Example sentences of "lifted [prep] [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Shareholders benefit from a dividend total lifted from 18.8p in 1991 to 19.1p , after a final of 12.9p , but holders of L&G investment policies will not do so well . |
2 | At the same time , the Chancellor announced that with immediate effect the threshold for the 1 per cent stamp duty charged on houses would be lifted from £30,000 to £60,000 , which will cut the cost of buying a £60,000 home by £600 . |
3 | Thailand 's GDP per head , for example , is lifted from $1,780 to $1,580 . |
4 | With £10.8m cash under its belt , and earnings up 7 p.c. to 12½p a share , the payout is being lifted from 4.31p to 43/4p , with a 3.3p final on July 7 . |
5 | The dividend total is being lifted from 17.44p to 18p , with a 12.33p final on July 24 . |
6 | Earnings per share rose by 4.7 per cent to 33.1p before exceptionals , and a final dividend lifted by 0.5p to 9p raises the total by 5.4 per cent , from 13p to 13.7p . |
7 | But given ‘ the improvement in the underlying profitability of the group ’ , a final dividend lifted by 0.5p to 14p raises the total from 21p to 21.5p . |