| describing trends
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| [This year] there has been an increase in [sales] of [10] per cent. |
| [This year] [sales] have increased by [10] per cent. |
| [This year] [profits] have risen to € [2m]. |
| In [2010] there was a rise in profits to € [2m]. |
| Over the following [five] years it rises steadily. |