Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] from [noun] [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 | To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations he has received from industrialists on Government intervention in the strategic direction and investment in companies . |
| 4 | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent representations he has received from farmers about compensation for the effects of low flying on livestock . |
| 5 | To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many representations he has received from patients about NHS trusts ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 6 | The Imperial Engineers School has grown , the Colleges of Magic have thrived , and the army has marched from victory to victory . |
| 7 | The resource cost of producing BC of the good has fallen from BCHE to BCFE , a saving of EFH . |
| 8 | Union membership has fallen from 53% of workers in 1979 to 37% now . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The value of the original investment , therefore , has swollen from £145 to £7,881 . |
| 11 | The nature of the document has varied from year to year but always involves presenting some reasonably complex material in a form that allows different readers to pursue different paths through it . |
| 12 | Figure 2.4 shows how the number of births in the United Kingdom has varied from year to year since 1964 , when it reached its highest figure since the 1920s . |
| 13 | The rate of acquisition of these various classes of assets has varied from year to year but with the exception of overseas securities holdings , which have tended to rise as a proportion of the total since 1980 , there are no significant trends . |
| 14 | The impact of the migrants has varied from country to country , but two areas which stand out as having been profoundly affected throughout the continent are housing and employment . |
| 15 | The operation of the communities of interest has varied from seeking to preserve neighbourhood cohesion or status quo ( Fineview and Charles Street Kirkbride ) to pursuing the interests of an exclusive and unrepresentative group within the neighbourhood ( such as Allegheny West , Central North Side , East Allegheny and increasingly Manchester ) . |
| 16 | The designation of zones has certainly encouraged development , but this has varied from region to region . |
| 17 | HERON International chairman Gerald Ronson yesterday told the garages and property group 's bankers that its value has collapsed from £585m to £135m . |
| 18 | By contrast , the share of industrial economies has dropped from 73% to 54% . |
| 19 | The growth has come from privatisation of services provided in the public sectors , particularly healthcare and education and from catering for the public . |
| 20 | Much of it has come from work with animals , for here it is possible to arrange particular experiences at particular ages and subsequently test for their effect on the behaviour of mature animals . |
| 21 | Xorandor explains that he lives on radioactivity , that he has come from Mars in search of food , and that he has been stealing the waste to feed himself . |
| 22 | It is not too much to say that , throughout the last three critical years in China , it is to Dr Morrison that the British public has looked from day to day for the earliest and most accurate intelligence concerning events in which the interests of this country have been so largely involved . ’ |
| 23 | This is not merely a little churlish ; it also explains why the cumulative effect of their evidence makes less — impact than it should , because it disguises the fact that the unholy alliance between the medical profession and the pharmaceutical industry has tottered from crisis to crisis now for two decades — since the thalidomide tragedy . |
| 24 | During this period the number of book issues sampled from library authorities has grown from 3m to 10.6m . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | In total our fruit consumption has risen from 61lb to 69lb per person . |
| 27 | • 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 . |
| 28 | Subscription income has risen from £778,683 to £811,942 , an increase of 4.3% . |
| 29 | The number with saving goals has risen from 66% to 79% . |
| 30 | Over the same period the outpatient cover has risen from £300 to £440 ( 49% ) . |