | Senior managers told a press conference that the accident posed no danger to people or the environment . |
| 5 | The agreement provided for the instant and simultaneous withdrawal of Croatian and JNA forces from battle zones , followed by the immediate withdrawal of the JNA to barracks and the demobilization of the National Guard . |
| 6 | They range from Badminton to Babies , Food to Flying , Politics to Problems , Stress to Staff and a lot more crammed in . |
| 7 | The infant retrieves , or witnesses the retrieval of an object from behind A ( say ) three times , after which he watches as the experimenter moves it to place B. On seeing it vanish at B he will go straight back to A. Although the back-to-A error is more likely to be made the longer the delay between hiding at B and allowing search , this is not a memory problem in any simple sense because the infant will return to A even if the object remains visible at B. We find a particularly clear demonstration of this kind of ‘ perseveration ’ in an experiment by Paul Harris in which there were two transparent , lockable boxes as the A and the B location . |
| 8 | Offered to the museum for £800 by Hans Calmann , who subsequently lowered the price to £550 as the Committee ‘ felt a little uncertain about the Bust — or rather , I should say whether we should pay up ’ because a bust of the same period ‘ more certainly by Foggini ’ had been purchased by the V&A for £80 a few years before . |
| 9 | Overall the cost of a funeral often comes as a big shock to people and the vicar 's fees , peripheral as they are to the main bill , come in for lots of cynical comments like ‘ Even at a time like this , the church is making money . ’ |
| 10 | The average borrower with a £30,000 25 year loan will see monthly repayments rise from £278 a month to £298 if the mortgage rate goes to 14.75 per cent as expected . |
| 11 | Paper and packaging group Bunzl added a penny to 145p after the group pushed profits strongly ahead in the first six months of the year . |
| 12 | Paper and packaging group Bunzl added a penny to 144p after the group pushed profits strongly ahead in the first six months of the year . |
| 13 | Half-time figures are expected to show a 4% rise to £123m and a dividend increase to 6.9p . |
| 14 | Managers claim there was no radiological hazard to staff or the public . |
| 15 | It closed 1½ pfennigs lower at Dm2.8308 but managed to gain a cent to $1.7420 as the dollar succumbed even faster to mark pressure . |
| 16 | Hectic trading in which 3.1 million shares — worth £8million — changed hands was followed by a retreat to 238p when the Barclays vehemently denied that they held any shares in Williams . |
| 17 | It takes the shortfall for the year to date to £19.3billion and the annual total will easily top the £20billion forecast by the Chancellor , Mr John Major , in his autumn expenditure statement . |