Example sentences of "from [noun] [adj] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Between 1979/80 and 1986/87 the DHSS subsidy to private homes increased from £10 million a year to £489 million . |
| 2 | From July 1916 a system of alternative service was introduced , enabling objectors to choose civilian work under Home Office control instead of going to jail . |
| 3 | From July 1972 a Committee of Officers met at regular intervals . |
| 4 | From January 1987 a system of periodic licensing was introduced , whereby nurses , midwives and health visitors wishing to remain on the SPR , and so maintain their eligibility to practise , must pay a periodic fee every three years . |
| 5 | Federal spending on mass public transport was set to rise slightly , from $3,200 million a year to $3,300 million by 1996 , but the overall federal funding for projects in this sector was to be cut sharply [ see budget proposals above ] . |
| 6 | Pyro buys from Dynamight Ltd a box of fireworks manufactured by Sparky Ltd . |
| 7 | The value of world trade collapsed from $3 billion a month at the start of 1929 to less than $1 billion a month by the beginning of 1933 . |
| 8 | The Government decided that it will need to increase its current level of borrowing from £50 million a day to £110 million . |
| 9 | He claimed funding at the Durham TEC would be cut by nearly £1m to £15.1m from April 1 a fall of 7.3 per cent . |
| 10 | The government attempted to dispel confusion by allowing from April 6 a certificate of language proficiency to be presented up to nine months after applying for citizenship . |
| 11 | Between 1985 and 2025 the number of pensioners was set to rise from 9 million to over 12 million ; and the total cost of pensions for the public would rise from £17 billion a year to almost £36 billion if pensions were linked with prices and to a colossal £50 billion if they were linked , as Labour wanted , to the higher of either prices or earnings . |
| 12 | In Austria the government introduced from June 1 a distinction between those asking for political asylum and other immigrants . |