Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb -s] [vb pp] from [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During this period the number of book issues sampled from library authorities has grown from 3m to 10.6m . |
| 2 | But intake of other green vegetables has increased from 0.19oz to 0.50oz per week . |
| 3 | Pupils are losing out as the cost of arson attacks on schools has doubled from £60m to £120m . |
| 4 | The number with saving goals has risen from 66% to 79% . |
| 5 | The proportion of births jointly registered by both parents has increased from 46% in 1971 to 71% in 1989 . |
| 6 | The only really significant inroad into the dominance of English in recent years has come from Spanish in the southern states of the US . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | For example , the number of female non-family households has increased from 7% to 16% of the total number of households between 1950 and 1984 ; and the prevalence of disorder is 27% for this group , compared with an average of 23.4% . |
| 9 | According to Verdict , a retail-industry analyst , the gross margin on fresh foods has increased from 21% in 1986 to 28% in 1990 . |
| 10 | Overall prevalence among 13–15 year olds has declined from 17% in 1975 , the year the ban was introduced , to 10% in 1990 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | By contrast , the share of industrial economies has dropped from 73% to 54% . |
| 13 | The real net income of a married couple on average male earnings with two children has increased from £194 in 1978-79 to £262 in 1991-92 — a rise of 35 per cent . |