Example sentences of "that [verb] [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , Schell et al. ( 1989 ) point out that it is now possible to engineer plants , by introducing B. thuringiensis genes encoded for toxin production , that develop resistance to tobacco hornworm ( Manduca sexta ) and the large white butterfly ( Pieris brassicae ) . |
| 2 | Cataclysmic first quarter figures from MIPS Computer Systems Inc — a loss of $12.7m on sales that plunged 46% to $23.7m underline how much the company needs rescuing by Silicon Graphics Inc . |
| 3 | Phil Evans consigned one heifer , Linton Judy , that made 1000gns to W D Roberts , Tregaron , Dyfed . |
| 4 | It was the logic of their medium ( the camera filmed what it saw ) and the need for stories that led producers to film aspects of their times but in the movies themselves the supremacy of fiction relegated society to a background . |
| 5 | Some of the same thinking that led Balcon to MGM persuaded Hitchcock , in 1939 , to sign a deal with David O. Selznick and emigrate to Hollywood . |
| 6 | It is called fear — massive , overwhelming , paralytic fear that turns legs to jelly , hands to castanets , and hearts to pumping turbines . |
| 7 | I 've just mentioned the taunt that drives Sonya to prostitution . |
| 8 | Anything that involves hand to eye co-ordination , Andy 's your boy ’ . ’ |
| 9 | You mean she 's actually washed the hand that lay palm to palm with Rainbow 's as they danced ? |
| 10 | Res. on the clifftop that joins Thurso to Scrabster are not interested in the loads of driftwood washed up below . |
| 11 | It is not certain , therefore , whether the rule in Quenerduaine v. Cole would apply , though on the whole I think it would , because I do not think that a court would speculate on the reasons that moved B to telegraph rather than write . |
| 12 | Is it one of the new quangos or is it a S F R A , a self financing regulatory authority that has powers to issues and regulations and charge people for the job that it then does . |
| 13 | He has made comedies , but seems quite without the vision that elevates humour to satire . |
| 14 | Customers with 30 or more 3270 terminals that want access to Unix are the targets . |
| 15 | In either case , the political implication is that denying rights to children is entirely justified , and there the matter rests . |
| 16 | In collisions at relatively low energies of PETRA ( the electron-positron accelerator at DESY ) the quark and anti-quark produce two streams of particles that appear back to back in apparatus surrounding the collision point . |
| 17 | She gave a shaky laugh , wanting to add something to the effect that it was n't fear that drew people to Marc , but more like sheer charisma . |
| 18 | The European operation reached only 80% of its profit target although UK profits were up 25% in 1992 on sales that rose 17% to £32.4m . |
| 19 | D&B 's European operation only reached 80% of its profit target although UK profits were up 25% in 1992 on sales that rose 17% to £32.4m . |
| 20 | Hunting Plc has turned in net profits for the year to December 31 up 171.7% at £16.3m , after £200,000 exceptional gains this time and £11.4m charges relating to the company 's withdrawal from certain activities and related goodwill writedown last time , on turnover that rose 8% to £809.8m . |
| 21 | Southern New England Telecommunications Inc has reported first quarter net losses of $183.7m against profits of $40.1m last time , after $220.2m charges due to the cumulative effect of an accounting change this time and $1m gains from discontinued operations last time , on turnover that rose 1% to $402.3m . |
| 22 | Officeland Inc has reported net losses of $331,079 for the year to November 30 against profits of $148,135 last time , on turnover that rose 38% to $2m . |
| 23 | Tandy Corp saw first quarter net profit up 0.2% at $35.1m , after $13m gains from the cumulative effect of an accounting change , on turnover that rose 51% to $881.4m . |
| 24 | Sunward Technologies Inc has turned in third quarter net up 112.7% at $3.5m , on turnover that rose 56.9% at $33.4m ; net profit for the nine months was up 505% at $10.8m , after $1.2m gains from the sale of stock and $617,000 gains from payment of debt this time , on turnover that rose 89% to $94.1m . |
| 25 | Out of pre-tax profits that rose £175,000 to £19.25m in the six months to July , some £6.7m could be described as exceptional if not extraordinary . |
| 26 | Peoples Telephone Co has reported fourth quarter net profits up 48.7% at $944,000 , after $450,000 charges from the settlement of a dispute , on turnover up 55.7% at $22.8m ; net profit for the year to December 31 was up 72.9% at $3.3m , on turnover that rose 34% to $74.9m . |
| 27 | Trinzic Corp has reported fourth quarter net profits of $143,000 against losses of $1.1m last time , after $1.2m non-recurring charges related to the write-off of software last time , on turnover down 7% at $11.1m ; net losses for the year to March 31 stood at $8.9m down from losses of $11.7m last time , on turnover that rose 4% to $41.3m . |
| 28 | Rochester Telephone Inc has reported first quarter net profit up 17.8% at $18m , on turnover that rose 9% to $211m . |
| 29 | Maddox Group Plc has reported net profits of £1m for the year to December 31 against losses of £982,000 last time , after £491,000 exceptional gains this time due to the disposal of Seacoast Electric Co Inc and Cables and Flexibles Ltd , and £110,000 exceptional losses and £640,000 extraordinary losses last time , on turnover that rose 10,739% to £24.2m . |
| 30 | Systems & Computer Technology Inc has reported fourth quarter net profits down 40.8% at $1m , after $180,000 tax credits this time and $638,000 last time , on turnover up 40.2% at $27.4m ; net losses for the year to September 30 amounted to $2.3m against profits of $4.7m last time , after $1.7m tax credits last time , on turnover that rose 39% to $90.9m . |