Example sentences of "have [verb] by a [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unemployment has fallen by a fifth over the past two years to below 8% . |
| 2 | Bus usage in leading English cities has fallen by a sixth since 1985/86 because of the Government 's deregulation of bus operations , says a study for the Association of Metropolitan Authorities . |
| 3 | Spending on new roads has increased by a third since 1979 , and is planned to double again ; Okehampton bypass built through Dartmoor National Park ; 110 SSSIs are threatened with road schemes . |
| 4 | A survey in 1992 showed that chough numbers had increased by a third since the previous survey 10 years earlier ; 1,247 pairs were counted , compared with 950 pairs in 1982 . |
| 5 | Profits have dropped by a fifth to £34.8 million in the first half of this year , and he 's not expecting an early recovery . |