Example sentences of "it [verb] [noun] last year " in BNC.
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1 | It says sales last year rose 65% to £1.6m , with the US , Japan and the continent all chipping in , and that profits were significantly up . |
2 | He points out that under John Akers , IBM has built its desktop computing business to $8,500m in worldwide sales in 1991 , giving it 19% market share ; remained the worldwide leader in information technology revenues , at $62,800m last year up nearly 30% from $48,500m in 1985 when Akers took over ; and avoided the worst crisis that could have befallen it — which would have been to sacrifice investments in research and development for the sake of a fast buck — it spent $6,600m last year . |
3 | Though it also has been scarred by the decline of the region 's economy and property markets — it lost $48.5m last year , mainly because of bad property loans — it has suffered less than Bank of Boston . |
4 | It means divorces last year fell to 179,000 , the first time there has ever been a drop in petitions . |
5 | The group said it increased its share of deposits outside France and had been active in capital markets , where it gained notoriety last year for backing Giancarlo Paretti , the failed MGM film studio owner . |