Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] by a [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What they have in mind here is the common situation that , while hunting , the quarry is first wounded by one hunter 's spear but ultimately brought down by another spear thrown by a second huntsman . |
| 2 | Nearly one million people have been JOBLESS for more than a year and personal BANKRUPTCIES soared by a third to more than 16,000 in the six months to June . |
| 3 | The impact of a treaty upon a third party can range through various levels of intensity , from an actual duty accepted by a third party to perform certain acts , through to the treaty being ‘ incidentally unfavourable ’ to it . |
| 4 | Europa , whose interests include a stake in an Australian gold mine and oil royalties in the North Sea and Indonesia , saw pre-tax losses rise by a third to £3.9m last year . |
| 5 | The increased number of pensioners in the top half of the income distribution is the result of pensioners ' average net incomes rising by a third or more in real terms because of the policies of the Government . |
| 6 | Perth jobless forecast to rise by a third |
| 7 | Example 2 The court makes a first interim order for one week followed by a second interim order also for one week . |
| 8 | As part of the process he resigned as chairman of the ruling MPR and appointed a transitional government headed by a First State Commissioner ( Prime Minister ) . |
| 9 | Reported profits soared by a third . |