Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [verb] [adv prt] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mintel the consumer trend watchers claim that consumer spending on DIY and garden products has gone up by 96 per cent between 1983 and 1989 ; while spending on furniture and furnishings has increased by 52 per cent in the same period . |
| 2 | Members heard how the number of offences has gone up by seventeen percent in the past year although the actual rate of increase does seem to be slowing up . |
| 3 | But nonetheless , I think we as county councillors can be proud of the fact that we have set a spending target for committees , we are prepared to allow the officers to manage their departments inside the targets that have been set , and that does mean that they have to look at er , what they 're spending and create priorities , and and I as a councillor am not in the least bit impressed by arguments that paper clips have increased by five and a half percent this year , and that felt l er pe felt line erm , pens have gone up by seventeen and a half percent , I think that 's largely irrelevant consideration , we 're not in the business of projecting budget , we 're in the business of providing money to deliver high quality services to the people of Wiltshire . |
| 4 | and that in the Northumbria police force area — my area — robberies have gone up by 240 per cent . |
| 5 | Since March 1990 , the number of patients waiting more than two years has come down by 47 per cent . |
| 6 | right , erm Could you , you said that your payroll costs had come down by five million that 's figure is it ? |
| 7 | COCAINE seizures by Customs have gone up by 50 per cent this year , Home Office minister Mr David Mellor told the Commons yesterday during a debate on the misuse of drugs . |
| 8 | As far as the agro-chemical industry is concerned , Mr Botham added : ‘ For us costs have gone up by 15-18 per cent and that in turn means that farmers will be paying 8-12 per cent more — and that 's way above the rate of inflation . ’ |
| 9 | Does he admit that the waiting list for day patients has shot up by 50 per cent ? |
| 10 | Loans to small farmers have been increased 25 times over ; research and investment has gone into new seeds and fertilizers specially designed for the needs ( and the purses ) of the small farmer ; and maize prices have gone up by 129 per cent so as to provide an incentive . |
| 11 | The paper circulated demonstrates that since eighty-eight nine through to ninety-three four , whereas county council spending as a whole has gone up by thirty-eight percent , spending on the police has gone up by eighty-eight percent , and that 's more than double . |
| 12 | This was mainly due to demobilization , but others may have been attracted to the region due to the fact that through the expropriation of landowners , the area held by peasants had gone up by 65 per cent since 1917 . |
| 13 | Deaths amongst babies and very young children have gone down by 40 per cent . |
| 14 | The number of nurses and midwives has gone up by 69,000 . |