Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] from [n mass] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Manufacturers ' rate of return on capital has jumped from 2% to 10% . |
| 2 | As a result , Asia 's share in world output has jumped from 7% to 18% . |
| 3 | Union membership has fallen from 53% of workers in 1979 to 37% now . |
| 4 | As stated above production has almost halved since 1979 and at the same time the price of its premium Bonny light crude has fallen from $40 per barrel to $28.65 and is always threatened by the North Sea producers . |
| 5 | The value of the original investment , therefore , has swollen from £145 to £7,881 . |
| 6 | HERON International chairman Gerald Ronson yesterday told the garages and property group 's bankers that its value has collapsed from £585m to £135m . |
| 7 | By contrast , the share of industrial economies has dropped from 73% to 54% . |
| 8 | During this period the number of book issues sampled from library authorities has grown from 3m to 10.6m . |
| 9 | The level at which tax becomes payable has risen from £25,000 to £110,000 and the rates have been changed from an amount varying between 10 per cent and 75 per cent , to a single rate of 40 per cent . |
| 10 | In total our fruit consumption has risen from 61lb to 69lb per person . |
| 11 | • The ratio of duty on spirits to duty on wine has worsened from 1:1.65 in 1979 to 1:1.80 today , and the amount of duty on a 70cl bottle of Scotch Whisky — today 's standard size — has risen from £2.95 to £5.55 . |
| 12 | Subscription income has risen from £778,683 to £811,942 , an increase of 4.3% . |
| 13 | The number with saving goals has risen from 66% to 79% . |
| 14 | Over the same period the outpatient cover has risen from £300 to £440 ( 49% ) . |
| 15 | While turnover overall has advanced from £46.09m to £55.37m , reflecting the inclusion of BMK for a 10 month period , comparable turnover year on year was down 11% . |
| 16 | Short-term mortality among patients admitted to hospital with community-acquired pneumonia has ranged from 6% to 33% . |
| 17 | A 20-a-day man or woman has spent from £360 to £713 a year on fags over the past 10 years . |
| 18 | Geoff Williams , another former holder , and Phil Whitlock , an England international , have both declined to play because they are disappointed with the marketing of the championships and by the fact that the prize fund has descended from £16,780 to £9,000 despite the presence of television . |
| 19 | Geoff Williams , another former holder , and Phil Whitlock , an England international , have both declined to play because they are disappointed with the marketing of the championships and by the fact that the prize fund has descended from £16,780 to £9,000 despite the presence of television . |
| 20 | The value of the project has increased from £3m to £8m . |
| 21 | Gas demand has increased from 12% to 16% of total energy consumed over the same period but the major energy source remains coal at nearly 60% of demand in 1983 . |
| 22 | But intake of other green vegetables has increased from 0.19oz to 0.50oz per week . |
| 23 | For example , the number of female non-family households has increased from 7% to 16% of the total number of households between 1950 and 1984 ; and the prevalence of disorder is 27% for this group , compared with an average of 23.4% . |
| 24 | The total amount of vegetables we each eat per year since 1982 has gone from 221lb to 204lb . |
| 25 | The number of drawings sold has increased from eight to ten , but the total value has decreased from £5,600 to £4,400 . |
| 26 | Decorative has improved from 50% to 90% |
| 27 | Pupils are losing out as the cost of arson attacks on schools has doubled from £60m to £120m . |
| 28 | But according to chairman D J Dace , without exchange rate variations , sales would actually have fallen from £2.7m to £54.6m . |
| 29 | Capital employed increased from £152000 to £591 000 , and the return on capital employed , ( ROCE ) from only 30% in 1982 to 74% by 1984 . |
| 30 | And interest in watching Commons TV declined over time ; the numbers who said they would be or were ‘ very interested ’ in watching dropped from 24% before televising started to 10% after three months , with a corresponding rise in those who said they were ‘ not at all interested ’ from 18% to 30% . |