Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] by [n mass] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although tax consultancy fee income rose by 3% to £105m , this compares with a total increase of 134% over the previous three years . |
| 2 | They are all junior high school students , visiting Britain and Ireland through the ‘ Citizen Ambassador ’ programme run by People to People International . |
| 3 | Turnover grew by 6% to £1,854m . |
| 4 | UK turnover grew by 75% to £47.7m with the installed base topping the 600 mark — Sequent UK firm shipped 30 top-end Symmetry 2000/750 system in 1992 . |
| 5 | One sometimes gets the impression that IBM Corp is more solicitous over the needs of its Stamford , Connecticut-based IBM Credit Corp subsidiary than it is over its own , and yesterday , in the wake of the parent 's big $285m loss , IBM Credit was able to announce that profits actually rose 0.3% at $58.3m ; the return on average equity was 20.2% , compared with 21.3% in the first quarter of 1992 and in the first three months of 1993 , IBM Credit originated financing for $1,700m of equipment , software and services for IBM 's customers and distribution channels , down 22% on the figure for the first quarter 1992 — financing for end users decreased by 45% to $600m while financing for distribution channels decreased by 1% to $1,100 , the company noted . |
| 6 | PRE-TAX LOSS IMPROVES BY $45.5M TO $29.2M ( 1991 : $74.7M LOSS ) |
| 7 | The total number of buyout and buy-in transactions in the first half of 1992 , at 301 completions , was virtually identical to that in the same period in 1991 , although the total value of transactions rose by 40% to £1.65bn . |
| 8 | First half profit before tax at British Telecom fell by 36% to £1.03bn . |
| 9 | Net investment income increases by 6% to $464.8m . |
| 10 | Interim profit before tax rose by 24% to £68.4m at Northern Foods . |
| 11 | First half profit before tax rose by 52% to £39.5m at Northern Electric ; the company announced it would reduce its tariffs by an average of 2.7% from 1993 . |
| 12 | First quarter profit before tax rose by 62% to £40.1m at Waste Management International . |
| 13 | First half profit before tax rose by 20% to £46.5m at United Newspapers . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | First half profit before tax rose by 9% to £100.2m at Anglian Water and by 25% to £39.2m at Northumbrian Water . |
| 16 | Third quarter profit before tax rose by 9% to £571m at Unilever . |
| 17 | First half profit before tax rose by 23% to £160m at Vodafone and by 8% to £378m at Cable and Wireless , whose figure was once again helped by strong results from Mercury which reported a 36% increase in trading profits to £94m . |
| 18 | Bowater announced that first half profit before tax rose by 19% to £62.4m . |
| 19 | First half profit before tax rose by 11% to £369m at Lloyds Bank , by 109% to £211m at National Westminster Bank , and fell by 23% to £64m at Standard Chartered . |
| 20 | Glaxo announced that profit before tax rose by 11% to £1.29bn in the year to 30 June . |
| 21 | First half profit before tax rose by 28% to £117.1m at Inchcape . |
| 22 | First half profit before tax rose by 28% to £60.6m at MB-Caradon . |
| 23 | Harrisons and Crosfield reported that half year profit before tax rose by 12% to £40.6m . |
| 24 | Interim profit before tax rose by 17% to £84.7m at Burmah Castrol . |
| 25 | Prudential Corporation reported that first half profit before tax rose by 46% to £249m . |
| 26 | Third quarter profit before tax rose by 8% to £272m at SmithKline Beecham . |
| 27 | Cadbury Schweppes announced that first half profit before tax rose by 13% to £126m ; eps was 10.27p ( v 10.16p ) . |
| 28 | In the year to 30 June profit before tax rose by 7% to £71.2m at MAI . |
| 29 | Half year profit before tax rose by 26% to £33m at BBA and rose by 37% to £65.1m at GKN . |
| 30 | In the year to 30 September , profit before tax rose by 65% to £54.5m at Securicor . |