Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb -s] [vb pp] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During this period the number of book issues sampled from library authorities has grown from 3m to 10.6m . |
| 2 | Nor should the ecological impacts of these measures be forgotten , for the unsealing of asphalt surfaces has lead to increases in area of trees , shrubs and plants . |
| 3 | But intake of other green vegetables has increased from 0.19oz to 0.50oz per week . |
| 4 | In Darlington , where the Neighbourhood Watch scheme is supposed to be the biggest catch all since the trawl net was invented and where you can get into terrible trouble for suggesting there might be holes in the net the number of burglaries from houses has increased by 25pc in a year . |
| 5 | The concern of these groups has grown in response to a perceived widening of the gap between cherished moral values and actual day-to-day behaviour . |
| 6 | Pupils are losing out as the cost of arson attacks on schools has doubled from £60m to £120m . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The number of frauds has led to calls for tightening up of audits of investment businesses , and particularly a reduction in the number of many thousands of auditors who examine investment firms so that the ones left can develop greater expertise . |
| 9 | Leasing cars has fallen in popularity from two in 10 last year to less than one in 10 now . |
| 10 | It is true that a military coalition of sorts has existed in Indo-China since the Vietnamese occupation of Kampuchea and Laos . |
| 11 | Their fascination with dinosaurs has led to discussions on conservation and ecology , writing their own stories and practise in drawing from observation . |
| 12 | C Company of The Royal Scots has lived at Forkhill as part of the regiment 's six-month tour which began last October . |
| 13 | Ms Radice will implement her policy by vetoing aberrant grants among the 1,122 ( totalling $66.1 million ) that the National Council on the Arts has approved for funding on the recommendations of peer panels . |
| 14 | Research on diabetes continues in many centres , including Oxford , where research on animals has led to techniques of isolating and purifying the human pancreatic cells that produce insulin with a view to implanting them in diabetic patients and curing the disease . |
| 15 | FILMING of the new Hollywood blockbuster Super Mario Brothers has descended into chaos after a series of bitter on-set rows . |
| 16 | The number with saving goals has risen from 66% to 79% . |
| 17 | The proportion of births jointly registered by both parents has increased from 46% in 1971 to 71% in 1989 . |
| 18 | In the past decade , the number of jobs in Scotch Whisky companies has fallen by 40% from 26,000 to 15 . |
| 19 | ONE of Britain 's biggest service companies has come to grief with disastrous figures and a crash in its shares . |
| 20 | Evidence of infiltration of the army by the drugs cartels has added to reservations about how effective the American aid can be . |
| 21 | In contrast , the real value of excise duties has risen by 7% for beers and by 17% for wines ( Figure 4.2 ) . |
| 22 | The most spectacular change in mortality rates over the past 150 years has related to deaths within the first year of life — the infant mortality rate . |
| 23 | Secondly , much effort over the years has gone into education for road safety , though the concentration on advice to adult pedestrians and training for children has the unfortunate effect of apparently placing on the victim the principal responsibility for avoiding an accident . |
| 24 | There is a distinct paucity of entirely new courses to mention , but the ‘ work in hand ’ element of Nelson 's various acquisitions over the years has led to Workout at intermediate and upper intermediate level ( née Collins ) , as well as Nelson 's own Distinction , a new post-FCE course some of the exercises in which follow the format of the CAE exam . |
| 25 | The only really significant inroad into the dominance of English in recent years has come from Spanish in the southern states of the US . |
| 26 | Perhaps the clearest example of the way in which the arboreal adaptations of the ancestral primates has resulted in opportunities for the evolution of adaptable and intelligent behaviour is the case of the primate hand . |
| 27 | The importance of authorities for the generation and maintenance of conventions has led on occasion to ill-conceived attempts to explain the nature of authority exclusively by reference to conventions . |
| 28 | The world 's first commercial power station fuelled by chickens has come into operation at Eye in Suffolk . |
| 29 | Despite the recession , the market for solicitors ' advice on business affairs has grown in value from £1,400m. in 1989 to an estimated £1,700m. [ excluding property work ] . |
| 30 | Perhaps , the greatest shift in offering support to families has come through awareness of the need to work in partnership with parents and for specialist and intervention services to work more within community and across agency settings . |