Example sentences of "[vb past] by [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | However , on examining the notice boards around the MOPs main building I saw displayed the measures of the improvements made in areas prioritized by senior management . |
| 2 | In performing so well , BRC beat by 16 seconds Dublin University who have won at Erne and Galweay Heads and were the second Irish crew at Laganside Head . |
| 3 | Prices rose by one-and-a-half times during the course of the war , which represented a significant achievement by the authorities . |
| 4 | A 5 p.c. reduction in gross margins on lower-margin desk-top computer products and the weakness in the market were blamed for last year 's downturn but ICL says its share of the British computer market rose by one point to 19 p.c . |
| 5 | From June 1988 until February 1989 interest rates rose by 3.75 percentage points , but a quarter of this cost was borne not by the borrower but by the Exchequer . |
| 6 | Higher pensions were payable to those who remained in work beyond this age ; these rose by annual increments for all retiring up to the age of 65/70 . |
| 7 | We are drinking 60 per cent more Alsatian wine that we were five years ago ; in the first six months of 1990 imports from Alsace rose by 26 percent . |
| 8 | The Pearl Investor Confidence Index rose by 1.2 p.c. last month — its largest rise since August last year — to stand at its highest level since December . |
| 9 | EXAMPLE The combustion of a 1.6 g sample of methanol in a flame calorimeter resulted in a temperature rise of 7.8 K. When a 12.0 V supply of electricity with a current of 2.0 A was passed through the contents of the calorimeter for 20 minutes , the temperature rose by 6.2 K. Calculate the molar enthalpy of combustion of methanol under the conditions of the experiment . |
| 10 | However , holiday expenditure rose by twenty four percent and spending on overseas trips rose by fifty percent . |
| 11 | The highest land is only 2 metres above sea level and even this would be exposed to storm surges if mean sea level rose by 1 metre . |
| 12 | Overall sales rose by 1 p.c. to £2.66 billion but the increase was solely from the contract catering side . |
| 13 | David Goldman , chairman , said the group 's United Kingdom software sales rose by 16 p.c. despite difficult market conditions and that Sage continues to trade ahead of internal targets , with profits in the first half 62 p.c. up on the corresponding period . |
| 14 | His public standing rose by 18 points in public opinion polls immediately after Guzmán 's capture , and analysts believed that government-sponsored candidates now stood a good chance of commanding a majority in the Democratic Constituent Congress ( CCD ) to be elected on Nov. 22 [ see p. 39048 ] . |
| 15 | The yen gained Y1.35 to trade at Y142.25 to the dollar and sterling rose by 0.57 cents to $1.6102 . |
| 16 | This drew a flood of zinc to the LME ; stocks rose by 34,300 tonnes to 102,800 tonnes — almost a seven-year high . |
| 17 | In the United States average productivity rose by about one-third between 1955 and 1970 , in Japan it rose by five times and in Europe it doubled . |
| 18 | Earnings per share rose by 15 p.c. to 15.7p and the final dividend of 3¼p , up from 3p , is payable on May 29 . |
| 19 | Those who were not , but rose by exceptional ability , were invariably the subject of unfavourable comment , and when successful ( as in the case of Archbishop Willigis of Mainz , 975–1011 ) , it was because their rule drew on the capital of the Adelsheiliger tradition . |
| 20 | During that same period , food export prices fell by eleven percent alright , whereas manufactured export , prices of manufactured exports rose by twenty percent . |
| 21 | Manufacturing production rose by 0.7 % by April after dipping 0.3 % in March as industry continued to recover unsteadily from the recession . |
| 22 | The Australian Democrats increased their vote by some 2 percentage points to around 5.5 per cent without winning a seat , while the vote for the independent candidates rose by 0.7 points to almost 11 per cent . |
| 23 | Shipments of cars to Middle East markets rose by 60 p.c. when compared with the Gulf war-affected levels of a year ago . |
| 24 | Similarly , Shenfield , relying entirely upon Parish and Peacock for her calculations , asserted that while the number of old people rose by two-and-a-half times between 1910 and 1954 , the proportion of the national income transferred to the elderly during the same period had quadrupled ( Shenfield 1957 ) . |
| 25 | Whilst exports to the dollar area rose by three times in current terms between 1947 and 1951 , as a share of total exports the increase ( from 11.5 to 14.5 per cent ) was only marginal . |
| 26 | Recorded crime in England and Wales rose by three point eight per cent in the year to June . |
| 27 | Recorded crime in England and Wales rose by three point eight per cent in the year to June . |
| 28 | Gold production rose by 144 kilograms to 29,594 kilograms , despite a 3 p.c. dip in the amount of ore milled to 3.51m tonnes . |
| 29 | On Oct. 4 Memphis , Tennessee , elected its first black mayor , Willie Herenton , who defeated by 172 votes the two-term incumbent Richard Hackett . |
| 30 | First , each mare is encircled , or nearly encircled by tall mountain ranges that could be the remnants of the rim of a large impact basin or the most prominent rim of a multi-ringed basin . |