Example sentences of "cent [noun] to [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kwik Save , the supermarket group , gave retiring chairman Ian Howe a 43 per cent rise to £187,000 . |
| 2 | Iceland Frozen Foods — opening a new store almost every week — rang up a 19 per cent RISE to £24,200,000 |
| 3 | Pre-tax profits showed a more modest 2.5 per cent increase to £6.3m in the absence of last time 's £409,000 of property profits , and after a slightly higher tax charge earnings per share were almost unchanged at 6.22p . |
| 4 | Sir James picked up a 67 per cent increase to £571,000 when profits went up seven per cent . |
| 5 | Hewlett-Packard , for example , managed to grow its annual sales 21 per cent to $12billion , and Apple managed a 30 per cent increase to $5billion . |