Example sentences of "[being] [vb pp] from [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is strongly rumoured that the eligibility ceiling for the increased aid formerly available to ‘ Objective One ’ areas is being raised from 75 to 80 per cent , thus allowing the Highlands and Islands to scrape into consideration . |
| 2 | This research has been criticized partly because it is American evidence and partly because the American rates were slashed by 23% over three years with the top personal rate being reduced from 70 to 50% whilst the UK moved from 60 to 40% in just one year . |
| 3 | CSTK had reported on Sept. 24 that the number of Slovak ministries was being reduced from 17 to 13 . |
| 4 | Paternity leave is also being increased from three to five days . |
| 5 | While the Grand Challenge Cup remains the blue riband open event , the Ladies ' Plate reverts to its 1984 qualification , being open to student clubs , with composite crews only admitted from colleges of a single university or two or more schools , and entries being cut from 32 to 16 . |
| 6 | It has also made more conservative estimates of reserves in some of its fields , though the impact was reduced by last week 's Budget announcement that petroleum revenue tax was being cut from 75 to 50 per cent . |
| 7 | On Sept. 14 the Bundesbank announced that its discount rate was being cut from 8.75 to 8.25 per cent and the key Lombard rate from 9.75 to 9.5 per cent . |
| 8 | Production is being doubled from 300 to 600 cars a week to meet the growing demand and Rover needs the extra staff to take on the extra shifts . |
| 9 | This did not save him from being imprisoned from 1661 to 1667 on suspicion of plotting against Charles II . |