Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] have grown from " in BNC.
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| 1 | The number of asylum seekers had grown from 5,000 in 1988 to an expected 46,000 in 1991 . |
| 2 | The fish farming industry has grown from a few hundred tonnes of fish in 1980 to 33,000 tonnes per annum in 1990 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The Salvation Army had grown from a small backstreet mission in the East End of London to an international organisation . |
| 6 | During this period the number of book issues sampled from library authorities has grown from 3m to 10.6m . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Student numbers have grown from 50,000 in the first year of operation to nearly 190,000 in session 1988–89 . |
| 9 | 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 … |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Since 1984 , our market capitalisation has grown from under £400 million to approaching £3 billion . |