Example sentences of "profit [verb] from [n mass] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1986 its profits plunged from $4bn to $2.9bn — largely as a result of a $1.3bn restructuring programme . |
| 2 | SEVERFIELD-Reeve , the North Yorkshire-based structural steelwork group , is passing its final dividend after profits plunged from £1.9m to £530,000 last year . |
| 3 | While group profits tumbled from £38½m to £21m last year — after £6m of exceptional closure costs — both the other divisions turned in better figures . |
| 4 | Andrew Mills and Brian Sturgess at Barclays de Zoete Wedd expect full-year profits to fall from £75m to £70m . |
| 5 | The group saw profits fall from £24m to £17.8m on sales of £205.7m . |
| 6 | Although property activities forged ahead , the Galliford Sears housebuilding subsidiary saw profits fall from £16m to £9m as completions fell by more than 50 per cent . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | European profits rose from £30m to £42m . |
| 9 | Housebuilding profits rose from £1.6m to £3m although the company warned that the division 's returns would fall this year . |
| 10 | With turnover down 27 p.c. to £27.1m , reflecting both the tough trading climate and the group 's reluctance to compete at uneconomic margins in the construction market , profits slumped from £1.83m to £410,000 before providing £775,000 ( £1.2m ) for the fall in land values and reorgnisation costs of £325,000 . |
| 11 | Beer profits slumped from £54.2m to £51m but the leisure side , Center Parcs , kept up its momentum with maintained occupancy of 90% and profits nearly £2m up at £38.8m . |
| 12 | Midway profits roared from £130m to £160m and the shares jumped 14p to 401p . |
| 13 | Pre-tax profits soared from £7.8m to £26.1m , pushing shares ahead 3p to 221p . |
| 14 | Total music profits leapt from £52.3m to £60.6m . |
| 15 | County NatWest is looking for profits to dip from £34m to £30m , though its brewing business is looking stronger . |
| 16 | Taxable profits fell from £7.81m to £1.17m in the year to 30 June on group sales down about £20m to £91m . |
| 17 | CRYSTALATE , the electronics product group , experienced a ‘ serious disappointment ’ in the second half and hence profits fell from £5.6million to £2.9million in the year to September . |
| 18 | In 1991 profits fell from £314m to £151m and in 1992 it halved again to £77m . |
| 19 | Building and civil engineering profits fell from £30.3m to £24.2m , mechanical and electrical engineering from £38.6m to £33.6m , and housing and property , even before the massive provisions , increased its loss from £700,000 to £11.3m . |
| 20 | Defence profits fell from £15.7 to £10½m in 1991 — half their 1989 level — and are likely to slip a bit further this year . |
| 21 | Although first half profit before tax rose by 22.7% to £227m at British Airways , second quarter profits fell from £176m to £136m . |
| 22 | NORCROS , the property , building materials and printing group , saw profits crash from £29million to £18.3million . |
| 23 | The group which owns Selfridges and Saxone and is Britain 's biggest shoe shop owner saw profits crash from £2.4 to £8.8 million in the last six months . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Combined with lower interest costs , overall pre-tax profits jumped from £51,000 to £1.03m after exceptional reorganisation charges of £504,000 . |
| 27 | Aviation saw profits rise from £10.2m to £11.1m . |
| 28 | The rewards are just beginning to come through with Mercury 's contribution to C&W trading profit leaping from £4million to £14million in the six months to September 30 . |
| 29 | Third quarter replacement cost profit rose from £129m to £172m at British Petroleum , and rose by 58% to £824m at Royal Dutch/Shell Group . |
| 30 | First half profit fell from £378m to £51m at Barclays Bank and by 12% to £270m at Abbey National . |