Example sentences of "[noun] [adv prt] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They also improved their risk factors — an 8 per cent fall in blood pressure , serum cholesterol down by 3 per cent and nearly a third giving up smoking . |
| 2 | Well I do n't believe that that should necessarily be a reason why it should be accepted in this case in by this panel . |
| 3 | DAMAGES — plaintiffs costs — payment in by one defendant release 031 |
| 4 | Oh Sarah should have her roof on by this week did you hear what I said ? |
| 5 | I said I 'd remember that if ever I found him dangling upside down by one toe from a ski-lift cable . |
| 6 | Jessamy had been as overwhelmed as he had been , dazzled by the physical passion , and amazed that her own easygoing , relaxed attitude to life could be turned upside down by this one man . |
| 7 | Nearly all of that was in classifieds where erm , the volume was down about er , eleven point eight , nearly twelve percent and er , revenue down by eight point three percent . |
| 8 | Peace immediately sent the news ratings down by one-third , but the pulling power of radio in its heyday is shown in the fact that 45 per cent of the people listened to the half-hour general election speeches in the 1945 campaign — feats of concentration ( however imperfect ) inconceivable in 1990 . |
| 9 | This move had the effect of driving the value of the pound down by 25 per cent against the US dollar in February ( as at Feb. 24 US$1.00=L£992.561 ) . |
| 10 | When inputting answers , lower case ( ‘ small letters ’ ) must be used — turn CAPS LOCK light off by pressing CAPS LOCK key once , and leave it off . |
| 11 | on that of 10 years ago , investment up by one third , productivity up by more than one half and manufactured exports up by almost three quarters . |
| 12 | Pre-tax profits advanced by 35 per cent to £15.23m on turnover up by 23 per cent to £94.46m . |
| 13 | New figures reveal crime up by 11 |
| 14 | And we have to get this boat back by one o'clock anyway . |
| 15 | Most activity in the zones in 1986 was clearly either there pre-designation , or it represents movements in by existing branches or by firms within the region . |
| 16 | Doug winds this invisible gladiator in by bitter degrees , inches rather than feet at a time . |
| 17 | Councillor regrets that er we 're bringing council rents up by nine and half percent but what we 're doing is in fact precisely what his government is recommending us to do , so I 'm a little sup so would councillor kindly at some point explain why he regrets his own government 's policy . |
| 18 | ‘ Yesterday I phoned the police and now , if we do n't get Liam out by two o'clock , he 'll die for certain . ’ |
| 19 | And whereas most forces are coping with a rocketing crime rate , Gloucestershire are reporting shoplifting down by 13 percent … bike thefts down by 9 percent , and vehicle thefts reduced by 3 percent . |
| 20 | Elsewhere in continental Europe , our development plans are reaping dividends with total volumes up by 16 per cent . |
| 21 | Peter Barnes , has to be the biggest cock up by any leeds manager ever , and will never be beaten ( I hope ) . |
| 22 | The latest figures for 1990-91 show the number of hip replacements up by 54 per cent . |
| 23 | Emissions of nitrogen oxide , not mentioned in the government press release despite the fact this is another important contributor to acid rain , have continued to rise every year since 1984 , with emissions from road transport up by 73 per cent between 1981 and 1991 . |
| 24 | This latter finding has been point out by some authors , noting that the mean age at the time of the diagnosis of Barrett 's oesophagus was about 55 years , which is the same as the value found in our study . |
| 25 | The demand for shell suits in shiny crinkle and trilobal fabrics is waning and there will certainly be less of these versions around by next spring as far as the more fashion conscious wearer is concerned . |
| 26 | By 3.30 am , Bob Semple , head of equity research , was already predicting a FT-SE 100 share index up by 150 points the following day . |
| 27 | Unless something happens , energy use in Europe is expected to rise by 25 per cent by the year 2000 , with carbon dioxide emissions up by 20 per cent . |
| 28 | We were negotiating with the erm Conservative group and during that period of negotiation we shifted their budget up by two and a half million pounds . |
| 29 | They have to do with programming : French culture and communications ministers in the 1980S protested at US cultural imperialism -thus , over five years , during prime-time viewing , French-made programmes were allegedly down by 30 percent and American-made programmes up by 60 percent ; France is battling to win ‘ la guerre des images ’ — star wars waged via the TV set . |
| 30 | The issue of woman as victim as opposed to woman as survivor was tackled head on by Polish director Zofia Kalinska whose work showing women as bearers of demonic energy culminated in the formation of the Magic Circle , which went on in 1988 to tour a collectively devised piece called Nominate Filiae . |