Example sentences of "profits [adv] from [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | BUCKING the trend in the construction sector , Henry Boot & Sons , the Sheffield-based building contractor , developer and housebuilder , pushed pre-tax profits on from £6.36m to £6.77m in 1991 , despite a slip in turnover from £131m to £130m . |
| 2 | QS HOLDINGS , the South of England clothing retailer , turned in another recession-beating performance last year , pushing profits on from £7.2m to a record £7.79m pre-tax , on sales 8 p.c. higher at £45.6m . |
| 3 | Although there was a marked improvement at the operating level , bad debt provisions of £401m , up from £351m , pushed year-end profits down from £58m to £21m . |
| 4 | North America was more problematic , with profits down from £56m to £53m . |
| 5 | Direct Line , the bank 's insurance subsidiary paints a brighter figure , with profits up from £10m to £24.2m . |
| 6 | Yorkshire Television , the independent broadcaster and programme maker , brightened shareholders ' screens yesterday with a full year 's pre-tax profits up from £15.64million to £18million and a dividend payout of 11.3p for the year as against 9.6p last time . |
| 7 | I am pleased to report pre-tax profits up from £5,531,000 to £5,999,000 . |
| 8 | TOUR operator Airbreak Leisure Group , one of the few new issues last year , yesterday unveiled more-than-doubled full-year profits up from £711,000 to £1.6m pre-tax . |
| 9 | Britain 's second biggest privatised water giant has romped in with pre-tax profits up from £123.7m to £130.7m for the six months to September . |
| 10 | UNITED Friendly , the insurance group floated last July , is lifting the payment to shareholders 20 p.c. to 12.3p , with an 8.1p final on May 29 , after pushing profits up from £18.8m to £20.1m in 1991 . |
| 11 | Analysts at Phillips & Drew are looking for profits up from £5.9m to Pounds 10m , with the dividend rising to 5.6p . |
| 12 | The group had a good first year , with pre-tax profits up from £14.3m to £18.6m . |