Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [adv prt] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Councillor regrets that er we 're bringing council rents up by nine and half percent but what we 're doing is in fact precisely what his government is recommending us to do , so I 'm a little sup so would councillor kindly at some point explain why he regrets his own government 's policy . |
| 2 | An efficient college should be able to hike most of its re-take students up by two or more grades . |
| 3 | And whereas most forces are coping with a rocketing crime rate , Gloucestershire are reporting shoplifting down by 13 percent … bike thefts down by 9 percent , and vehicle thefts reduced by 3 percent . |
| 4 | IT has become clear that the stockmarket rally which has pushed American share prices up by one-half since the autumn of 1990 is over . |
| 5 | Yet with base rates down by three percentage points to 7% since sterling 's exit from the ERM , and a further reduction to 6% likely in the New Year , mortgage rates are set to fall to their lowest level for 25 years . |
| 6 | Peace immediately sent the news ratings down by one-third , but the pulling power of radio in its heyday is shown in the fact that 45 per cent of the people listened to the half-hour general election speeches in the 1945 campaign — feats of concentration ( however imperfect ) inconceivable in 1990 . |
| 7 | The major beneficiaries of this trend were soft modes , with pedestrian accidents down by 43 per cent , cyclist accidents by 16 per cent and those involving children down by 66 per cent . |
| 8 | The Foreign Languages at Work ( FLAW ) scheme also experienced a good year , with candidate numbers up by 38 per cent . |
| 9 | The latest figures for 1990-91 show the number of hip replacements up by 54 per cent . |
| 10 | Unless something happens , energy use in Europe is expected to rise by 25 per cent by the year 2000 , with carbon dioxide emissions up by 20 per cent . |
| 11 | ‘ And with interest rates down by 4 percentage points in just six months , Britain enters the year ahead in a more favourable position than most of our major competitors . |
| 12 | In the past seven weeks the Chancellor , Norman Lamont , has brought interest rates down by 3 per cent in an attempt to revive the British economy . |
| 13 | House prices up by one-third over two years could spell disaster for those leaving Britain who sold but did not reinvest in the housing market before returning home . |