Example sentences of "[adv] by [art] quarter " in BNC.
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| 1 | GOODS stolen from retailers accounted for 1.1 p.c. of turnover last year , down by a quarter compared with 1989 , according to the latest survey by accountants Touche Ross . |
| 2 | This was possible because demand went down by a quarter and new supplies were available from the UK North Sea . |
| 3 | Worldwide underwriting losses $36.3m lower in Q2 at $90.4m produce deficit at the mid year down by a quarter from $288.9m ( 17.9% of premiums ) to $216.3m ( 12.8% of premiums ) |
| 4 | At the half-year , however , deficit down by a quarter from $31.9m to $23.7m reflecting sharp reduction in Q1 losses . |
| 5 | We 're asking people who drink , and that 's ninety per cent of the British adult population , to see if they can cut down by a quarter if they 're drinking above sensible levels . |
| 6 | Between 1979 and 1987 the number of inpatients treated in English hospitals went up by a quarter and day cases by almost 60 per cent . |
| 7 | Dividends are up by a quarter to 11.4p , after a final of 7½p payable on May 27 , with earnings growing in line to 54½p . |
| 8 | Figures in the CBI report show that manufacturing output in the past decade , at precisely the same point in the economic cycle , is up by a quarter , investment is up by a third , productivity is up by a half and manufactured exports are up by nearly three quarters . |
| 9 | The hon. Gentleman knows that if we compare the position now with that of 10 years ago — at the same stage of the economic cycle — we see that manufacturing output is up by a quarter , manufacturing investment is up by a third , manufacturing productivity is up by more than a half , and manufactured exports are up by almost three quarters . |
| 10 | COMPLAINTS against the Lothian and Borders police force were up by a quarter last year , deputy chief constable Hector Clark told councillors yesterday . |
| 11 | And the tea in tea chests , loose tea in tea chests and you used to weigh it up by the quarter . |
| 12 | However , Ballyclare 's Geoff McBride pushed him all the way , only losing out by a quarter of a machine 's length at the chequered flag after having sat on Menary 's rear bumper for the complete race . |
| 13 | That joint 's got to go on by a quarter to , or goodness knows what time dinner will be ready . ’ |