Example sentences of "[noun] have grown from " in BNC.
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| 1 | During this period the number of book issues sampled from library authorities has grown from 3m to 10.6m . |
| 2 | The trip begins at a Eucharistic Congress in Seoul intended to put the seal on the Catholic Church 's extraordinary progress in Korea , where the number of believers has grown from a post-war 200,000 to more than 2.5 million , and is increasing by 10 per cent each year . |
| 3 | The fish farming industry has grown from a few hundred tonnes of fish in 1980 to 33,000 tonnes per annum in 1990 . |
| 4 | They now have Soviet-made SAM anti-aircraft rockets and AK-47 automatic rifles , and their air force has grown from one ancient DC-3 transport called the Rusty Pelican to a small fleet of light planes and copters … |
| 5 | Ian also said that since the company was launched in October 1990 , the sales force had grown from 40 to 270 and overall , more than 420 jobs had been created . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The number of trusts has grown from 493 in 1980 to 1379 in 1989 , with many commentators predicting a certain degree of rationalisation in the 1990's , although there is no evidence of this as yet . |
| 8 | Bruges and Ghent had grown from modest beginnings to be flourishing centres of manufacture and trade ; and the wealth of London and England indeed were closely linked with them . |
| 9 | Enrolments in the private sector have grown from under 14 per cent of total enrolments in 1984 to nearly 20 per cent in 1988 . |
| 10 | CAMRA 's membership has grown from under 20,000 to 30,000 in less than three years . |
| 11 | The stock of dwellings has increased from 19.415 million in 1973 to 21.494 million in 1983 , while population in the same period has grown from 54.671 million to 54.804 million . |
| 12 | Since 1984 , our market capitalisation has grown from under £400 million to approaching £3 billion . |
| 13 | The role of Treasurer over the years has grown from overseeing simple book-keeping to an extensive involvement and the contributions of Leslie Wise , A.J. Chapman , Albert ( Bert ) Ford and currently Jim Grey , have been valuable indeed and it is not surprising that Arthur Chapman felt the work was too demanding for an Honorary Treasurer , although what each does might vary depending on what bias the secretary brings to his post . |
| 14 | The size of the group has grown from 16,000 to 28,000 staff as its operations have expanded . |
| 15 | The bulk import business has grown from 45,000 tonnes in 1989 to 243,000 tonnes in 1992 with animal feed , milling wheat and malting barley being the main commodities . |
| 16 | The membership had grown from 82 founder members to 253 in 1855 , of which 128 were Fellows and 125 Associates . |
| 17 | Most of these thriving places had been old market centres ; only Oldham had grown from a few scattered moorland hamlets . |
| 18 | In less than ten years the market for these potent desktop machines has grown from nothing into a global business with sales of $1.4 billion last year . |
| 19 | Since the arrival of the very first ship , the Annika , this Belfast to Rotterdam service has grown from a weekly to a twice weekly sailing , offering importers and exporters a choice of shipping at the beginning or at the end of the week . |
| 20 | The number of asylum seekers had grown from 5,000 in 1988 to an expected 46,000 in 1991 . |
| 21 | Since 1987 , the group 's dividends per share have grown from 4.6p to 11.85p in 1992 — a 158% increase . |
| 22 | Spanish-speakers have grown from a third of Dade County 's people to just over a half . |
| 23 | The shareholders in Velcro have received no dividends in 1989 and 1990 , despite the fact that pre-tax earnings have grown from $6.3 million in 1988 to $9.4 million in 1990 , and the company is awash in liquidity with marketable securities as of 30 September 1990 worth slightly less than $50 million . |
| 24 | The number of exhibitors has grown from seventeen to twenty-three , and the range of works , previously top heavy with French eighteenth-century and Flemish drawings , is now dominated by modern and contemporary . |
| 25 | The number claiming help with their rent jumped from 1.4 million to 5 million , and the number gaining help with their rates has grown from 3 million to over 7 million ( again , there is an overlap between these two groups ) . |
| 26 | In his time at WWF , the amount the organisation has raised for conservation has grown from under £1 million to £15 million annually . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Having been on the run for nearly four years , Rudi had grown from an early teenager into a young adult . |
| 29 | Although Psion also unveiled a bigger-than-expected £2.2m loss for last year , against a £546,000 profit in 1990 , news that Series 3 sales had grown from 4,000 units in January to 14,000 last month spurred the shares . |
| 30 | In America , bottled-water sales have grown from $1.2 billion in 1983 to $2.6 billion in 1989 . |