Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [prep] [no cls] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First half profit before tax rose by 20% to £257.1m at Marks and Spencer , by 15.6% to £187.8m at Boots and by 19% to £391m at J Sainsbury ; eps rose by 10.8% to 14.99p . |
| 2 | Turnover rose by 24.1% to £254.3m , while pre-tax profits rose 27.2% to £41.6m — after gains of £6.4m from the sale of corporation tax credits . |
| 3 | The data were collected over a 22 year period during which the frequency of diagnosis of endometriosis increased dramatically , with , for example , the reported incidence at time of laparoscopic sterilisation rising from <5% to 18% . |
| 4 | First half profit before tax at VSEL Consortium rose by 15.6% to £25.9m . |
| 5 | Software revenues rose by 1.1% to $2,520m , but maintenance was off 5.1% to $1,800m ; services were the star performer , rising 48% to $1,900m , but the jury is still out and there is a great deal of scepticism that the company can actually make money on all those facilities management contracts . |
| 6 | Software revenues rose by 1.1% to $2,520m , but maintenance was off 5.1% to $1,800m ; services were the star performer , rising 48% to $1,900m , but the jury is still out and there is a great deal of scepticism that the company can actually make money on all those facilities management contracts . |
| 7 | Profit before tax at Bass rose by 16.5% to £501m in the year to 30 September 1992 . |
| 8 | First half profit before tax rose by 14.6% to £27.5m at BPB Industries ; eps fell from 3.9p to 3.7p . |
| 9 | Although first half profit before tax rose by 22.7% to £227m at British Airways , second quarter profits fell from £176m to £136m . |
| 10 | In the year to 31 May , W H Smith Group 's profit before tax rose by 26.6% to £112.7m . |
| 11 | Profit before tax fell by 72.8% to £22.5m in the year to 31 July ; eps fell by 90.1% to 0.8p . |
| 12 | Third quarter profit before tax fell by 52.5% to £93m at Imperial Chemical Industries ; 80% of its turnover is now generated outside the UK . |
| 13 | Earnings rose by 6.9% to £40.4 million , giving earnings per share of 6.8p , the same as last year after adjusting for the bonus element of the Rights Issue of 114 million shares in May . |
| 14 | During 1992 , the proportion of female to male company secretaries and investor relations officers rose by 1.5% to 7% and by over 4% to 17% respectively . |
| 15 | Net per share rose by 4.9% to $0.43 . |
| 16 | Net per share rose by 92.3% to $0.25 . |
| 17 | Net per share rose by 76.2% to $0.37 . |
| 18 | Net per share rose by 44.7% to $0.55 . |
| 19 | Net earnings per share rose by 48.9% to $0.70 in the quarter , and by 45% to $1.87 in the nine months . |
| 20 | Net earnings per share rose by 416.7% to $0.31 in the quarter . |
| 21 | Net per share rose by 63.9% to $0.59 . |
| 22 | Net per share rose by 22.2% to $0.11 . |
| 23 | Net per share rose by 27.8% to $0.23 . |
| 24 | Net per share rose by 66.7% to $0.05 . |
| 25 | Net per share rose by 28.6% to $0.09 . |
| 26 | Net per share rose by 38.9% to $0.25 . |
| 27 | Net earnings per share rose by 7.6% to $0.85 in the quarter , and fell by 7.2% to $2.18 in the year . |
| 28 | Net earnings per share rose by 633.3% to $0.44 . |
| 29 | Net earnings per share rose by 3.3% to $0.31 in the quarter , and fell by 1.3% to $0.76 in the nine months . |
| 30 | Net per share rose by 36.4% to $0.30 . |