Example sentences of "rise [prep] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | The total number of people waiting for NHS treatment in the UK rose to more than one million in March 1990. 25% of inpatients wait for longer than a year for treatment . |
| 2 | The death toll from an army offensive launched on Saturday rose to more than 60 as the federal forces pounded targets from the Adriatic port of Dubrovnik to the besieged Danube river town of Vukovar . |
| 3 | Protector Somerset held the number of privy councillors around twenty , but under the Duke of Northumberland it rose to more than thirty . |
| 4 | Consequently , the number of directly employed staff rose to more than 7600 by 1980 but is now down to about 7000 as the airline industry , in common with many other industries , feels the effect of the recession . |
| 5 | Custom and excise revenue already formed 57 per cent of total tax income by 1750 and rose to more than 70 per cent before Addington 's direct tax gathering of 1803 – 15 reduced it to 60 per cent . |
| 6 | During the previous twenty-five years Chesterfield 's burial totals never rose to more than seventy per annum and were usually at a much lower level , but in 1587 the number of recorded deaths reached a staggering 313 . |
| 7 | In September , bank lending rose by more than £10 billion , but this fell to £5.2 billion in October . |
| 8 | Its share in Liverpool rose by more than 14% compared with 1986 , but hardly changed if comparison is made with 1988 . |
| 9 | Unlike in London and the metropolitan areas , the Tory vote actually fell compared with 1986 , and Labour 's share rose by more than 10% . |
| 10 | For example , from the end of 1982 to the end of 1986 the net inflow was less than 1,000 billion dinars , but the value of the stock of deposits rose by more than 4,000 billion dinars ( EP , 14 March 1988 ) . |
| 11 | SALES of new cars rose by more than eight per cent last month . |
| 12 | SALES of new cars rose by more than eight per cent last month . |
| 13 | The wash-down coincides with a sharp rally in gold prices , which rose by more than 15% since March before falling back slightly . |
| 14 | After a boom period in the 1950s and 1960s , when real wages grew by more than a quarter between 1950 and 1965 , and when earnings rose by more than 40 per cent , the later 1960s ushered in years of intermittent depression . |
| 15 | Japan 's business failures rose by 66 per cent in 1991 and bad debts rose by more than 300 per cent , Tokyo Commerce and Industry Research reported . |
| 16 | In 1975 , when the real rate of interest was around -10% , investment fell , yet in 1984 and 1985 , when the real rate of interest was around +8% , investment rose by more than 11% . |
| 17 | Does the Minister know that while the number of jobs went down and unemployment went up , crime in the county of Leicestershire rose by more than one third over the past 12 months , nearly double the national rate , but the chief constable has said that in the next year the force can spend £1 million less ? |
| 18 | An analysis of major countries from 1974–1990 including France , Germany , UK , USA and Australia , showed that advertising expenditure rose by more than 70 per cent over the period ( weighted average ) but that alcohol consumption per capita declined . |
| 19 | The survey found prices rose by more than 18pc between 1989 and 1992 only Scotland and the North saw bigger increases . |
| 20 | The survey found prices rose by more than 18pc between 1989 and 1992 only Scotland and the North saw bigger increases . |
| 21 | By the end of the century it had risen to more than £300,000 per annum . |
| 22 | This aspect of the work has been phased out over the last few years as the UK content in most projects has risen to more than 70 per cent , leaving OSO to concentrate on its other roles in encouraging research and development into new offshore technology and using UK expertise to gain export orders on the back of North Sea achievements . |
| 23 | According to the buyers ' guide produced by estate agents Savills , who specialise in such properties , the price of prime properties in Yorkshire has risen by more than 130 per cent over the last three years . |
| 24 | Today it has risen by more than twenty years , to 72 for men and 77 for women , and it is still rising . |
| 25 | Despite the recession in the housing market , sales of Ideal Home have risen by more than 30,000 copies per month during the year . |
| 26 | Since 1985 enquiries about cosmetic surgery in Britain have risen by more than 800 per cent . |
| 27 | Since early March , however , the Nikkei share average has risen by more than 3,600 points , to 20,533 on May 13th . |
| 28 | • Whilst UK sales of Scotch Whisky have fallen 30% , sales of imported wine have risen by more than 60% . |
| 29 | The first attempt was in winter , precisely at that dark , depressing period when the sun can barely be bothered rising for more than 20 minutes before it packs in and hands over to nightfall . |
| 30 | More than 11 million people are expected through the doors at the Paris site in year one ( 1992 ) , rising to more than 16 million by its peak . |