Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] from [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the corner of the dark kitchen sat the child , crooning to herself , eating dried crusts of mud and dung fallen from people 's boots as they tramped in and out . |
| 2 | Compared with the first five months of 1990 , exports dropped from $3,050 million to $1,460 million , and imports from US$4,110 million to US$1,590 million . |
| 3 | Our objective was to identify and characterise anything unusual in the loch , so we had first to define the sonar characteristics or the things we knew were there : notably to establish the position , strength and movement of signals received from fish . |
| 4 | Beverley Allitt 's weight dropped from 13st to 7st before the start of her trial at Nottingham Crown Court and defence barrister James Hunt QC told the jury she is suffering from severe anorexia . |
| 5 | Beverley Allitt 's weight dropped from 13st to 7st before the start of her trial at Nottingham Crown Court and a defence barrister , James Hunt , QC , told the jury she was suffering from severe anorexia . |
| 6 | Earnings per share rose from 1.4p to 2p , though turnover dropped from £209.7 million to £174 million . |
| 7 | In those years , the Communist vote dropped from 80% to less than 10% . |
| 8 | Even as American investment slumped from £100 million annually at its peak to around £30 million at the beginning or the 1970s , the US companies were still doing a lot more for the British film industry than the British seemed able to do for themselves . |
| 9 | Limited Edition silk ties reduced from £55 to £29 , cashmere scarves down from £89 to Pounds 49 . |
| 10 | The loss per share rose last year from 0.4p to 12.4p as turnover dipped from £87.2 million to £83.3 million , in spite of production being maintained at about 24,000 barrels per day , which is forecast to rise by 60 per cent over the next 12 months . |
| 11 | Turnover dipped from £1.98 billion to £1.9 billion . |
| 12 | Reductions include tiles down from £40 to £15 , murals reduced from £500 to £100 and upwards . |
| 13 | Between 1979/80 and 1986/87 the DHSS subsidy to private homes increased from £10 million a year to £489 million . |
| 14 | From August 1982 to August 1984 , GKR 's turnover increased from £963000 to £2.5m. , and profits from £46000 to £439000 . |
| 15 | Turnover increased from £81.6m to £106.1m in the same period . |
| 16 | Earnings per share plunged to 1.7p , from 17.4p , though turnover increased from £347.4 million to £389.4 million . |
| 17 | Trading profits for the six months increased from £6.9million to £8.36million , but profit from property sell-offs fell and interest charges jumped from £32,000 to £461,000 , leaving pre-tax profits just £274,000 ahead at £9.4million . |
| 18 | This followed a rise in the average loss on each tonne of coal from FFr 101.64 in 1980 to FFr 195 in 1983 while state aid increased from FFr 3.9 billion in 1980 to FFr 6.5 billion by 1983 . |
| 19 | Turnover charged from £495m to £524m and earnings per share climbed from 3.5p to 5.1p . |
| 20 | In total numbers the army of officialdom increased from 1.3m to 1.7m between 1960 and 1975 [ Bacon and Eltis , 1974 ; Eltis , 1979 ] . |
| 21 | Morphine , methadone and cocaine taken from Salmon and Atkinson , Stockton , could have a street value of between £4,000 to £5,000 . |
| 22 | On the state of the oriental market in London at present , Roger Keverne , director of the recently-opened New Oriental Gallery in Davies Street commented that , ‘ there are people out there who will pay for quality ’ while noting that his opening exhibition in December carried a wide range of objects priced from £500 to £55,000 . |
| 23 | Forty-five dealers will be present with objects priced from £150 to £250,000 . |
| 24 | Half of the patients are taking dummy capsules … the other half are taking a drug made from fish oil . |
| 25 | Operating profits from the construction division slumped from £13.1 million to £1.5 million , with turnover and margins adversely affected especially on construction tenders . |
| 26 | Friesian bulls made from £98 to £103.50 per 100k for 860k at £890 . |
| 27 | Several silver Albert chains made from £100 to £130 . |
| 28 | Farm income slumped from 16% of national income in 1919 to 9% in 1929 . |
| 29 | 2.8 " Insured Risks " means fire [ lightning explosion aircraft ( including articles dropped from aircraft ) riot civil commotion malicious persons earthquake storm tempest flood bursting and overflowing of water pipes tanks and other apparatus and impact by road vehicles ] and such other risks as the Landlord from time to time in [ its ] absolute discretion may think fit to insure against |
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