Example sentences of "[noun] by [adj] [no cls] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Between 1932 and the peak of activity in 1937 real income increased by 19 per cent , gross domestic production by 23 per cent , industrial production by nearly 46 per cent and gross fixed investment by 47 per cent . |
| 2 | Private-sector consumption was predicted to grow by 5.7 per cent per year , with investment increasing by 8.8 per cent ; government-sector consumption was predicted to rise by 3.3 per cent , and investment by 8.5 per cent . |
| 3 | This appears to be the case for equation ( 2.2 ) which has the property that a rise of 10 points in JXC ( i.e. 0.1 ) will raise the stock of inward investment by some 2.4% on impact , and by some 8.2% in the long-run . |
| 4 | According to Criminal Statistics for England and Wales 1988 , during these 9 years of Conservative law and order , violent offences increased by 66.5 per cent , robbery by 151.2 per cent , burglary by 50.3 per cent , theft by 37.3 per cent and fraud and forgery by 13.4 per cent . |
| 5 | Questioned about high damages awards following motor accidents , Ivor Carr , Secretary of the British Motorists Association , said there were moves afoot to increase car insurance premiums by 1,000 per cent and this would encourage motorists to indulge in defensive driving to keep premiums down . |
| 6 | Nepal devalued its rupee by 20.96 per cent against the US dollar in early July , in line with a devaluation of the Indian rupee [ see p. 38337 ] . |
| 7 | The rest of the thirteen essential attributes range between a mention by 20 per cent for ‘ mature/stable ’ down to a mere 2 per cent for ‘ specific educational qualifications ' ( ! ) |
| 8 | Thirty European and N. American countries have approved a UN-brokered accord to cut emissions of volatile organic compounds by 30 per cent by the year 2000 . |
| 9 | It begins by looking at the Reagan record in such areas as pollution control , natural resource management and energy , at the administration 's attitudes to the international environment ( it wants to cut its contribution to the UN Environment Programme by 70 per cent ) and at the massacre of the Council on Environmental Quality ( two thirds of its budget and four fifths of its staff chopped ) . |
| 10 | Between 1985–6 journeys from Swindon to Paddington increased by 16 per cent , from Bath to Paddington by 12 per cent and from Bristol to Paddington by 20 per cent . |
| 11 | Between 1985–6 journeys from Swindon to Paddington increased by 16 per cent , from Bath to Paddington by 12 per cent and from Bristol to Paddington by 20 per cent . |
| 12 | On Jan. 7 , 1989 , Saudi Aramco announced the discovery of a new high quality oil and gas field at al-Ragheeb , 123 km south-east of Riyadh ; this was the third in recent months , and it raised expectations that the three wells were part of a single huge field , which , if proven , would increase Saudi Arabia 's existing reserves by 10 per cent . |
| 13 | But somehow I just managed to miss Leading Aircraftsman by two per cent when I passed out . |
| 14 | higher that it was in 1979 while that in west Germany has risen by 26 per cent. , that in the United States by 32 per cent . |
| 15 | It can reduce the amount of water needed to flush a lavatory by 40 per cent — and flushing accounts for over one third of the water consumed in Britain 's homes . |
| 16 | Expenditure on education would increase by 5.7 per cent , on the environment by 13 per cent , on research by 5.7 per cent and on defence by only 1 per cent . |
| 17 | He also talks of boosting Antarctic research by 300 per cent , and continuing the support for the Australia telescope and the starlab space telescope project . |
| 18 | Having reviewed the scheme , an FAC Working Group recommended no change for the year commencing 1 April 1993 , but this recommendation was not accepted by the committee and the CAA has since notified AOC operators that it ‘ has it in mind ’ to raise AOC charges for operators of aircraft of less than fifteen tonnes maximum take-off weight by fifty per cent from April . |
| 19 | FORD is to put up the price of its K-reg cars by 1.8 per cent later this month . |
| 20 | On the other hand , if it was quite clear and unambiguous then a written form was preferred Okay , now a study by Daft et al , Daft as in y'know one marble short of a whatever yeah or okay er Daft et al nineteen eighty-seven had a look at managers ' use of er of these two different media and found that in general most managers were media sensitive . |
| 21 | During the decade 1970–80 , serious crimes recorded by the police increased for nearly every category : violence against the person rose by 136 per cent , burglary by 44 per cent , robbery by 138 per cent , theft and handling by 54 per cent and fraud and forgery by 18 per cent . |
| 22 | According to Criminal Statistics for England and Wales 1988 , during these 9 years of Conservative law and order , violent offences increased by 66.5 per cent , robbery by 151.2 per cent , burglary by 50.3 per cent , theft by 37.3 per cent and fraud and forgery by 13.4 per cent . |
| 23 | THE Unilever juggernaut rolled its profits past £2 billion last year despite recession , increasing its turnover by 7 per cent to £24.7 billion and pre-tax profits by 13 per cent to £2,029 million . |
| 24 | The industrial businesses also increased their turnover by 15 per cent from £105 million in 1991-92 to £121 million this year , reinforcing one of AEA 's aims of diversifying its customer base and opportunities have been created both in the UK and overseas as a result of acquisitions and joint ventures . |
| 25 | Howarth has already increased the work turnover by ten per cent . |
| 26 | Endorsed by the federal Environmental Protection Agency , the " pollution prevention " package aims to reduce emissions of toxic chemicals into the Lakes by 50 per cent over the next five years . |
| 27 | Since January thefts have fallen by 20 per cent , car crime by 15 per cent and violent offences by 14 per cent . |
| 28 | Mr Livingstone would cut £7 billion from defence spending , reduce interest rates by two per cent and devalue the pound by 15 per cent in the European exchange rate mechanism . |
| 29 | He upped the price of all his unsold pictures by twenty-five per cent , borrowed a few old ones from their owners and painted some large , meretricious canvases to make a splash . |
| 30 | In ninety two there were redundancy costs to some extent offset by some er savings in payroll , there 'll by no redundancy cost relating to those previous redundancies in ninety three , but there will be the full saving on the payroll . |