Example sentences of "have [verb] [prep] [n mass] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Operating profits of the Imperial cigarettes to Butterley bricks giant have soared from £955m to £1.07bn for the year to September 1992 , and this year should be just as buoyant . |
| 2 | The sum lent by Macrae is not known and reports have varied from £5,000 to £15,000 . |
| 3 | The prices of French properties have dropped by 20% to 30% from their peak , but the appreciation of the franc against the pound has added 10% plus to French prices in sterling terms . |
| 4 | View from City Road page 27 Tunnel shock : Eurotunnel , the Anglo-French consortium which will operate the twin-rail tunnel when it enters service in June 1993 , announced that costs have risen by £2.2bn to £7bn . |
| 5 | The costs of the preferred British Rail route have risen from £1.7bn to between £3.5bn and £4bn partly because of extra tunnelling insisted upon by ministers after protests in south London and Kent . |
| 6 | Professional Fees have risen from £10,000 to nearly £42,000 largely because of the need to employ solicitors , surveyors and agents for the move of the Council 's offices to Bedford Row . |
| 7 | Once known primarily as the wife of Diego Rivera , her reputation outside of Mexico now far supercedes his : since 1919 , sale room estimates of her work have risen from $40,000 to over $1 million , and in 1990 a work by Kahlo broke all records at Sotheby 's New York for a Latin American artist . |
| 8 | Since Intrum first offered its shares to investors two years ago the Stock Market has slumped while Intrum 's shares have risen from 81p to 87p . |
| 9 | Throughout the ages , artists have turned on people to knowledge . |
| 10 | Throughout the ages , artists have turned on people to knowledge . |
| 11 | Cash is up from £16m to £24m , and net assets have grown from £145m to £169m . |
| 12 | Since 1987 , the group 's dividends per share have grown from 4.6p to 11.85p in 1992 — a 158% increase . |
| 13 | Sales of the product , whose yellow capsules contain natural minerals and vitamins to alleviate ailments ranging from pre-menstrual tension to lack of energy , have crashed by 30% to £1.9m . |
| 14 | An RSPB survey shows the populations of lapwing and snipe have declined by over half , curlew by a third while ouzel numbers have crashed by 70% to just 18 pairs . |
| 15 | By contrast disabled people and our organisations have called for staff to be paid proper wages . |
| 16 | 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% . |
| 17 | Secondly , we have increased from £1,000 to £2,000 the charge under the Immigration ( Carriers ' Liability ) Act 1987 for bringing improperly documented passengers to Britain . |
| 18 | Since 1985 the white grapes of this village have been elevated to grand cru status , but , while its black grapes have increased from 90% to 95% échelle , they maintain the rank of premier cru . |
| 19 | Pre-tax profits for the year to October have climbed from £23.7m to £26.3m , with a lot of the impetus stemming from cost cutting and improved productivity . |
| 20 | Profits of the Bisto-to-Mr-Kipling-cakes giant have nose-dived from £150m to just over £92m with big bites taken out of both bread and cakes . |