Example sentences of "[n mass] to [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Net per share rose 180% to $0.28 in the quarter , 130% to $0.46 in the half . |
| 2 | He 's been enjoying terrific sport with bream to 3.5lb and tench to 3lb on the Plex Lane stretch . |
| 3 | Net per share remained at $0.13 in the quarter , rose 1,300% to $0.14 in the year . |
| 4 | But , with the group expected to follow George Wimpey and John Laing in making substantial provisions , it could end up £25m to £30m in the red . |
| 5 | Commenting on its most recent losses ( page five ) Advanced Logic Research Inc , Irvine , California said that more price competition reduced its turnover , and that its gross margin for the latest six months was just 14% compared with 22% in the year-ago period ; the impact of the reduction was partially offset by cost-cutting programmes , and its cash position improved by $5.5m to $35.1m during the latest six months while the company simultaneously cut bank debt $7m . |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing Inc has reported third quarter net profit up 16.0% at $92.5m on turnover up 12.4% at $612.9m ; net profit for the nine months rose 15.4% at $214.5m on turnover that rose 14.3% at $1,626.7m ; net per share rose 14% to $0.65 in the quarter , 13% at $1.52 in the nine months . |
| 7 | Pre-tax profits in 1991 rose by 34pc to £1.5m at the society and assets growth , a key indicator of a society 's economic wellbeing advanced by 11.49pc to £225m . |
| 8 | Wellfleet Communications Inc has reported third quarter net profits up 109.9% at $7.6m against a period that included a $531,000 tax credit on turnover that soared 113% at $48.0m ; net for the nine months rose 80.4% at $18.5m against a period that included a $2.8m tax credit , on turnover that rose 111.0% at $120.9m ; net per share rose 118% to $0.24 in the quarter , 73% to $0.59 in the nine months . |
| 9 | And that 's how Pelican managed to boost profits by an astonishing 173% to £357,000 in the six months to end September , despite a more pedestrian 35% rise in turnover to £3.83m . |
| 10 | In Canada , where premium income rose from $223.4m to $322.5m following the acquisition of the general insurance business of the Prudential Corporation in November 1992 , there was another good performance . |
| 11 | His rent would go up from £20,000 to £48,000 under the new leasing system . |
| 12 | Mrs Thompson said her rent would go up from £20,000 to £48,000 under the new leases . |
| 13 | Net earnings per share rose 25% to $0.10 in the quarter and were $0.14 in the half . |
| 14 | The Alarm Discount where buildings and contents are insured is being increased from 25% to 30% on the contents portion of the premium where alarms have a direct connection to a central station . |
| 15 | Profit before tax at Wellcome rose by 25% to £505m in the year to 29 August . |
| 16 | Manufacturers continue to demand more help from the Government in the shape of increased capital allowances ( already raised by Chancellor Nigel Lamont from 25% to 40% in the last Autumn Statement ) , some form of relief from advance corporation tax and cheaper export insurance . |
| 17 | Net earnings per share fell 25% to $0.18 in the quarter , 16.7% to $0.35 in the half . |
| 18 | Net earnings per share , adjusted last time for a three-for-two stock split paid in March 1993 , rose 25% to $0.15 in the quarter , and 54.3% to $0.54 in the nine months . |
| 19 | Net earnings per share fell 25% to $0.03 in the quarter , and stood at $0.10 in the nine months . |
| 20 | Net earnings per share rose 25% to $0.30 in the quarter , 9.5% to $0.81 in the nine months . |
| 21 | Mean time between failures on 3.5 ’ disk drives made by IBM Corp of 750,000 hours will have to get a lot nearer the 2m or more hours of the company 's manhole cover disks before it can entrust mainframe data to arrays of the little ones , Electronic News reports : that 's funny , we thought the whole idea of disk arrays was that one built sufficient redundancy into the array of cheap disks that no-one need worry about failures ever again . |
| 22 | The safety net for the Virgin Group was the ‘ buy-back ’ clause — an option for Virgin to return the aircraft to Boeing at the end of the first , second or third years , if required ; and for Virgin to retain the ‘ outside ’ value of the plane . |
| 23 | However , Government funding as a proportion of total university income has fallen — from 65% to 51% in the last five years . |
| 24 | Canon Inc says it has new optical disk technology that could rival magnetic disks : its forthcoming 350Mb erasable magneto-optical drives will have an access time close to that of magnetic drives : it plans to launch them late next year at $1,000 for the drives and $30 to $40 for the optical disks . |
| 25 | The percentage of respondents familiar with Call Forwarding and Call Waiting grew in 1992 over 1991 ; from 56% to 62% for the first and from 34% to 46% for the second . |
| 26 | Net per share rose 64.3% to $0.23 in the quarter , 56% to $0.39 in the half . |
| 27 | Prices of the product set range from $290 to $256,000 with the Backup Server bundled with SQL Server 10 at no additional cost . |
| 28 | Thomson Travel 's profit contribution to the Canadian parent was down £10.7million to £53.1million in the nine months to September 30 as a result of the squeeze on holiday prices and poor late sales . |
| 29 | Thomson Travel 's profit contribution to the Canadian parent was down £10.7million to £53.1million in the nine months to September 30 as a result of the squeeze on holiday prices and poor late sales . |
| 30 | The volume of factored turnover rose 10% to £7.52bn in the first six months after an increase of just 2.5% in the whole of 1991 , according to the Association of British Factors and Discounters ( ABFD ) , which represents 11 of the largest factoring companies . |