Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] to [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adding up all of the costs of the items mentioned so far amazingly only amounted to £230.58 . |
| 2 | The value of contracts in 1986/87 only amounted to £120 million ( Stoker , 1988 , p. 186 ) . |
| 3 | However , new investment only amounted to £91m . |
| 4 | Although his yearly stipend only amounted to £6.00 or so in today 's values , he was soon witnessed to be spending the equivalent of thousands of pounds on various good works for his village . |
| 5 | Savings included reductions in subsidies for agricultural exports and increases in state controlled prices , particularly for fuel ( which rose by between 19 and 45 per cent ) , which together amounted to $426,000,000 . |
| 6 | For example , in the Shove case , the sum awarded by the High Court under the first two headings in the above list alone amounted to £7300 : not a trifling amount . |
| 7 | The total of all claims finally amounted to £380 million . ) |
| 8 | Wages paid in respect of the houses mentioned in b ) above amounted to £20,000 for the year . |
| 9 | Halcyon barley came in at 24% moisture initially , but soon dropped to 19% . |
| 10 | That 's what always happened to people you knew . |
| 11 | The shares opened at 76p and quickly soared to 96p before settling back to 81p . |
| 12 | Considered uninspired , highly-priced and in less than perfect condition by some , Andrea Previtali 's ‘ Portrait of a young Gentleman ’ ( lot 6 ) still went to £150,000 ( $240,000 ) while ‘ The Piazza San Marco , Venice ’ attributed to Francesco Guardi ( lot 24 ) reached £130,000 ( $208,000 ) against an estimate of £30,000–40,000 . |
| 13 | Most of the fairways are affected by crosswind which yesterday gusted to 30mph , making the par-5s genuine three-shotters , and the quartet of par-3s anything but short . |
| 14 | But the group 's charge for bad and doubtful debts also doubled to £1.185 billion . |
| 15 | No , last week you probably would have got the little joining letter with map , but you probably talked to people in the branch who may have been there , or you talked to your manager , or you picked up the phone and said , how do I get here , you may have even got the map out if you were driving , to actually see what junction you came off the motorways and things like that . |
| 16 | Operating costs also fell to 23% from 25% of turnover due to ‘ effective working capital management ’ , or careful attention to inventory levels and debtor activity . |
| 17 | Operating costs also fell to 23% from 25% of turnover due to ‘ effective working capital management ’ , or careful attention to inventory levels and debtor activity . |
| 18 | Burns elected to convert a steadfast Douglas motorcycle engine , first at 500cc and later rebored to 750cc . |
| 19 | ‘ It really came to people 's attention through Peel . |
| 20 | According to the count , the bill for the holiday party often came to £500 . |
| 21 | That was before my time , of course , but he obviously passed on some of his skills because during , or just after , very wet weather , Sam would go off somewhere and catch lovely brown trout , which he often gave to people who were ill ; and sometimes when he had a sheep to kill , he would send down the head which would make a really tasty and nourishing broth . |
| 22 | He even talked to people without shouting at them . |
| 23 | Its share price began at $38 , soared to $55 but then crashed to $9 during a market collapse in 1903 . |
| 24 | In 1991/92 claims paid out totalled £519,520 ( v £343,406 ) ; contributions from members increased to £2.297m ( v £2.185 ) and the balance available for outstanding and unreported claims carried forward encouragingly rose to £2.254m ( v £1.582m ) . |
| 25 | When I carried out a second interview with the DGM in 1989 , the district was still arguing the case with the RHA for the £2.1 million ( then uplifted to £2.5 million ) to be made available . |
| 26 | Its trade with the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe therefore climbed to 85% of the total . |
| 27 | In November overall imports actually fell to £9.6billion — 2.5 per cent down on October . |