Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [prep] [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Manufacturers ' rate of return on capital has jumped from 2% to 10% . |
| 2 | As a result , Asia 's share in world output has jumped from 7% to 18% . |
| 3 | Shares in the quoted radio stocks in 1988 outperformed the market by 100 per cent , and since March 1987 , the sector 's market value has soared from £33m to over £400m . |
| 4 | He expects profits this year of £135m and has pencilled in £150m for next year . |
| 5 | The ‘ official rate ’ of interest has fallen to 9% with effect from 6 December 1992 . |
| 6 | Its public debt has fallen to 111% of GDP from a peak of 131% in 1987 , but this is still the second highest ( behind Belgium ) of any industrial economy . |
| 7 | The share of UK demand accounted for by oil has fallen from 50% in 1973 to 37% in 1983 . |
| 8 | That , in turn , would destroy the government 's anti-inflation credentials ( inflation has fallen from 30% to less than 12% in two years ) and make higher real interest rates likely . |
| 9 | Over the past 30 years the region 's forest cover has fallen from 42% to less than 15% . |
| 10 | At the same time per capita income rose from S$1,330 to S$22,867 in 1991 , and unemployment has fallen from 11% to less than 2% . |
| 11 | Union membership has fallen from 53% of workers in 1979 to 37% now . |
| 12 | Investment in public sector housing has fallen from 27% of total dwelling investment in 1979 to only 18% in 1991 . |
| 13 | As stated above production has almost halved since 1979 and at the same time the price of its premium Bonny light crude has fallen from $40 per barrel to $28.65 and is always threatened by the North Sea producers . |
| 14 | Yet the downward trend has started ; and a Burmese economic expert reckons that last month the cost of living figure has fallen from 800% above pre-war level to 600% . |
| 15 | The level of graduate recruitment among the top eight accountancy firms has fallen by 9% over the past year , according to a survey of firms carried out by ACCOUNTANCY ( see table below ) . |
| 16 | They were asked to outline what their parties aimed to do to boost the average income of farmers , which has fallen by 18pc to the lowest level since the 1939–1945 War . |
| 17 | The number of sight tests has fallen by 21% since the introduction of charges in 1988 . |
| 18 | This attitude is behind the policy of skimping on women and children which has kept the family allowance or child benefit frozen ( its real value has fallen by 18% in the last ten years ) . |
| 19 | In the past decade , the number of jobs in Scotch Whisky companies has fallen by 40% from 26,000 to 15 . |
| 20 | Within the alcoholic drinks category , real excise duty revenue raised from Scotch Whisky has fallen by 44% since 1979 and by 26% for other spirits . |
| 21 | Although consumption has fallen by 25% since 1979 , in 1983 West Germany still imported over 100 million tonnes and remains Europe 's biggest energy importer and consumer . |
| 22 | The value of the original investment , therefore , has swollen from £145 to £7,881 . |
| 23 | HERON International chairman Gerald Ronson yesterday told the garages and property group 's bankers that its value has collapsed from £585m to £135m . |
| 24 | Since the introduction of Medicare in 1984 the proportion of the population covered by private insurance has dropped from 62% in 1983 to 42% in 1992 , with a large decrease in coverage among young people . |
| 25 | By contrast , the share of industrial economies has dropped from 73% to 54% . |
| 26 | Income has dropped by £80million in the past 2 years and travellers will have to help bail them out . |
| 27 | The improvement could allow some repayment of its long-term debt which has grown from £12.7m in 1986 to almost $69m at the end of last year . |
| 28 | During this period the number of book issues sampled from library authorities has grown from 3m to 10.6m . |
| 29 | Since then the market has grown from £12m to more than £230m , according to industry estimates . |
| 30 | The proportion of holidays of four nights and above between October and April has grown from 14% in 1976 to 22% last year , while August holidays have slipped from 24% to 20% and July from 25% to 18% . |