Example sentences of "[verb] risen by [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cost of the tunnel has risen by £2.2bn to £7bn — forcing Eurotunnel to return to its bankers for fresh loans . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The latest figures show that the number of cases of serious backpain reported has risen by 40% over the past 5 years . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In contrast , the real value of excise duties has risen by 7% for beers and by 17% for wines ( Figure 4.2 ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | In two years time , her bill will have risen by £4.50 to over £30 . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Non-performing loans had risen by 75% to $770m . |
| 13 | Eurotunnel , the Anglo-French consortium that will operate the twin-rail tunnel when it is scheduled to enter service in June 1993 , shocked the City by announcing that costs had risen by £2.2bn from an original estimate of £4.8bn , with the 50-kilometre tunnel still only one-quarter built . |
| 14 | Indictable offences known to the police had risen by 69% since 1938 , reaching a total of 478,394 compared with 283,220 in 1938 . |
| 15 | GPA Group 's bank debts have risen by £1.1bn since 31 March ; the increase is due to the purchase of aircraft it contracted to buy from manufacturers . |
| 16 | Arrests have risen by 41pc since the introduction of Metro Police . |
| 17 | View from City Road page 27 Tunnel shock : Eurotunnel , the Anglo-French consortium which will operate the twin-rail tunnel when it enters service in June 1993 , announced that costs have risen by £2.2bn to £7bn . |
| 18 | Mortgage rates are now at their lowest for 25 years and UK incomes have risen by 50pc since 1987 , although the rate of growth has been considerably slower in Northern Ireland . |
| 19 | Numbers of senior house officers have risen by 14% in three years — far more than was intended — and , by not substantially reducing the number of registrars , JPAC has failed to keep to its terms of reference . |