Example sentences of "[vb past] [n mass] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The appointment of a non-computer person , Louis Gerstner , as the new chief executive , now regarded as a near-certainty , did nothing to improve sentiment , and late on Tuesday , the shares tumbled $3.125 to $51.125 , fuelled by a profits warning from Amdahl Corp . |
| 2 | Mixing desk manufacturer Solid State Logic , which now generates approximately 50% of its sales from digital products as opposed to analogue , and digital video equipment builder , Abekas , also contributed to a 13.6% rise in divisional turnover to £70.1m ; profits rose 50% to £12m . |
| 3 | Net per share rose 50% to $0.21 . |
| 4 | Net per share rose 50% to $0.24 in the quarter , 38.2% to $0.47 in the half . |
| 5 | Merchant bank Morgan Grenfell rose 16p to 406p , with suggestions resurfacing that insurance broker Willis Faber had sold its 20.5 per cent holding to a Continental predator . |
| 6 | As a result , turnover rose 90% to £3m , with profits of £131,000 . |
| 7 | Union Discount gained 6p to 115p , anticipating merger plans , and its stakeholder , Cater Allen , rose 19p to 459p . |
| 8 | The shares rose 19p to 576p as investors digested and approved the news of its £1 billion link-up with the French electrical stores chain , Darty . |
| 9 | No dividend is being paid , but losses per share slashed from 28.6p last time to 0.65p , and the shares rose 1.25p to 5.5p . |
| 10 | But if Brokerage 's £493,000 losses are not included , these actually rose 23% to £1.7m . |
| 11 | Newly-independent McDonnell Douglas Information Systems Ltd , Hemel Hempstead says that in 1992 , operating profits rose 23% to £19.4m on turnover that fell 8.8% to £159.7m . |
| 12 | Group profits rose £3m to £51m before tax owing to the interest savings from the rights cash . |
| 13 | Net per share rose 67% to $0.20 . |
| 14 | Net earnings per share rose 100% to $0.05 in the quarter , 43.8% to $0.23 in the year . |
| 15 | Net earnings per share rose 100% to $0.05 in the quarter , and amounted to $0.03 in the year . |
| 16 | Net earnings per share rose 100% to $0.10 . |
| 17 | Net earnings per share , adjusted last time for a two-for-one stock split paid in March 1993 , rose 100% to $0.36 in the quarter , 104.4% to $0.92 in the nine months . |
| 18 | Net earnings per share rose 100% to $0.08 . |
| 19 | Out of pre-tax profits that rose £175,000 to £19.25m in the six months to July , some £6.7m could be described as exceptional if not extraordinary . |
| 20 | Outlook page 25 Profits up : Pre-tax profits at Tootal rose £175,000 to £19.25m in the six months to July ahead of next week 's MMC report on Coats Viyella 's £395m bid . |
| 21 | Net earnings per share rose 127% to $0.25 . |
| 22 | The amino acid sequence of aEF-1α showed a 56% to 61% similarity to EF-1α from other archaebacteria ( except S.acidocaldarius ) ; the degree of similarity to EF-1α from eukaryotes ranged 50% to 54% and it was significantly lower , 9% to 30% , compared to eubacterial EF-Tu . |
| 23 | Net earnings per share were $0.30 in the quarter , and rose 80% to $0.90 in the nine months . |
| 24 | Net earnings per share rose 80% to $0.18 . |
| 25 | Carlton Communications firmed 1p to 735p on a 16pc profits boost and a confident statement about current trading . |
| 26 | MAI 's interim dividend goes up from 1.4p to 2p and the shares firmed 1p to 184p. — PA |
| 27 | MFI 's shares firmed 1p to 126p on the news yesterday . |
| 28 | VMX Inc has reported second quarter net profits up 76.8% at $1.7m , on turnover up 22.4% at $21m ; mid-term net rose 83% to $2.9m , on turnover up 19.6% at $40.5m . |
| 29 | Quorum also found 80% to 85% of its potential audience are interested simply in running off-the-shelf Mac packages of Word and Excel : this is what Quorum is currently polishing up and will be showing . |
| 30 | Quorum also found 80% to 85% of its potential audience are interested in running just off-the-shelf Mac packages of Word and Excel which is what Quorum is currently polishing up and will be showing . |