Example sentences of "[verb] risen [prep] [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In contrast , investment income has risen to 6pc from 3.5pc , and social-security benefits have risen to 13pc from 8pc . |
| 2 | If the value of existing units has risen to 75p for example , new subscribers will ‘ buy ’ newly created units at 75p and the number they purchase will be equal to the amount they wish to invest divided by 75p . |
| 3 | The equity proportion of financing has risen to 43% for deals below £10m in the last 18 months and to over 40% for deals above £10m . |
| 4 | The Kuwaiti Ministry of Public Works says the cost of completing the telecommunications tower in Kuwait City has risen to $175m from $110m : the increase is due mainly to damage done by the Iraqis during their occupation of the country , as well as changes in the project 's specifications and a rise in the cost of raw materials and labour . |
| 5 | Revenues per employee has risen above $300,000 for the first time . |
| 6 | The cost of the tunnel has risen by £2.2bn to £7bn — forcing Eurotunnel to return to its bankers for fresh loans . |
| 7 | Despite much talk of cutting back the state , the central government 's annual output of new rules and changes to the old ones has risen by 8% since 1985 . |
| 8 | The latest figures show that the number of cases of serious backpain reported has risen by 40% over the past 5 years . |
| 9 | The real duty-paid price of beer has risen by 60% since 1979 , while the real duty-paid price of spirits has fallen by 10% ( Figure 2.3 ) . |
| 10 | Police Expenditure on the police has risen by 55% since 1978–1979 Insufficient effort , though , has been devoted to making sure policemen are on the beat . |
| 11 | In contrast , the real value of excise duties has risen by 7% for beers and by 17% for wines ( Figure 4.2 ) . |
| 12 | The pound has risen by 7% against the D-mark in the past two months , to DM2.50 , reflecting the diverging fortunes of the German and British economies . |
| 13 | ‘ They want to cover up falling union membership and the fact that under the last Labour Government investment rose by just 13pc whereas under the Conservatives it has risen by 55pc in real terms . |
| 14 | The proportion of all adults living alone has risen from 9% in 1973 to 13% in 1988 ( General Household Survey 1988 ) . |
| 15 | The level at which tax becomes payable has risen from £25,000 to £110,000 and the rates have been changed from an amount varying between 10 per cent and 75 per cent , to a single rate of 40 per cent . |
| 16 | In total our fruit consumption has risen from 61lb to 69lb per person . |
| 17 | The school funding debt has risen from £269,000 in 1989 to £1,896,000 this year . |
| 18 | • The ratio of duty on spirits to duty on wine has worsened from 1:1.65 in 1979 to 1:1.80 today , and the amount of duty on a 70cl bottle of Scotch Whisky — today 's standard size — has risen from £2.95 to £5.55 . |
| 19 | Subscription income has risen from £778,683 to £811,942 , an increase of 4.3% . |
| 20 | The number with saving goals has risen from 66% to 79% . |
| 21 | As prosperity has grown — income per person has risen from $145 in 1951 to $10,215 in 1992 — the birth rate has fallen , from about 50 per 1,000 in 1951 to just over 15 per 1,000 in 1992 . |
| 22 | Over the same period the outpatient cover has risen from £300 to £440 ( 49% ) . |
| 23 | By next year , payroll tax-rates will have risen by 30% since 1978 , and half of all Americans will be paying more in payroll taxes than they do in ( more progressive ) income taxes . |
| 24 | In two years time , her bill will have risen by £4.50 to over £30 . ’ |
| 25 | First , because there are still far more betrayed women than men around : the percentage of wives playing away may have risen from 26% in the 50s to around 40% now , but a conservative estimate suggests that 60% of husbands have cheated at least once — and one US survey puts the figure as high as 82% . |
| 26 | In August 1920 , the cost of a house which stood at £250 in 1914 , had risen to £930 on average . |
| 27 | This had risen to 63% of the sample at the age of one year . |
| 28 | By March this year output had risen to 82% of this level . |
| 29 | However , when the successful contenders were revealed in July 1989 the figure had risen to £600m as a result of inflation and more stringent safety requirements . |
| 30 | Income during the year had risen by 8% in real terms to £52.4m , and sales of souvenirs and gifts , which fell by 1% , were the only casualty of the economic climate so far . |