Example sentences of "and [verb] to [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Net earnings per share rose 200% to $0.03 in the quarter , and amounted to $0.10 in the nine months . |
| 2 | Net earnings per share fell by 4% to $0.24 in the quarter , and amounted to $1.03 in the year . |
| 3 | Net earnings per share rose 700% to $0.08 in the quarter , and amounted to $0.18 in the year . |
| 4 | Net per share rose 44.2% to $0.62 in the quarter , and amounted to $1.19 in the half . |
| 5 | By 1990-91 , the cost of collection had increased by 83.5 per cent and amounted to £43,558 million , or about £12 of the community charge payable by adults . |
| 6 | Net per share rose 200% to $0.03 in the quarter , and amounted to $0.04 in the half . |
| 7 | Net per share remained at $0.01 in the quarter , and amounted to $0.04 in the half . |
| 8 | Net earnings per share were down 50% to $0.04 in the quarter , and amounted to $0.34 in the nine months . |
| 9 | Net per share rose 89.5% to $0.36 in the quarter , and amounted to $0.76 in the nine months . |
| 10 | Net earnings per share rose 100% to $0.05 in the quarter , and amounted to $0.03 in the year . |
| 11 | Net per share fell 50% to $0.01 in the quarter , and amounted to $0.03 in the year . |
| 12 | It is possible that parents do convey to their children that they themselves do not judge and relate to people on the basis of their skin colour , but they should also tell the child that many people in the society do . |
| 13 | I suppose we were the first people in the 1960s to target our market and bring to people things that were well designed at an affordable price . |
| 14 | Exports of electronics from this country in 1979 amounted to £2.7 billion and rose to £13.6 billion in 1990 , the last full year for which I have the figures . |
| 15 | ‘ It is projected to average £33 billion annually to the turn of the century and grow to £45 billion a year for the first decade of the new century . |
| 16 | The worldwide semiconductor industry is expected to reach $71,900m by the end of 1993 and grow to $96,000m by 1996 , according to a forecast prepared by World Semiconductor Trade Statistics Inc for the San Jose-based Semiconductor Industry Association . |
| 17 | Place teaspoonfuls of mixture well apart on the baking sheets and flatten to 4cm/1½in rounds . |
| 18 | It is not easy for any of us to stop and chat to people that we do not know , but in ti me confidence grows . |
| 19 | It was not held at this level ; for most of the 1390s it was 8d. and dropped to 6d. again only in 1398 . |
| 20 | The communications audit provides a way for the consultancy to examine the matter , to assess all aspects , and to talk to people within and without the company , before arriving at a point where a PR programme can be created and recommendations made . |
| 21 | AN open day for prospective students and their parents at Limavady College of Further Education gave visitors the opportunity to view the work carried out in its various departments and to talk to staff and students . |
| 22 | Social care in a group care setting covers the time spent talking with and listening to people , hearing their stories , nurturing and encouraging them in the effort to make sense of the later stages of life . |
| 23 | It is a paradox of modern-day business that , with time-saving devices such as desk-top computers , satellite telecommunications , electronic mail and supersonic aircraft , many managers find even less time to devote to essential profit-making activities — such as thinking and listening to people . |
| 24 | Okay well do n't worry do n't worry he ca n't you know just think of something though having said that if you look at the role that you played in the group moving towards the chairman 's style , taking over the group perhaps becoming and you were n't a person that sort of took over and forced your views on everybody but you were certainly up there at the front with and listening to people taking information and manipulating everything that you had to fit what was coming in from everybody so that does show Chairman 's skills , Chairman tendencies |
| 25 | It helps if you can establish such a relationship and listen to people with concern . |
| 26 | And in another light-year or two I was through the word-barrier , and the book had suddenly reached the stage — the wonderful moment to get to — where I could walk right into my imaginary country and see things that I had not consciously created , and listen to people talking and watch them moving , all apparently independent of me . |
| 27 | Elephants are very intelligent , they tell me , and elephants do n't hide behind chairs or under beds and listen to people 's conversations . ’ |
| 28 | She cared a lot and she did things to help , practical things like buying Blazer and writing to MPs and others about this animal transport business . ’ |
| 29 | By 1990 motor insurance had kept in line with average earnings and risen to £223 . |
| 30 | I would agree with you that if the if we have gone along and said to people , well er yo , we 've got alternative accommodation for you and they have n't wanted to go then , well I 'm sure that we hope not to give them that er er , alternative accommodation er , and it 's not in our interest at all to er , keep er , places empty , and further more we have n't really got er enough er , alternative places to put er , these er tenants in so I 'm that it 's as the result of the sort of dwellings that er we 've er we now find ourselves with as a result of the er initial buildings in the first place . |