Example sentences of "[adv prt] by [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The results showed profits down by 62 p.c. to £73m before taxation in the 12 months to January 1992 . |
| 2 | The overall effect is to loosen the tightly abutting domain junction seen in CD4(D1D2) by sliding domain 2 down by 4 residues with respect to domain 1 , lengthening the molecule by some 15 . |
| 3 | ‘ And with interest rates down by 4 percentage points in just six months , Britain enters the year ahead in a more favourable position than most of our major competitors . |
| 4 | Voter turnout was down by 3.1 percentage points to 62.9 per cent . |
| 5 | The Government went down by 71 votes and after a short Cabinet on the next morning ( 22 January 1924 ) he drove to Buckingham Palace and resigned . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I 'm extremely sad to see that the price for glass has gone down by five pounds a ton which results in the er the income from the recycling of glass being halved . |
| 8 | During this transition , the retirement age was brought down by five years , staffing numbers were reduced , the unprofitable office in Edinburgh was closed , procedures were modified and attitudes changed , a research department was established , some shuffling of the partners took place , and the youngest of them , Nigel Humphreys , was appointed Managing Director . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I for one was heartened to see us just going out there and enjoying ourselves , despite going down by eight goals to one . |
| 11 | The optimum completion time has come down by one minute to 11 minutes and more time is being allowed on the roads and tracks section before the cross country . |
| 12 | I said I 'd remember that if ever I found him dangling upside down by one toe from a ski-lift cable . |
| 13 | PUT DOWN BY ONE LINE |
| 14 | Since England lost 3–0 and West Indies won 2–0 , there was not much doubt who was Top Team , though , having said that , West Indies then lost a very bad-tempered series in New Zealand , going down by one wicket in the only Test to see a result . |
| 15 | Yesterday it was announced that the rate of inflation — as measured by the Retail Prices Index — edged down by 0.1 p.c. last month to an annual rate of 4 p.c . |
| 16 | And then you 're knocking the price down by thirty quid ! |
| 17 | Wirral still await a first win but battled hard against Caldy before going down by two wickets in the last over . |
| 18 | Another man , ridden down by two Dragoons , choked on blood . |
| 19 | All of its provisions had been upheld other than that relating to spousal notification which was struck down by two votes to one . |
| 20 | The latest figures show that the number of crimes in the county are down by 0.2 percent … a small amount but heartening news after soaring crime rates in previous years . |
| 21 | But although the away side did well in the Midlands , there was disappointment at Liverpool , where the locals went down by 31 shots . |
| 22 | That was not too bad but , like most ideas ahead of their time , I am afraid that it was voted down by 182 votes to 170 . |
| 23 | Another Coral made an encouraging seasonal debut last month when going down by seven lengths to Tipping Tim at Cheltenham — a race in which he also finished second last year — and is now 11lb better off with that rival . |
| 24 | At Elland Rd he left dixon on his arse on the left wing , and also there was one classic moment when he was being closed down by 2 arsenal players from either side — he dragged the ball back and both the arsenal players clattered into each other and fell over while Strach trotted upfield with the ball ! ! |
| 25 | The Cowboys went down by 35 points in week one , but Buffalo , by contrast , opened on a high with four passing touchdowns , three caught by Andre Reed . |
| 26 | There was continued sniping about the March performance , with Rover , whose market share was down to less than 10 p.c. , claiming sales would have been down by 20 p.c. were it not for Ford ‘ buying market share ’ . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Industry estimates are that sales were down by 12 p.c. on the year at about 140,000 . |
| 29 | It was completed in nineteen hundred and twelve , turned down by three publishing houses , including the Nouvelle Revue Française , and finally accepted by Grasset on the understanding that , while it would appear under Grasset 's imprint , it would also appear at the author 's expense . |
| 30 | Yet with base rates down by three percentage points to 7% since sterling 's exit from the ERM , and a further reduction to 6% likely in the New Year , mortgage rates are set to fall to their lowest level for 25 years . |