Example sentences of "profits [vb base] [prep] [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A 52% profits leap to £39.5m at Northern Electric sent the shares to 453p , a jump of 7p . |
| 2 | Financial services including pensions and life insurance subsidiary Allied Dunbar , whose Liverpool office is one of the country 's best performers saw trading profits leap to £376m in the nine months from £142m . |
| 3 | BET , which deals in laundry to plant hire , saw its half-year profits slump from £71.5m to £40.5m and has slashed its interim dividend from 4.25p to 2p to conserve cash . |
| 4 | During the year to the end of March the Northern Ireland group saw pre-tax profits climb to £25.3m from £18.8m previously . |
| 5 | In 1990 the company saw its pre-tax profits drop by 36% to £977m ( $1.7 billion ) on sales of £12.9 billion . |
| 6 | A 50% increase in the sales team to 9,000 helped spark a 124% profits surge to £6.3m in the six months to September 12 . |
| 7 | SHARES in Hi-Tec , the sports shoe maker , dropped 7p yesterday to 105p on the announcement of a pre-tax profits fall from £4.1m to £3.1m for the interim period to 31 July . |
| 8 | Food flavourings maker Borthwicks jumped 2p to 30½p after serving up a 37% profits increase to £1.28m in the first half . |
| 9 | The second is the automotive business , which saw operating profits increase from £2.7m to £13.2m , on turnover up 15.2% to £792.1m . |