Example sentences of "by [n mass] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First half profit before tax fell by 17% to £70m at United Biscuits . |
| 2 | Interim profit before tax rose by 17% to £84.7m at Burmah Castrol . |
| 3 | Interleaf Inc has reported fourth quarter net profits up 2.3% at $3m , on turnover up 6.7% at $31.4m ; net profit for the year to March 31 was up 55.5% at $9.3m , on turnover that rose by 17% to $117.3m . |
| 4 | General Parametrics Inc has reported first quarter net losses of $226,000 against profits of $175,000 last time , on turnover that fell by 17% to $2.9m . |
| 5 | However , the study found that if Gateshead council had spent what the Government said it should then the poll tax would increase by £26 to £297 . |
| 6 | The restructuring measures are intended to reduce annual spending by $10m to $12m ; Pyramid expects to report cash of about $26m as of September 30 , with almost no long-term debt . |
| 7 | Emap boosted profits by 50% to £14.8m in the six months to October 3 , despite flat advertising revenue . |
| 8 | Helicobacter pylori increases plasma gastrin concentrations by 50% to 100% and values fall to normal after the organism has been eradicated . |
| 9 | The new company 's nominal capital will be raised by $420m to $600m effective January 1 1994 . |
| 10 | Net earnings per share rose by 100% to $0.24 in the quarter , and by 94.7% to $0.74 in the nine months . |
| 11 | The firm , which originally used Sparcstations to integrate turnkey systems , expects clone sales to boost its revenues by 100% to £6m this year from £3m last year . |
| 12 | Net earnings per share rose by 100% to $0.08 in the quarter , and by 400% to $0.25 in the nine months . |
| 13 | Pre-tax profits for the half year rose by 123% to £6.296m ( v £2.814m ) . |
| 14 | First half profit before tax fell by 67% to £13.1m at Bristol & West ; the fall was attributed to a rise in bad debt charges from £7.2m to £29.7m . |
| 15 | First half profit before tax rose by 11% to £369m at Lloyds Bank , by 109% to £211m at National Westminster Bank , and fell by 23% to £64m at Standard Chartered . |
| 16 | A final dividend of 3p increases the total payout by 1p to 4.15p . |
| 17 | Boys dominated the transactions or ‘ male ’ issues predominated , in one situation by 80% to 11% ( class administration maths ) . |
| 18 | Net earnings per share amounted to $0.01 in the quarter , and fell by 80% to $0.02 in the year . |
| 19 | Identix Inc has turned in second quarter net losses of $727,000 down from losses of $990,000 last time , on turnover that rose by 314.8% at $2.6m ; mid-term net losses amounted to $1.2m down from losses of $1.9m last time , on turnover that rose by 161% to $3.7m . |
| 20 | First half profit before tax rose by 11% to £369m at Lloyds Bank , by 109% to £211m at National Westminster Bank , and fell by 23% to £64m at Standard Chartered . |
| 21 | First half profit before tax rose by 23% to £160m at Vodafone and by 8% to £378m at Cable and Wireless , whose figure was once again helped by strong results from Mercury which reported a 36% increase in trading profits to £94m . |
| 22 | First half profit before tax rose by 10% to £201m at National Power , by 16% to £95m at Scottish Power , by 11% to £37.1m at Norweb , by 66.4% to £40.6m at Scottish Hydro-Electric , by 69% to £26.1m at Eastern Electricity , by 43% to £29.7m at South Wales Electricity , by 23% to £30.3m at East Midlands Electricity , by 35% to £37.1m at Manweb and by 24% to £33.4m at Midlands Electricity . |
| 23 | Net earnings per share rose by 400% to $0.05 . |
| 24 | Net earnings per share rose by 100% to $0.08 in the quarter , and by 400% to $0.25 in the nine months . |
| 25 | And net debt was lowered by $270m to $1,694m . |
| 26 | Although tax consultancy fee income rose by 3% to £105m , this compares with a total increase of 134% over the previous three years . |
| 27 | Net per share fell by 3% to $1.60 . |
| 28 | Texas Instruments Inc cut suggested retail prices on its personal computers by $100 to $700 : the TravelMate WinSLC is cut 5% to $1,900 and the TM4000 Win models are up to $700 cheaper ; it also introduced a new Travelmate 4000 model , with an 80486 microprocessor , at $3,100 . |
| 29 | Profit before tax at Wellcome rose by 25% to £505m in the year to 29 August . |
| 30 | First half profit before tax rose by 9% to £100.2m at Anglian Water and by 25% to £39.2m at Northumbrian Water . |