Example sentences of "grew by [adj] [no cls] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Federal Statistical Office announced on March 14 , 1990 , that West German gross national product ( GNP ) grew by 4 per cent in 1989 , the largest increase for 10 years . |
| 2 | In Herefordshire , between 1951 and 1971 Hereford Rural District grew by 10 per cent as a result of expansion in the nearby city , and the remainder of the rural districts lost population at rates ranging between 3.8 and 20 per cent ( Dunn 1976 ) . |
| 3 | The members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC ) as a whole increased exports by 8.5 per cent , but largely as a result of the weakening of crude petroleum prices ( see pp. 36056-59 ; 36573 ) showed a decline of 1.5 per cent in imports , whereas other developing countries ' exports grew by 10 per cent and their imports by 12 per cent . |
| 4 | Between 1951–3 and 1969–71 the volume of world trade in manufactures grew by 349 per cent whereas the volume of output grew by 194 per cent . |
| 5 | Manufacturing grew by 9.5 per cent , down from 9.8 per cent in 1989 . |
| 6 | there was much less change for separated mothers who grew by 3.0 per cent . |
| 7 | Imports showed 1 per cent growth , as forecast , while exports grew by 3.5 per cent , more than the expected 2.0 per cent — ‘ something of a mystery ’ said Freeman . |
| 8 | Agricultural production grew by 1 per cent in 1989/90 as compared with the previous fiscal year . |
| 9 | Gross national product ( GNP ) grew by 7.6 per cent in 1990 , but a sharp drop to 3.5 per cent growth in 1991 was predicted in an Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) report published in March 1991 . |
| 10 | For the industrial countries as a whole , around half the increase in imported manufactures between the years 1950 and 1963 represented greater import penetration of the domestic market and half reflected a larger market ; between 1963 and 1971 , when trade between the advanced countries grew by 156 per cent , almost two-thirds of the increase represented imports taking a greater share of the domestic market . |
| 11 | Total consumption of natural rubber in 1989 grew by 3.6 per cent , to 5,300,000 tonnes , resulting in a 180,000-tonnes drawdown in stocks . |
| 12 | According to preliminary figures released by the Central Bank the economy grew by 1.6 per cent in 1990 , the lowest rate since the recovery from the steep recession in 1982-83 . |
| 13 | Agricultural production had increased by 5.6 per cent in 1989/90 while the industrial sector grew by 8.4 per cent , as compared with 2.3 per cent in 1988/89 . |
| 14 | The Social Democrats who have ruled the Land for many years , although in opposition in Bonn , emerged strengthened by the CDU 's defeat , although their own share of the vote only grew by 0.4 per cent to reach 42.9 per cent . |
| 15 | Business investment grew by 45 per cent . |
| 16 | Even so , contract caterers are now providing nearly 55 per cent of meals served in business and industry , a 11 per cent increase over the previous year and the overall number of outlets operated by contractors also grew by one per cent . |
| 17 | The growth of M3 for 1980 — 1 ( 19.5 per cent ) easily exceeded the planned 7 — 11 per cent , and between March 1980 and March 1984 M3 grew by 70 per cent , against its target 46 per cent . |
| 18 | In 1990 , the money supply grew by 70 per cent . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | By 1991 , as the recession deepened and unemployment rose , male unemployment grew by 13 per cent and female unemployment by 11 per cent in the first six months ( Employment Gazette , Table 2.1 , various volumes 1986–91 ) . |
| 21 | Manufacturing output grew by 8 per cent , below the 10 per cent average of the previous five years , and mining by 9 per cent . |
| 22 | These figures show that while beer sales declined overall by an annual figure of -0.5 per cent , on-licence sales declined by -1.1 per cent and off-licence sales grew by +5.5 per cent . |
| 23 | Figures published on Jan. 29 , 1990 , showed that in 1989 national income fell by 0.4 per cent compared with 1988 ; industrial production grew by 1.1 per cent ; and agricultural production declined by 0.4 per cent . |
| 24 | While agricultural production fell by 1.5 per cent , construction grew by 11 per cent and mining improved due to favourable international prices and exploitation of new minerals . |
| 25 | The bill was initially suggested by Friends of the Earth , and introduced as a private member 's motion by Conservative MP Keith Mans. * Motor traffic in the UK grew by 3 per cent overall during 1991 . |
| 26 | Fleet diesel sales grew by 15.6 per cent last year , and Brookman naturally wants it known that Peugeot picked up the lion 's share . |
| 27 | The economy grew by 5.3 per cent in 1990 , compared with 12.5 per cent in 1989 and 0.8 per cent in 1988 . |
| 28 | Between 1981 and 1985 , gross industrial output grew by 12 per cent a year ( Benewick and Wingrove 1988 : 118 ) . |
| 29 | It grew by 12 per cent in 1971 and slightly more in 1972 . |
| 30 | Greenpeace UK grew by 84 per cent in the first six months of 1990 to a total membership of over 360,000 . |