Example sentences of "a [noun] of [n mass] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Exemptions have been raised from a base of £10,000 to £45,000 . |
| 2 | Other good performers included Unilever , up 18p at 1057p and tobacco giant BAT with a rise of 16p to 960p . |
| 3 | Interest waned in the afternoon , but with conditions still said to be ‘ squeezy , ’ the Treasury 11¾p.c. 2003–07 was able to hold on to a rise of £516 to £117⅝ on a yield of 9.13p.c . |
| 4 | The functionalist approaches see crime as a response of people to their social situation . |
| 5 | In August 1992 , Clerkenwell Ltd revalued certain of its recently-acquired freehold properties and debited a deficit of £240,000 to its revaluation reserve . |
| 6 | The matter was settled by our father with a donation of 5s. to the local hospital . |
| 7 | It was agreed to send a donation of £10 to the committee . |
| 8 | DONATION — Pauline was pleased to report that she had written to the National Westminster Bank Sponsorship and Community Affairs Dept. and received a donation of £500 to the Society . |
| 9 | Now , a Denver bankruptcy court has approved a settlement of $128.1m to Miniscribe 's creditors , shareholders and lenders . |
| 10 | Benson could not truly estimate the value of the ore in his sett but suggested a figure of £8 to £10 per ton . |
| 11 | They reflect a miraculous turnround from a loss of £9.3m to a profit of £5.6m for the year to August 1992 . |
| 12 | The more that a loss of sales to the second group is compensated by a grant paid by the first , or the more the revenues for the provision of a service to individuals come from grants , the less likely is the bureau to be concerned for consumer interests and , hence , efficiency . |
| 13 | A cut of 1% to 7% could be on the cards in tomorrow 's autumn statement and this pushed the FT-SE 100 Index ahead by over 19 points to 2714.6 . |
| 14 | A group of teachers in training watch a recording of a class as a piece of data to be analysed . |
| 15 | Of the 100 companies surveyed 10 per cent had a turnover of £50M to £99M ; 51 per cent , £100M to £249M ; and 27 per cent had a turnover of £250M plus . |
| 16 | Here a spacing of 4m to 6m is advisable and , contrary to normal practice , each member should carry a couple of loose coils in the hand which can be cast away in the event of seeing a slip . |
| 17 | Union Discount scored a leap of 23p to 94p and pundits reckon a bid is imminent . |
| 18 | Its figures unveiled last week showed a leap of 33% to £36.5m with nearly £8m stemming from interest on its £155m cash pile . |
| 19 | It was found that Staphylococcus aureus protein A had a pronounced inhibition on ADCC ( mean of 71% with a range of 51% to 92% inhibition ) . |
| 20 | Now adjust preset VR1 either way to check that you get a range of 5V to 15V ; you may find you can actually go a bit beyond these limits but this is not of importance . |
| 21 | Irvine , California-based Western Digital Corp warns that earnings per share for the third quarter to March 27 will be ‘ significantly below ’ consensus analysts ' expectations which have been in a range of $0.20 to $0.26 a share , as a direct result of severe price declines in the 3.5″ hard disk drive business : the company says it does not see a significant decline in unit demand and that demand from its key OEM customers is getting stronger and says it is comfortable with revised analyst estimates , in the $0.05 to $0.10 per share range ; ‘ To the best of our ability we will not participate ’ in the price wars , it said . |
| 22 | Various fund-raising events throughout the year finance a Christmas party , and give a gift , such a box of groceries or a basket of fruit to every pensioner in the village . |
| 23 | I can not do better than compare a shoal of bream to a troop of soldiers : a compact , neat , orderly and efficient body of fish that patrol a water when the business of feeding is foremost in their minds . |
| 24 | This affinity of a shoal of bream to a troop of soldiers can be taken a stage further . |
| 25 | Enoch 's raft was carried by a shoal of fish to Culross where she was baptised by St Serf . |
| 26 | I turned and pushed my way through a group of people to the end of the room . |
| 27 | Within religious traditions myth and story have received overtones through many other factors which are not available to modern children ( a total lifestyle , worship , theological language , above all a community of people to whom it is real ) . |
| 28 | In addition to the UK trader 's own details and other header information , the ESL is a record of sales to EC customers , distinguished by their own VAT numbers and total value of sales made to them during the calendar quarter . |
| 29 | A charge of £15 to £20 per hour should be introduced for this service . |
| 30 | A charge of £15 to £25 plus travel expenses should be introduced for this service . |