Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [adv prt] by [num] " in BNC.
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1 | If your army includes sixteen or more Trolls then the possible number of units goes up by 1 for every extra 5 models , eg 16–20 Trolls = up to 4 units , 21–25 Trolls = up to 5 units , 26–30 Trolls = up to 6 units and so on . |
2 | In state primary schools the pupil-teacher ratio went down by 7.5 per cent and in state secondary schools there was a fall of 9.5 per cent , but in the same ten year period the pupil-teacher ratio in independent schools came down by 17.7 per cent . |
3 | The Ministry of International Trade and Industry ( MITI ) wants to have a preliminary design for a short-haul 75-seater codenamed the ys-x worked out by 1990 and to have the aircraft in service by 1994 . |
4 | There was a dramatic fall in light industrial output , while savings went up by 133,400 million yuan , the largest rise ever . |
5 | President Clinton 's ratings went up by nine percent . |
6 | Many more will have suffered from cancers brought on by one of the radioactive substances released . |
7 | With no volume gains and falling prices , like-for-like sales in shoes fell back by 1.5 per cent in the six months to 31 July . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | The main tax rates remained unchanged , while most tax allowances and excise duties were increased in line with inflation ( 7.7 per cent over the 12 months to December 1989 ) , although some duties went up by 10 per cent . |
10 | That figure needs to go up by twenty-six thousand to read nought point two three one million , and what 's left needs to go down by twenty-six thousand at ten one one four o million . |
11 | Motoring costs went down by 1.3 per cent , thanks to a further fall in the average cost of second-hand cars and an average drop of 7p a gallon in petrol prices which , together , more than made up for a rise in car insurance premiums . |
12 | Fares go up by 10 per cent in February . |
13 | Nationwide , unemployment figures went up by 41,000 , making the total 2,908,900 million . |
14 | The value of exports of manufactured goods rose by 16.5 per cent ( and the volume by 10 per cent ) , with capital goods exports up by 20 per cent to a total of dollars 850,000 million . |
15 | Wondering what we had let ourselves in for we anchored as near as possible to Ullapool and contacted the local staff which at that time consisted of local patrol officers backed up by two visiting officers from Dingwall . |
16 | Japan 's Ministry of Posts & Telecommunications says it is planning to build an administrative network that will link the local area networks used in government offices across the country , but the plan is still in its embryonic stages ; at the same time the ministry is studying a proposal for a fibre to the home project that plans to get Japanese households connected up by 2015 ; total infrastructure costs are estimated at about $256,000m . |
17 | TAKARE , the nursing-homes group which has three establishments in Scotland , saw 1992 pre-tax profits soar by by 56 per cent , from £7.6 million to £11.8 million , writes Richard Shackleton . |
18 | The price of petrol was increased by 47 per cent , domestic butane gas by 60 per cent and electricity by 71 per cent , and telephone and postal rates went up by 58 per cent and 81 per cent respectively . |
19 | Profits went up by ten per cent last month and your stepfather got the credit . |
20 | But there had been no reference to them in the detailed report of Surrendered Ex-Enemy Personnel sent up by 5 Corps to Eighth Army two days earlier , on 15 May [ KP 112 ] . |
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 | Seasonal food prices went up by 2.1 per cent in February , and average prices of clothing and footwear rose by 1.8 per cent , after falling 4.6 per cent in January . |
23 | There had been no improvement in productivity , retail prices went up by 1.5 per cent ( although the real level of inflation was widely thought to be at least double that ) , and wages remained static in real terms . |
24 | At the same time the price of leaded petrol was increased by 55 per cent , compared with a 25 per cent rise for unleaded , and electricity prices went up by 15 per cent . |
25 | Lada prices went up by three per cent on 1 October making their cheapest car , the Riva 1300SEL saloon , £3275 . |
26 | Between 1968 and 1973 , by contrast , final goods prices rose by 4½ per cent per year while materials prices shot up by 11 ½ per cent per year . |
27 | While the rest of the humans bent down by one of the flat tyres it strolled up to the gate , fiddled the teeth of the pliers on to the padlock , and squeezed . |
28 | Alcoholic drinks went up by 6 per cent . |
29 | Civilian workers employed by the police went up by 12 per cent between 1979 and 1988 ( 34,630 to 41,800 ) . |
30 | Income tax thresholds and allowances go up by six point eight per cent . |