Example sentences of "[verb] from [n mass] [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turnover rose from £424.2 million to £521.8 million , while earnings per share fell only 2 per cent , from 40p to 39.2p , because of the smaller number of shares in issue . |
| 2 | The £33 million acquisition of ‘ black box ’ crash recorder maker Penny & Giles last year added £1.6 million to trading profits which rose from £36.9 million to £40.9 million . |
| 3 | Between 1967 and 1974 net US receipts of profits and interest rose from $5.3 billion to $15.5 billion . |
| 4 | In the US , profits rose from £3 million to £24 million , despite further heavy losses on hurricane insurance . |
| 5 | The group 's turnover rose from £8.1 million to £9.66 million and a final dividend of 9p a share was declared . |
| 6 | The group 's turnover rose from £8.1 million to £9.66 million and a final dividend of 9p a share was declared . |
| 7 | Between 1981/2 and 1988/9 real expenditure ( taking inflation into account ) on income-related benefits for lone parents rose from £1.4 billion to £3.2 billion ( DSS , 1990a ) . |
| 8 | Though turnover rose from £281 million to £621 million , the company was hit by losses on the sale of Ultramar 's refining and marketing business and a write-down of asset values based on lower oil price expectations . |
| 9 | However , while worldwide general losses rose from £58 million to £110 million , the UK motor and domestic insurance business increased profits from £2 million to £33 million . |
| 10 | Profits from food distribution rose from £6.8 million to £7.0 million with the US business , Martin-Bowers , gaining from new accounts won during the year . |
| 11 | He became Chairman seven years later ; under his chairmanship profits rose from £1 million to £60 million , making him by far the most successful businessman in the East Riding . |
| 12 | Losses on reinsurance business doubled to £79 million , the estate agencies suffered a drop in revenue from £121 million to £104 million and losses rose from £19 million to £33 million . |
| 13 | Funds under management rose from £25 billion to £31 billion over the year . |
| 14 | It made £818,000 before tax in 1992 on turnover which rose from £12.3 million to £13 million . |
| 15 | Estimates of the cost of covering the tailings lake with soil varied from £2 million to £7 million . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | MT 's 20 losers , whose collective worth dropped from £2.8 billion to £455 million , would no doubt agree |
| 18 | Prime 's third quarter revenues dropped from $391 million to $358 million , while a profit of $12 million turned into a $105 million loss . |
| 19 | Earnings per share rose from 1.4p to 2p , though turnover dropped from £209.7 million to £174 million . |
| 20 | Pre-tax profits more than quadrupled from £5 million to over £20 million from 1984 — 5 to 1987 — 8 . |
| 21 | Estimated costs of the additions ranged from $300 million to $800 million . |
| 22 | Profits there sank from £30.1 million to £28.3 million , though there were better results in the US . |
| 23 | Profits were boosted by an interest charge slashed from £9.9 million to £4 million as a result of measures to cut debts . |
| 24 | The funding for the survey 's marine programme was slashed from $24 million to $13 million a year — money intended for both the Atlantic and the Pacific sections . |
| 25 | Section 4 assistance to the industry has tripled from £1 million to nearly £33 million during the same period and has been of great advantage to the economy of Wales . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Pre-tax profits slumped from £25.0 million to £8.1 million in the 12 months to December . |
| 28 | Profits slumped from £109 million to £38 million in the six months to last March . |
| 29 | In the same period , civil legal aid has moved from £15.7 million to £16.5 million , a fall of nearly 20 per cent in real terms . |
| 30 | Meanwhile farm groups say that the drought will cost tens of thousands of jobs , and economic losses ranging from $580 million to $4 billion . |