Example sentences of "[n mass] to [noun] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SHARES in drugs giant Glaxo powered ahead 26p to 774p yesterday after US authorities gave their blessing to sales of its anti-migraine treatment Imitrex , in injectable form . |
| 2 | News of the final terms caused the shares to bounce 31p to 558p yesterday as it became clear that they were much more favourable to Kingfisher than the market feared when negotiations between the two sides came to light earlier this month . |
| 3 | Although there have been innovations in social care provision , which are outside the range of this book to review , there is still a tendency to fit people to services rather than vice versa . |
| 4 | He or she will be interested therefore in the products of information technology as a means to communication rather than as a store of data . |
| 5 | SHARES in Mrs Fields , the troubled US bakery and cookie retailer , rose more than 20 per cent from their 12-month low of 19p to 23p yesterday after it announced much reduced trading losses . |
| 6 | Shares in mobile phone operator Vodafone Group Plc rose fivepence to 379p yesterday after the company said that subscriber figures for April gave the company its best month in three years for connections to its network , with net new connections standing at 18,766 ; for the first time since LowCall was launched in October , net new connections to the business base exceeded net new LowCall connections . |
| 7 | Thus shares in Betterware Consumer Products dropped 12p to 180p yesterday as the market knocked the retail sector for six in the wake of the interest rate hike . |
| 8 | SHARES in HSBC Holdings , parent of the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation , firmed 7p to 602p yesterday after it revealed profits had nearly doubled last year . |