Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] from [noun] to [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beverley Allitt 's weight dropped from 13st to 7st before the start of her trial at Nottingham Crown Court and defence barrister James Hunt QC told the jury she is suffering from severe anorexia . |
| 2 | Beverley Allitt 's weight dropped from 13st to 7st before the start of her trial at Nottingham Crown Court and a defence barrister , James Hunt , QC , told the jury she was suffering from severe anorexia . |
| 3 | Limited Edition silk ties reduced from £55 to £29 , cashmere scarves down from £89 to Pounds 49 . |
| 4 | Reductions include tiles down from £40 to £15 , murals reduced from £500 to £100 and upwards . |
| 5 | From August 1982 to August 1984 , GKR 's turnover increased from £963000 to £2.5m. , and profits from £46000 to £439000 . |
| 6 | Turnover increased from £81.6m to £106.1m in the same period . |
| 7 | Trading profits for the six months increased from £6.9million to £8.36million , but profit from property sell-offs fell and interest charges jumped from £32,000 to £461,000 , leaving pre-tax profits just £274,000 ahead at £9.4million . |
| 8 | Turnover charged from £495m to £524m and earnings per share climbed from 3.5p to 5.1p . |
| 9 | In total numbers the army of officialdom increased from 1.3m to 1.7m between 1960 and 1975 [ Bacon and Eltis , 1974 ; Eltis , 1979 ] . |
| 10 | On the state of the oriental market in London at present , Roger Keverne , director of the recently-opened New Oriental Gallery in Davies Street commented that , ‘ there are people out there who will pay for quality ’ while noting that his opening exhibition in December carried a wide range of objects priced from £500 to £55,000 . |
| 11 | Forty-five dealers will be present with objects priced from £150 to £250,000 . |
| 12 | Friesian bulls made from £98 to £103.50 per 100k for 860k at £890 . |
| 13 | Several silver Albert chains made from £100 to £130 . |
| 14 | Several more pens sold from £39 to £42.10 each . |
| 15 | Heavy lambs sold from £36 to £40.40 for 23k from J Porter , Poyntzpass . |
| 16 | Shower cubicle reduced from £300 to £150 . |
| 17 | CDs reduced from £12.99 to £10.99 , albums and tapes by 10-15 per cent . |
| 18 | Child 's desk reduced from £29.99 to £19.99 , Thunderbirds playsuits down £6 to £6.99 . |
| 19 | Denim dungarees reduced from £36.99 to £29.99 . |
| 20 | Winter scarves reduced from £3.99 to £1.99 or three for £5 . |
| 21 | Also , the proportion of households containing one person living alone increased between 1981 and 1991 from 22% to 26% , and the proportion of households containing only one adult and at least one child increased from 2% to 4% . |
| 22 | Good-quality lambs cleared from 158p to 164p , with plainer lots from 150p . |
| 23 | Store lambs cleared from £25 to £29.70 each . |
| 24 | At the Bridgend market Highland stirks sold from £3 to £4–10–0 and two-year-olds £5 to £8 . |
| 25 | Babies ' cerise-and-navy striped playsuit reduced from £16.99 to £10.99 . |
| 26 | Pinstripe jacket down from £69.99 to £34.95 , trousers reduced from £34.95 to £19.95 , waistcoats from £29.99 to £19.95 . |
| 27 | Silk trouser suits and jackets down from £89.95 to £39.95 , trousers reduced from £112 to £49.95 . |
| 28 | Offers include Tanglewood acoustic guitars reduced from £99.95 to £59.95 , Alto saxophones reduced from £630 to £450 . |
| 29 | First half losses before tax increased from £17.7m to £30.6m at Ratners ; Gerald Ratner received much criticism and there were calls for his resignation at the company 's agm . |
| 30 | Income tax brackets were to be reduced from 11 to three , with the rate for the upper bracket cut from 60 to 40 per cent and the ceiling of tax exempted income raised from $3,105 to $4,140 . |