Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With increase in overburden pressure , more stress is placed on the grain to grain contacts and compaction starts to proceed by chemical processes . |
| 2 | ‘ She has travelled by ordinary train on a number of occasions . ’ |
| 3 | Income from sport and commercial fishing has fallen by 80 per cent over the last four years . |
| 4 | The hon. Gentleman neglected to mention that during the course of this Parliament , unemployment in his constituency has fallen by 32 per cent . |
| 5 | Investment spending in western Germany has fallen by one-third as a share of GDP since 1980 . |
| 6 | Department of Employment expenditure has fallen by 42 per cent . |
| 7 | The number of under 10 year olds killed or seriously injured each year has fallen by 37 per cent from 1976–86 in Britain , compared to a 7.5 per cent reduction for all age groups . |
| 8 | Unemployment in his constituency has fallen by 37 per cent . |
| 9 | Since January 1986 , the number of unemployed claimants has fallen by 27 per cent . |
| 10 | Since January 1986 the number of unemployed claimants in the Aberdare travel to work area has fallen by 27 per cent . |
| 11 | The electorate has fallen by 24,985 — more than 18 per cent — since 1987 . |
| 12 | * Consumption of water in 50,000 homes on the Isle of Wight has fallen by 10 per cent since water meters were introduced last year . |
| 13 | As Britain falls into its deepest recession over fifty years the , since the recession began in nineteen ninety , the number of employees in industry has fallen by one million five hundred and fifty one thousand with a further three hundred and sixty two thousand self-employed forced into bankruptcy . |
| 14 | As a result of tight every-day control costs other operating charges at seventy eight point seven million have fallen as the percentage of sales by point nine per cent to twenty four point six per cent and depreciation in the period has fallen by two point three million to eight point four million . |
| 15 | The futures price has fallen by 12.5 ( i.e.1825.0 -1812.5 ) which is equivalent to 25 ticks ( i.e. 12.5/0.5 where 0.5 is the tick size ) . |
| 16 | Over the long term there has been an ‘ age-migration ’ of the accident statistics , whereby the number of under-15s killed per annum has fallen by 61 per cent from 1927–82 compared to an 80 per cent increase for the 15–24 year old group . |
| 17 | INTEREST rates may be rising , pushing borrowers even further into debt , but the number of county court judgments against individuals in debt has fallen by 16 per cent in the first half of 1989 , according to figures released by the Registry of County Court Judgments . |
| 18 | Since 1975 , the prices farmers receive for commodities expressed in real terms has fallen by 16 per cent . |
| 19 | Official figures show that private consumption under Sandinista rule has fallen by 70 per cent . |
| 20 | Official figures show that private consumption under Sandinista rule has fallen by 70 per cent . |
| 21 | Unemployment has fallen by 70 per cent since the mid-eighties in Telford but it 's about more than just the number of jobs , it 's the quality of jobs , the skills that erm are offered in terms of the training that 's available in the area , and the whole atmosphere of the town has been completely transformed by moving from an older and established industrial climate to one that encompasses a wide range of modern and high tech industries . |
| 22 | In the period of this Parliament , unemployment in the hon. Gentleman 's constituency has fallen by 39 per cent . |
| 23 | The Nikkei index has fallen by 60 per cent from its peak , and is now testing the 17,000 level . |
| 24 | Since 1980 , the proportion of the national population qualifying for aid has fallen by 25 per cent in the UK , Denmark and the Netherlands , and to a slightly lesser degree in Belgium and Germany . |
| 25 | If the Government 's record is so good , why has the CBI just reported that investment in manufacturing has fallen by 18.8 per cent . |
| 26 | The workforce has fallen by 700,000 as people have retired or given up looking for jobs , but unemployment has risen by roughly 1.3 million , the EPI reports . |
| 27 | Spending on energy conservation has fallen by 28 per cent over the past two years , despite the government 's public commitment in the environment white paper to saving energy as the principal means of combating the greenhouse effect . |
| 28 | However , investment in energy efficiency has fallen by 28 per cent over the last two years . |
| 29 | But this year , the figure was down to 2,558 , so since the general election , unemployment has fallen by 28.7 per cent . |
| 30 | As a result circulation has fallen by half , and big advertisers have drifted away . |