Example sentences of "which [vb past] to [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These losses were expected to be offset by increases in the value of oil exports , which doubled to $210,000,000 a month in July-September . |
| 2 | The brothers found that on average over the six months they had incurred costs for advertising , petrol etc. which amounted to £10 for each bed sold . |
| 3 | Introducing a clause to the Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Bill , he said that the subsidy , which amounted to £4.2 million last year , would be phased out between now and 1996 . |
| 4 | The US environmental think-tank recommends the abolition of government subsidies , which amounted to $120 billion last year , and a 50 per cent reduction in meat consumption in the wealthier nations . |
| 5 | Market estimates suggest that approximately three quarters of secondary market turnover in dollar eurobonds ( which amounted to $358 billion in the first half of 1989 ) occurs in London . |
| 6 | What seems to emerge is that Iraq 's foreign-exchange reserves , which amounted to $20 billion in 1980 , had reached $30 billion the following year . |
| 7 | A bank overdraft which amounted to £6,500 on 31 December 1991 . |
| 8 | This substantial return to profitability was achieved despite losses arising from flood damage in the Perth and Tayside region in the first quarter which amounted to $13m and the terrorist explosion in the City of London which cost $10m , net of reinsurance . |
| 9 | In the store rings an entry of 175 bullocks continued to meet a very sharp trade especially for beef types which sold to £134.40 for a 506kg Simmental at £680 and to £805 per head for 626kg Limousin . |
| 10 | It was this depth of breeding that encouraged such lively bidding for the Woodhayne stock which sold to 1200gns for Woodhayne Citrine , a Gulliver sired cow offered with a heifer calf by Mavesyn Midas . |
| 11 | He was speaking as P&O reported pre-tax profits last year which rose to £270.4 million , from £233 million in 1991 . |
| 12 | Sales of soyabeans to the Soviet Union have helped to underpin prices , which rose to $5.80 a bushel in Chicago this week . |
| 13 | A guide to art reference books published in 1969 had 2,500 entries , some of which referred to series ; for example , there was a single entry for the series of monographs on individual artists , called Klassiker der Kunst , also published in French as Classiques d'Art , in which there are thirty-eight books . |
| 14 | They depend on annual profits — less 25 per cent voluntary tax — from the Duchy 's 130,000 acres of farmland , which came to £2,176,798 last year . |
| 15 | Out of their invalidity benefits , which came to £60 , rent took £5.10 , and he expected to spend £5 daily on drink and cigarettes — at least . |
| 16 | LIVERPOOL are in the red — thanks to an annual wage bill which soared to £8.3m last season . |
| 17 | Yesterday , NatWest reported another record total of bad-debt charges of £1.9 billion for 1992 , after provisions which soared to £1.87 billion the previous year . |
| 18 | The Gulf War had an impact on civil aviation earnings which fell to £3.93 billion in 1991 from £4.36 billion the year before . |
| 19 | Tight cost control helped boost profits , despite lending reduced from £3.1 billion to £2.7 billion and net receipts which fell to £893 million , from £1.13 billion . |
| 20 | In patients with oesophagitis Grade 0 , I , and II , the percentage varies between 7 and 11% , which increased to 28% or 29% in patients with severe oesophagitis ( p<0.001 ) . |