Example sentences of "[n mass] [art] year to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vehicle excise duty — the tax disc — paid by the owners of 23 million cars , was increased by £15 a year to £125 for licences taken out in Post Offices and vehicle registration offices from today . |
| 2 | The former boxer and founder of the Spud-U-Hate fast-food chain saw his salary rise from £515,000 a year to £606,000 . |
| 3 | Several concessions have also been made in relation to capital gains tax : the amount of gain allowed tax free has risen from £1,000 a year to £5,000 a year and this allowance now applies to all gains , not just small gains as was formerly the case . |
| 4 | The small firm faces an increase in rateable value from £250 a year to £3,000 a year . |
| 5 | The deal cut its debt-servicing cost from $150m a year to $40m . |
| 6 | Public money will be used to lend up to £420 a year to students in full-time higher education , which they will pay back at an inflation-linked rate of interest . |
| 7 | North Sioux City , South Dakota-based Gateway 2000 Inc reports net sales the year to January 31 were $1,100m , up about 76% on the 1991 figure ; pre-tax profit was up some 77% to $106m , the company said , adding that it expanded its workforce 43% to 1,847 in 1992 and intends to hire more people and to expand its product line and geographic reach . |
| 8 | ( A Dornier 228 flies 4,000 people a year to Vila Real and Lisbon . ) |
| 9 | The salaries of the Top Ten water company chairmen range from £51,000 a year to £160,000 — a 290 per cent surge since sell-off . |