Example sentences of "to [n mass] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pre-tax profits increased 29 per cent to £3m on turnover up from £39.8m to £49.3m . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Go-Video Inc has turned in second quarter net profits of $60,220 against losses of $622,705 last time , on turnover that rose by 186% to $8.6m ; mid-term net profits amounted to $81,383 against losses of $1.1m last time , on turnover that rose 121.5% to $14.7m . |
| 5 | $39,000 for Flamingo ; $70,000 to $200,000 for Cobra ; $150,000 to $600,000 for Ruby . |
| 6 | Operating profit fell to £10.5m from £11.1m in 1991 . |
| 7 | Employees who donate up to £480 to charity through their pay at work will receive tax relief . |
| 8 | Raxco Software Inc has released a client/server version of its Security Toolkit/Unix software : STK 2.0 monitors and maintains a database of file attributes and security data : it costs from $600 to $12,000 for Unix workstations — a VMS edition will follow . |
| 9 | The Calibra 16v gets from rest to 60mph in 8.1secs and on to 100mph in 22secs , but the Corrado G60 can manage only 8.9secs to 60mph and falls a disappointing two seconds behind by 100mph . |
| 10 | Under the letter of intent , StorageTek agreed to issue 1.3m new shares Amperif shareholders and will set aside about 600,000 shares for warrants and employee stock options , valuing the company at $75.3m at the time of the announcement — but that valuation quickly improved to $83.6m as Storage shares shot up $4.375 to $44 even in after-hours trading on the news , and hovered round there on Friday . |
| 11 | Lincoln , Nebraska-based Lincoln Telecommunications Co said network improvement investments in 1993 will increase to $32m from $27m last year : it plans to upgrade switching equipment in Lincoln and surrounding areas , install 129 additional miles of fibre optic cable and add 13 cellular telephone sites to the Lincoln and Omaha areas . |
| 12 | The interim dividend has been increased to 0.92p from 0.88p while earnings per share slipped to 1.76p from 2.46p . |
| 13 | Earnings per share dipped slightly to 23.7p from 30p . |
| 14 | In uncontrolled studies , the use of heater probe in active bleeding ulcers or in ulcers with stigmata of recent haemorrhage , achieves haemostasis in 75 to 100% of cases , and in 69 to 86% of patients the control of bleeding is definitive . |
| 15 | The exporter presents the required export documents to his bank and receives immediate payment from the bank of up to 100% of invoice value . |
| 16 | President has increased its stake in Wang Laboratories Taiwan to 100% from 30% and bought a 51% stake in Wang Industrial , which manufactures personal computers . |
| 17 | President has increased its stake in Wang Laboratories Taiwan to 100% from 30% and bought a 51% stake in Wang Industrial , which manufactures personal computers . |
| 18 | That was reduced to 17% of inmates completing 18 months of therapy . |
| 19 | Looking ahead , nuclear power has the best growth prospects , increasing its share of demand by the year 2000 to 17% from 6% in 1983 . |
| 20 | Commenting on its much improved figures ( see page seven ) , Cray Research Inc said order backlogs during the first quarter of rose to $381m from $354m in the same period a year ago , adding to positive overall quarterly earnings : John Carlson , the new chairman and chief executive , said that the contract value of orders signed was some $124m compared with just $86m in the first quarter of last year . |
| 21 | Bread baits on leger tackle will produce chub to 4lb at Clitheroe . |
| 22 | This makes it easier to lose weight in the first few weeks , at a rate which can be up to 4lb per week . |
| 23 | Fresh neck fillet of lamb is reduced by £1 to £2.99 per pound . |
| 24 | Frozen cooked and peeled prawns are down to £2.99 from £4.99 . |
| 25 | But even excluding the write-off , cost of revenues increased $4.3m or 36% while gross margins continued to decline to $33.5m versus $57.7m the year before . |
| 26 | Major institutional investors felt the deal gave too much to Mr Ritblat , his family and British Land management — New British Land was to be paid £15million a year in management charges for the first three years , coming down to £10million as properties were sold . |
| 27 | • The Liberal Democrats , said to be anxious to climb on the green bandwagon , are proposing an Animal Protection commission with varying responsibilities from farmyard animals to goldfish in petshops . |
| 28 | The second prong of the attack is reduced rates for the GEC Plessey Rabbit phone , which drops in price to £69 from £127.65 , and the Rabbit Recall package ( including the park and charge unit ) , which goes to £100 from £177 . |
| 29 | Milpitas , California-based Adaptec Inc says it has no immediate response to reports that competitor Distributed Processing Technology Inc , Maitland , Florida has slashed prices on its AT amd EISA disk controller boards : fear of a price war put Adaptec 's share price under pressure last week ; the company told Reuter ‘ Competitive pressure has always been there and we 'll respond as we always have ’ to it ; Adaptec 's manufacturing organisation could cut costs and pass the benefits onto its customers ; Distributed Processing is discounting its AT adaptors to $285 from $655 . |
| 30 | Using immunohistochemistry , over expression of nuclear p53 protein has been found in 42% to 67% of carcinomas compared with 8% of adenomas and 0% of normal mucosa . |