Example sentences of "the [noun sg] have grown from [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only one in 500 engineers in the UK is a woman and progress is much slower than in the US where the percentage has grown from 0–2 in the 1960s , when the Civil Rights movement stirred , to 10 per cent and is growing apace . |
| 2 | The membership had grown from 82 founder members to 253 in 1855 , of which 128 were Fellows and 125 Associates . |
| 3 | The size of the group has grown from 16,000 to 28,000 staff as its operations have expanded . |
| 4 | Helped by a couple of purchases north of the Border , the chain has grown from 130 at the beginning of 1992 to 209 now , with operating profits leaping from just £700,000 in 1991 to £4.9 million last year . |
| 5 | At the time of writing , the church has grown from sixteen adults two years ago to a regular attendance of over 100 . |