Example sentences of "to [n mass] [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | PERCY Bilton , the property , building and civil engineering group , lifted pre-tax profits by £1.08m to £17.4m last year , despite a 45 p.c. tumble in turnover in its housebuilding and civil engineering activities to £16.9m . |
| 2 | Management board chairman Hans-Olaf Henkel said that transfer reduced its extraordinary loss to $562m last year when it had extraordinary expenditure of $1,134m . |
| 3 | Management board chairman Hans-Olaf Henkel said that transfer reduced its extraordinary loss to $562m last year when it had extraordinary expenditure of $1,134m . |
| 4 | They totalled almost £5.7m ( £3m in 1990 ) , including £1.46m from the pre-merger schemes , at the end of last year because the share price soared from 633 to 896p last year . |
| 5 | Even Midland 's star turn — domestic banking , which increased its profit from £418m in 1987 to £500m last year — is beginning to falter . |
| 6 | The City reckons Gas will pay out 14.2p for the whole of 1992 compared to 13.4p last year . |
| 7 | Imperial 's profits from cigarettes surged to £225m last year , while its market share remained buoyant . |
| 8 | CHEPSTOW Racecourse increased profits from £47,500 to £63,900 last year on turnover up slightly at £1.6m . |
| 9 | Although earnings slipped from 8.1p to 17.6p last year due to a much higher tax charge , they are expected to improve to about 20.3p a share in the current year . |
| 10 | Overall pre-tax profits for the group jumped 184pc to £25.3m last year from £8.9m in 1991 , when the Gulf War had a severe impact on the travel industry . |
| 11 | ROBERT Clarke , the new chairman of United Biscuits , saw his salary rise from £233,000 to £425,000 last year . |
| 12 | As a result of open borders , trade between Colombia and Venezuela increased from $125m in 1990 to $132m last year . |
| 13 | TEESDALE District Council agreed to set the poll tax at £242.23 compared to £169.66 last year a 42pc increase of £72.57 . |
| 14 | While group profits tumbled from £38½m to £21m last year — after £6m of exceptional closure costs — both the other divisions turned in better figures . |
| 15 | The non-traditional multimedia business grew to $40m last year . |
| 16 | Pfizer reported net profits of 4900000 for the fourth quarter of 1991 , including compensatory heart-valve charges of $195m , compared to $154m last year . |
| 17 | Together with the decline in business travel , this helped to cut BA 's operating profit on North Atlantic services by 26.9% to $17m last year . |
| 18 | SEVERFIELD-Reeve , the North Yorkshire-based structural steelwork group , is passing its final dividend after profits plunged from £1.9m to £530,000 last year . |
| 19 | WORKSTATION GROWTH SLOWED TO 4% LAST YEAR , SAYS DATAQUEST |
| 20 | Grumman cut its capital spending to $50m last year , or under half the $105m it charged to depreciation and amortisation . |
| 21 | Down from £12.8m in 1990 to £7.9m last year , while turnover fell from £120m to £113m . |
| 22 | The Emperor 's New Mind ( Roger Penrose , Vintage , £6.90 ) , winner of the 1990 Science Book prize ( which interestingly jumps from £1,000 to £10,000 next year ) , covers the spheres of computers , the mind and cosmology . |
| 23 | CITY Centre Restaurants , the Deep Pan Pizza and Garfunkels group , saw profits fall 15 p.c. to £9.1m last year , despite a strong second half recovery and a 5 p.c. , rise in sales to £79.8m . |
| 24 | For example British Aerospace has more than doubled to 375p this year . |
| 25 | The average cost of a Bryant home was cut from £90,000 to £86,000 last year . |
| 26 | Shell Chemicals saw profits fall by a dramatic 95 per cent from £519m in 1990 to £23m last year . |
| 27 | Except in the unlikely event that rates soon plummet , it could cost the bank up to £100m this year . |
| 28 | BODYCOTE International , the Manchester metals treatment group , pushed profits on by 9 p.c. to £11.5m last year , despite a 12 p.c. fall in turnover to £66½m . |
| 29 | PROFITS at Alexander Russell , the Scottish quarrying and coal group , fell slightly from £1.8m to £1.7m last year . |
| 30 | ICI 's pre-tax profits collapsed from their peak of £1.5bn in 1989 to £843m last year , on sales down from £13.1bn to £12.5bn . |