Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [vb pp] [prep] [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once known primarily as the wife of Diego Rivera , her reputation outside of Mexico now far supercedes his : since 1919 , sale room estimates of her work have risen from $40,000 to over $1 million , and in 1990 a work by Kahlo broke all records at Sotheby 's New York for a Latin American artist . |
| 2 | Earnings per share in the year to 31 January have slumped to 21.75p from 24.87p , and the trust management will have to dip into revenue reserves just to meet the board 's own proposed final dividend of 17p . |
| 3 | Mortgage rates are now at their lowest for 25 years and UK incomes have risen by 50pc since 1987 , although the rate of growth has been considerably slower in Northern Ireland . |
| 4 | By contrast disabled people and our organisations have called for staff to be paid proper wages . |
| 5 | View from City Road page 27 Tunnel shock : Eurotunnel , the Anglo-French consortium which will operate the twin-rail tunnel when it enters service in June 1993 , announced that costs have risen by £2.2bn to £7bn . |
| 6 | Numbers of senior house officers have risen by 14% in three years — far more than was intended — and , by not substantially reducing the number of registrars , JPAC has failed to keep to its terms of reference . |
| 7 | Since 1987 , the group 's dividends per share have grown from 4.6p to 11.85p in 1992 — a 158% increase . |
| 8 | Pre-tax profits for the year to October have climbed from £23.7m to £26.3m , with a lot of the impetus stemming from cost cutting and improved productivity . |
| 9 | The prices of French properties have dropped by 20% to 30% from their peak , but the appreciation of the franc against the pound has added 10% plus to French prices in sterling terms . |
| 10 | Real wages in Australia have fallen by 5% over the past seven years ; in Britain they have risen by almost 20% . |
| 11 | Operating profits of the Imperial cigarettes to Butterley bricks giant have soared from £955m to £1.07bn for the year to September 1992 , and this year should be just as buoyant . |
| 12 | Profits of the Bisto-to-Mr-Kipling-cakes giant have nose-dived from £150m to just over £92m with big bites taken out of both bread and cakes . |
| 13 | The shares plunged 18p to 266p on news that profits have fallen to £91m from £93.7m . |
| 14 | Profits have fallen from £322m for 1990 as the company , which operates textile , cleaning , security , distribution , plant , personnel , catering , joinery and facilities management businesses , rebuilds . |
| 15 | Its operating profits have increased by 20% from £22.5 million to £27.1 million . |
| 16 | And with glass volumes down , prices have tumbled by 20pc in the three main markets Britain , Germany and America . |
| 17 | Prices have fallen from £700 per drive to under £300 in the past two years and could fall to perhaps £100 , forced down by competition from Asian producers . |
| 18 | The proportion of holidays of four nights and above between October and April has grown from 14% in 1976 to 22% last year , while August holidays have slipped from 24% to 20% and July from 25% to 18% . |
| 19 | Prices for Matisse 's graphic work mainly lithographs which he created on and off throughout his life have climbed by 420% since 1975 . |
| 20 | Since 1985 the white grapes of this village have been elevated to grand cru status , but , while its black grapes have increased from 90% to 95% échelle , they maintain the rank of premier cru . |
| 21 | Though we maintain a relatively small profession in the UK , our numbers have increased by 28% over the last five years and the number of actuarial students is up by 45% . |
| 22 | An RSPB survey shows the populations of lapwing and snipe have declined by over half , curlew by a third while ouzel numbers have crashed by 70% to just 18 pairs . |
| 23 | In the three years since 1983 sixth form numbers have dropped by 13% from 40,055 to 34,961 with a staying on rate of 33% ( as against the national average of 31 |
| 24 | Cash is up from £16m to £24m , and net assets have grown from £145m to £169m . |
| 25 | Arrests have risen by 41pc since the introduction of Metro Police . |
| 26 | Professional Fees have risen from £10,000 to nearly £42,000 largely because of the need to employ solicitors , surveyors and agents for the move of the Council 's offices to Bedford Row . |
| 27 | However , billings have risen to £1.06m. for the year ended 30 June 1987 , reflecting a dramatic recovery . |
| 28 | The sum lent by Macrae is not known and reports have varied from £5,000 to £15,000 . |
| 29 | Tea prices in London have fallen by 30% from a three-year peak in January . |
| 30 | In contrast , investment income has risen to 6pc from 3.5pc , and social-security benefits have risen to 13pc from 8pc . |