Example sentences of "by [adj] [no cls] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The new laws include the following provisions : * the installation by 1995 of equipment to cut emissions of 41 listed pollutants by 70 per cent ; a further 148 pollutants must be similarly-controlled by 2003 ; * a cut of 10 million tonnes in emissions of sulphur dioxide ( one of the principal causes of acid rain ) by the year 2000 ; * the compulsory use of high-oxygen content petrol in 44 cities by the year 1992 . |
| 32 | The measures are intended to cut road accidents by half , reduce air pollution by 70 per cent and create a more attractive environment for shoppers and cyclists alike . |
| 33 | At present rates , car usage is expected to grow by 70 per cent over the next 20 years . |
| 34 | Domestic demand for water has shot up by 70 per cent over the last 30 years , especially in the affluent southeast . |
| 35 | Vehicle use is expected to grow by 70 per cent over the next 20 years . |
| 36 | Ministers have agreed to reduce emissions of 37 pollutants by 50 per cent by 1995 , cutting a handful of more dangerous ones , such as cadmium and lead , by 70 per cent . |
| 37 | Exacerbated by drought , water abstraction has increased by 70 per cent over the past three years to satisfy consumer demand . |
| 38 | The problem is compounded by increased water consumption — up by 70 per cent per head compared to 30 years ago — and leakage in the supply system , which is estimated to be running at around 20 per cent . |
| 39 | The report finds that carbon monoxide emissions have risen by 30 per cent since 1980 , with road vehicles being responsible for 90 per cent of these , but that lead emissions have fallen by 70 per cent since the arrival of unleaded petrol in the mid-1980s . |
| 40 | This has reduced the sea 's volume by 70 per cent and its surface area by 54 per cent , increased salinity to 29 per cent ( three times open ocean levels ) , and destroyed virtually all fish stocks . |
| 41 | But overseas activities plunged from a £1 million profit to a £13.7 million loss , the losses on property development and housing grew by 70 per cent to £17.1 million . |
| 42 | Crime has decreased by 70 per cent since the cameras were installed and a local businessman , Chris Ormerod , managing director of Orrs of Airdrie , and vice-chairman of Airdrie Development Trust , which helped set up the surveillance system , said : ‘ Saturday afternoon trade has improved quite dramatically . |
| 43 | The events of that year , combining as they did an enormous outflow of dollars ( the overall deficit for 1971 of $30 billion exceeded by 70 per cent the cumulative total for the previous ten years ) with considerable ‘ cashing in ’ of dollars for gold in the weeks preceding the suspension of convertibility , reduced massively the extent of potential gold backing for the dollar . |
| 44 | Twenty-two years ago the Tees estuary was one of the most polluted in the country but significant improvements have seen this level reduced by 70 per cent . |
| 45 | Unemployment has fallen by 70 per cent since the mid-eighties in Telford but it 's about more than just the number of jobs , it 's the quality of jobs , the skills that erm are offered in terms of the training that 's available in the area , and the whole atmosphere of the town has been completely transformed by moving from an older and established industrial climate to one that encompasses a wide range of modern and high tech industries . |
| 46 | One gram of gliadin was dissolved in 10.0 ml 0.1 mol/l HCl , 20 mg pepsin was added and after digestion ( two hours , 37°C ) pH was adjusted to 8.0 by 5.0 mol/l NaOH . |
| 47 | A strong SNP showing in Stirling was largely responsible for his success , while the Liberal vote there was dramatically squeezed and fell by eight per cent . |
| 48 | THE price of a sunshine package holiday has gone up by eight per cent — to an average £350 a head . |
| 49 | At the same time , income has risen by eight per cent , showing more people are banking their cash . |
| 50 | Last night it was effectively devalued by eight per cent . |
| 51 | Last night it was down by eight per cent in early dealings . |
| 52 | We have n't affected their order book , but all future orders we 've affected by eight per cent . |
| 53 | So this should be by eight per cent . |
| 54 | Well so we should certainly put them up by eight per cent . |
| 55 | With our size we could just put up by eight per cent . |
| 56 | Between 1978/79 and 1989/90 government expenditure on housing in real terms declined by 79 per cent . |
| 57 | The amount of solid hazardous waste produced by the same operation fell by 79 per cent . |
| 58 | On the community charge , the funding for local authorities has been increased by 6.1 per cent . |
| 59 | The economic measures devalued the sucre by 6.1 per cent ( US$1.00=966.748 sucres as at Jan. 28 , 1991 ) , increased fuel prices by 15 per cent and raised public transport fares by 25 per cent . |
| 60 | Despite increasing debt defaults among enterprises and devastation caused by flooding , in the first six months GNP increased by 6.1 per cent , according to the State Statistical Bureau on July 22 . |