Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] from [noun] [prep] [n mass] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Strong figures are due from Eastern Electricity on Thursday with profits set to rise from £15.4m to £24m , while top-end estimates for Scottish Hydro-Electric are heading for £40m-£50m , up from £27m last year . |
| 2 | The R4000 SuperMax comes in an eight CPU configuration and incorporates up to eight disk controllers , 20Gb disk and can support up to 1,000 workstations — prices start go from £30,000 to £300,000 . |
| 3 | You choose the amount you wish to invest from £5,000 to £100,000 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The sum lent by Macrae is not known and reports have varied from £5,000 to £15,000 . |
| 6 | Since Intrum first offered its shares to investors two years ago the Stock Market has slumped while Intrum 's shares have risen from 81p to 87p . |
| 7 | Cash is up from £16m to £24m , and net assets have grown from £145m to £169m . |
| 8 | Since 1987 , the group 's dividends per share have grown from 4.6p to 11.85p in 1992 — a 158% increase . |
| 9 | 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% . |
| 10 | In a few hundreds , or at most thousands , of years we have gone from wolf to Pekinese , Bulldog , Chihuahua and Saint Bernard . |
| 11 | Secondly , we have increased from £1,000 to £2,000 the charge under the Immigration ( Carriers ' Liability ) Act 1987 for bringing improperly documented passengers to Britain . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |