Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [prep] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inevitably , I noted these criticisms were rarely in relation to what he had said ( few had actually read the book ) , but rather were expressions of shocked outrage that he had failed to keep silent and say nothing at all . |
| 2 | Losses in Australia , where there was some reserve strengthening during the year , were down from $22.1m to $12.9m following another good result in the fourth quarter . |
| 3 | In Australia , losses at the half year were down from $7.0m to $5.2m following a deficit in the second quarter only marginally better at $3.4m ( 1992 : $3.5m loss ) . |
| 4 | Losses in connection with General Accident 's property services operation were down from $4.5m to $3.7m , as measures designed to reduce operating costs began to take effect . |
| 5 | The consolidated accounts of MEPC show at the September 1991 year-end , group cash balances were down from £265m to £139m and no longer covered the total capital commitments of £189m . |
| 6 | Receipts were down from £1,406 to £863 and a net loss of £160 on the year was returned . |
| 7 | The reduction in borrowings , however , meant that interest charges were down from £240,000 to £86,000 , and that the group was well on course to becoming cash positive by the end of the current year . |
| 8 | Country house visiting , which had been common in the eighteenth century and Regency when everyone liked to have their taste admired , became infrequent as even the greatest houses closed their gates to visitors , persuaded that the sanctities of ‘ home ’ were not for exhibition to the public eye . |
| 9 | All the work which had so far been done received very little recognition , because CCs were not on offer to the breed in this country . |
| 10 | The words were not like music to Doreen 's ears . |
| 11 | But the American press , used to seeing horses flat out from the start and going at it hammer and tongs , were not in tune to the subtleties of Piggott 's unleashing that burst , and the criticism started . |
| 12 | A GRE spokesman said the changes were not in reaction to the losses incurred over the past three years , as the life business had remained profitable . |
| 13 | The trade papers were always including references to experiments of this sort but it was obvious that these many initiatives came to very little . |
| 14 | Further , women felt a responsibility to remain locked into that system of kin support in a way not replicated for men , who were more at liberty to ‘ get better jobs , migrate , emigrate and abrogate all responsibility for parents and siblings ’ ( ibid . |
| 15 | The Forge Houses at that time were taken by John Ashburner , of Coniston , to operate as a cotton mill ; this was during November 1787 at which date they were still on lease to Roe & Co . |
| 16 | Times might change , but as matters then stood Britain , the Commonwealth and sterling were still of importance to the United States . |
| 17 | Creditors due to be paid within a year were up from £261m to £337m , while the gross interest payable was £158m against £130m — and that after capitalising £39.6m of interest . |
| 18 | Net written premiums in sterling terms were up from $1,909.7m to $2,107.0m . |
| 19 | New annual premiums were up from $51.6m to $57.2m and single premiums from $189.3m to $334.4m . |
| 20 | Written premiums for the quarter were up from $282.0m to $333.6m reflecting some volume growth and a significantly higher average premium across the whole account . |
| 21 | Written premiums for the full year were up from $1,172.0m to $1,251.2m , largely as a result of a significantly higher average premium across the portfolio . |
| 22 | Yesterday it announced figures for the first half of 1989 so late in the day that the London market had mostly packed up and gone home by the time the screens showed that profits had risen from Ir £109m to Ir £121m and earnings were up from 21.7p to 25.4p basic . |
| 23 | Net written premiums in sterling terms were up from $914.7m to $1,019.8m . |
| 24 | Net written premiums in sterling terms were up from $3,219m to $3,831m . |
| 25 | Export sales were up by 32% to £3.1m , with a strong performance in Europe and Australia and a recovery in South Africa . |
| 26 | Today 's pre-tax profits for the nine months to September 30 were up by 56% to £1.03bn from £657m in the same period last year . |
| 27 | This ‘ mini-apartheid ’ was reminiscent of the colonial era , when parts of China were out of bounds to its own people . |
| 28 | And yesterday a spokesman for the Hospital Trust said its security guards were now under orders to be extra vigilant . |
| 29 | If their gross earnings were less than their advance , and the inevitable deductions , then they were consequently in debt to the mine ! |
| 30 | It seems that the appellants were considerably in debt to the mortgagees and the purpose of that second charge was to secure the debt . |