Example sentences of "by [adv] [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In addition , 16% organic growth , in a recessionary market that appeared to us to decline by about 5% in value during the year , represented a strong underlying performance , ’ he said . |
| 2 | The question , posed by the Tobacco Advisory Council , was asking if readers knew that if smokers did not pay £11.5 million a day in tax , the basic rate of income tax would rise by about 5p in the pound . |
| 3 | Plasma amylase concentrations rose by about 165% in rats infused with caerulein and 110% after injection of platelet activating factor ( Fig 4 ) . |
| 4 | While increasing the duty on wine and beer yesterday by about 5.5p per bottle and 1.5p per pint respectively , Mr Lamont said that he had received many representations this year about the taxation of spirits , especially the taxation of whisky . |
| 5 | In rats receiving sc caerulein , the blood flow was significantly ( p<0.05 ) reduced by about 43% after two hours of caerulein infusion and then showed only small further decrease during the remaining hours of the experiment . |
| 6 | According to Dauberville , members ' subscriptions dropped by over 50% in 1992 , leaving the Comite with a budget of FFr250,000 as compared to FFr1.3 million several years ago . |
| 7 | In those four boroughs where no one party had overall control there was a much more pronounced rise in Labour support , with the party 's share of the vote in Wirral increasing by over 8% despite an individual poll tax figure below government estimates and average household bills less than the previous year 's rates . |
| 8 | Results with the two indexes differed by over 5% in 34% ( 27/80 ) of practices for costs and in 14% ( 11/80 ) for items prescribed . |
| 9 | The variations from family health services authority averages calculated by the two methods differed by over 5% in 11 ( 14% ) practices for items and in 27 ( 34% ) practices for costs . |
| 10 | Between 1952 and 1981 electricity generating capacity grew by over 14% per year . |
| 11 | The value of world merchandise trade grew by over 7% in 1989 to top $3 trillion for the first time , reported GATT . |
| 12 | STUDENT loans are to increase by over 25pc to a maximum of £830 a year . |
| 13 | During November 1992 and January 1993 , its value some times slumped by over 10% in a week . |