Example sentences of "[verb] by a [adj] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the recession and the slump in consumer spending , UK publishers ' output rose by a startling 16.44% in 1992 . |
| 2 | The Bank of Korea forecasts that GDP will grow by a real 6.3%-6.8% this year , up from 4.7% in 1992 . |
| 3 | In late 1991 the IMF forecast that the industrial world would grow by a robust 2.8% in 1992 . |
| 4 | At Portsmouth , Crabb was met by a local MI6 officer , using the cover name ‘ Bernard Smith ’ , and together they booked in at the Sallyport Hotel where ‘ Smith ’ gave his address as ‘ c/o Foreign Office , London ’ . |
| 5 | Only services managed to grow by a meagre 2.4% . |
| 6 | All are powered by a single PP9 alkaline battery fitted into the receiver , which should be expected to last a full season of regular work . |
| 7 | Versatility was underlined by a well-received jazz/blues section and , as an encore , the trio played a gentle rendering of Mark Knopfler 's Why Worry ? |
| 8 | System management is provided by a single RS/6000 control workstation running AIX/6000 and with AIX Windows access from other workstations . |
| 9 | In the last year , the construction level in the province has crumbled by a massive 18.5pc . |
| 10 | Last year its GNP grew by a heady 5.7% , despite a fall in real net exports equivalent to nearly 2% of its GNP . |
| 11 | In the year to the first quarter , America 's GDP grew by a respectable 2.6% . |
| 12 | Very much the view of of this group that we have an excellent planning and environment department service led by a distinguished er director and say that . |
| 13 | In the 1970s , the United Kingdom population increased by a mere 0.5% , a figure matched only by West Germany . |
| 14 | The boom in hard-currency exports led Hungary 's dollar current account to improve by a remarkable 4–5% of GDP . |
| 15 | It was n't , it was n't regarded , it was regarded by a positivistic er , as just being er a big wall to stop barbarians er , attacking . |
| 16 | In the general election of 1918 the Irish Parliamentary Party which had dominated Irish politics since the days of Parnell was routed by a reorganised Sinn Fein , many of whose members had fought in the 1916 Rising . |
| 17 | Bourassa 's view of the package was overwhelmingly endorsed by a special 4,000-member Liberal Party convention in Quebec on Aug. 29-30 , at which the provincial Premier gave a powerful performance and promised to win over the population of Quebec at the October referendum . |
| 18 | However , it must satisfy unc so that if x1 is multiplied by a scalar d1 so also is |