Example sentences of "[vb past] from [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , concern has been caused by the fact that between 1976 and 1989 the ratio of debt to personal disposable income rose from 50% to over 100% ( BEQB May 1989 ) , and since 1980 the growth in credit has substantially exceeded the growth in income . |
| 2 | When asset sales are excluded , earnings per share rose from 3.4p to 5p , a 47pc increase . |
| 3 | While there appears to be no immediate threat to Curtis 's position , there is friction between himself and Robins over the size of his income , which rose from £138,000 in the previous year . |
| 4 | In Canada , where premium income rose from $96.1m to $139.8m following the acquisition of the general insurance business of the Prudential Corporation , the deficit for the quarter was up from $2.9m to $11.8m — a relatively satisfactory performance in difficult market conditions . |
| 5 | Turnover climbed from £187.2 million to £204.5 million , while earnings per share rose from 5.8p to 6.5p . |
| 6 | When the syntactic component was switched off , the error rate rose from 4% to 30% . |
| 7 | Of unmarried women who became pregnant , the proportion who married the father before the baby was born fell from 40% in 1970 to 11% in 1988 , whereas the proportion of pregnancies terminated by abortion rose from 24% to 37% . |
| 8 | Their net confidence rose from 24% to 46% . |
| 9 | turnover rose from £947.8m in 1990 to £968m . |
| 10 | Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company reported that first half profit before tax rose from £73.1m to £101.1m . |
| 11 | Ecu bonds rose from 5% to 10% . |
| 12 | By April 1989 price controls started to crumble and monthly inflation rose from 5% in March 1989 to 73% this February . |
| 13 | Average plot prices rose from £908 in 1970 to £2676 in 1973 . |
| 14 | Third quarter replacement cost profit rose from £129m to £172m at British Petroleum , and rose by 58% to £824m at Royal Dutch/Shell Group . |
| 15 | The proportion of women having just two children , for example , rose from 28% for the 1920s generation to 43% for those born in 1945 . |
| 16 | Tipping fees at New York city 's only landfill , Fresh Kills , rose from $10 to $150 a ton between October 1991 and July 1992 ; in northern New Jersey , tipping fees have shown a similar increase . |
| 17 | Losses before tax rose from £47.9m to £146.4m in the year to 30 September 1992 at National Home Loans . |
| 18 | European profits rose from £30m to £42m . |
| 19 | First half profit before tax rose from £43.75m to £47.07m at Tomkins in spite of sales falling by 3.2% to £575.5m . |
| 20 | Earnings per share in the third quarter rose from 17.4p to 18.77p and for the nine months from 45.82p to 48.84p . |
| 21 | Earnings per share in the third quarter rose from 17.4p to 18.77p and for the nine months from 45.82p to 48.84p . |
| 22 | Glaxo rose from 799p to 812p , Wellcome put on 18 to £11.28 and Unilever ended 24 higher at 920p . |
| 23 | New statistics show average incomes rose from £338 to £343 a week ( 1.4pc after inflation ) while average spending increased to £272 from £257 a week ( 5.8pc or 2.3pc after inflation ) . |
| 24 | The public 's political knowledge appears to have increased ; the number of respondents who were able to name their own MP correctly rose from 34% in the first survey to 43% in the last . |
| 25 | Earnings per share at Shell Transport rose from 24.9p in 1991 to 32.5p last year . |
| 26 | British Telecom 's contributions rose from £750,000 to £3 million between 1988 and 1990 and those of British Gas leapt from £234,000 to £1.6 million . |
| 27 | But , even so , thanks in part to the new legislation , in part to the administrative machinery of the Court of Wards , and in part to the provision that monastic lands be sold as tenancies-in-chief , the income from feudal dues rose from £4,434 in 1542 to an average of £7,700 per annum in the first three years of Edward VI . |
| 28 | Total mortgage debt in Britain rose from 32% of GDP in 1982 to 58% in 1989 , by far the highest ratio in the big economies . |
| 29 | Revenue from monastic lands rose from £27,000 in 1552/53 , to £48,000 in 1556–7 . |
| 30 | Profits from that area rose from £34m to £53m . |