Example sentences of "[noun pl] fell [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rentals and financing revenues fell 12% to $1,087m . |
| 2 | Rentals and financing revenues fell 12% to $1,087m . |
| 3 | The weakest performers were Pegasus Group with turnover down 35% to £9m and BBB Design where revenues fell 34% to £2m . |
| 4 | Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG limped in with its first half figures two days after its parent reported , complaining that falling computer prices would lead to a a fall in turnover of around $635m — that 's one billion marks — in the business year to September 30 : the company belatedly responded to Reuter 's inquiries after the announcement of the parent 's figures by saying that Nixdorf first half sales fell 9% to $3,555m and that orders fell 5% to $3,620m ; it would not forecast the group 's earnings but pointed to earlier company predictions of a slight improvement this year last year 's $326m loss . |
| 5 | Trading profit at GrandMet 's food businesses in America , which include Pillsbury and Haagen-Dazs fell 15% to £181m . |
| 6 | Pre-tax profits fell 20pc to £152.7m from £190.2m , a strong result considering that provisions soared to £105m from £44m last year . |
| 7 | The design and building of a series of new prisons and detention centres , the first comprehensive programme since Victorian times , was embarked upon following Butler 's initiative , but after the early stages fell prey to cutbacks for economic reasons . |
| 8 | Shipments by the Japanese personal computer industry fell again in the year to March 31 , extending the then unprecedented decline of the previous year : total personal computer and peripheral shipments fell 10% in value to $9,540m , the Japan Electronic Industries Development Association said ; the previous fiscal , sales fell 7% ; domestic ships fell 13% to $7,065m , but exports were less hit , falling 1% to $2,448m ; exports of notebook computers grew particularly well . |
| 9 | Christies fell 7p to 310p . |
| 10 | One theory police are working on is that the women fell victim to bandits from Mozambique which , until recently , had been torn apart by civil war . |
| 11 | The shares fell 1½p to 6p . |
| 12 | Sun Alliance shares fell 16p to 310p . |
| 13 | Earnings per share more than doubled , from 8p to 19.2p , but the shares fell 12p to 101p. — PA |
| 14 | The board says it expects to hold the total dividend for the year to April at 8.3p , and the shares fell 12p to 288p on the cash-call news . |
| 15 | Owners ' shares fell 12p to 126p , while Airtours ' lost 11p to 327p . |
| 16 | The shares fell 1p to 108p . |
| 17 | The shares fell 3p to 276p yesterday , in line with the market , and Ian Wild , of brokers Barclays de Zoete Wedd , said there had been no great surprises in the figures . |
| 18 | The shares fell 3p to 224p . |
| 19 | Shares fell 3p to 105p . |
| 20 | Shares fell 32p to 53p . |
| 21 | Sequent Computer Systems Inc shares fell $1.75 to $19.125 late Monday last week after the company said Jay Richards resigned as chief operating officer and senior vice-president : he says he 's off to pursue other interests . |
| 22 | Tomkins shares fell 7p to 276p on fears it is planning to mount a bid . |
| 23 | British Telecommunications Plc said yesterday it plans to start selling satellite dishes and receivers by Christmas , making the move since it is one of the few activities it is allowed to pursue in the entertainment arena : ‘ We see it as a very important part of our wish to be part of the converging area of telephony , entertainment and computers , ’ the company told Reuter ; the company will reportedly source the equipment from two unidentified UK companies , in a move that is a significant threat to Amstrad Plc , whose shares fell tuppence to 31p . |
| 24 | Cable & Wireless closed down 19p at 850p , BT shares fell 6p to 421p , Vodafone dropped 19p to 491p , and Securicor , which owns 40% of Cellnet , slid 29p to 710p . |
| 25 | The ‘ A ’ shares fell 6p to 375p . |
| 26 | The shares fell 5p to 646p . |
| 27 | Rocco 's shares fell 5p to 164p after news he is spending £64m on the 52-strong Relais motorway chain in France . |
| 28 | The shares fell 2p to 72p . |
| 29 | Its shares fell 2p to 55p But it was Scottish and the rest of the takeover in-crowd , with new time buyers active , which dominated the day 's trading . |
| 30 | Though the figures were at the top end of City expectations while the company is in the middle of a four-year business plan , the shares fell 2p to 168p . |