Example sentences of "[noun prp] have [vb pp] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Investment spending in western Germany has fallen by one-third as a share of GDP since 1980 . |
| 2 | higher that it was in 1979 while that in west Germany has risen by 26 per cent. , that in the United States by 32 per cent . |
| 3 | According to a report dated May 21 , Bosnia-Hercegovina had suffered by that date material damage estimated at US$60,000 million-100,000 million ; electricity output was down to 17 per cent of normal levels ; and about four-fifths of the republic 's industrial plant had been destroyed . |
| 4 | He wondered if this was what Grimma had meant by all the stuff about the frogs in the flower . |
| 5 | The number of illegal border crossings and attempted crossings in Hungary had risen by 400 per cent compared with 1988 , he said . |
| 6 | The number of illegal border crossings and attempted crossings in Hungary had risen by 400 per cent compared with 1988 , he said . |
| 7 | The hon. Gentleman will be aware that , under this Government , the number of nurses employed in Scotland has increased by one third . |
| 8 | THE NUMBER of travelling people in Scotland has increased by 50 per cent over the past 24 years , a survey revealed yesterday . |
| 9 | A recent report on fish retailing , compiled by the market research company Keynote , records the number of wet fish shops in the south of England having declined by 60 per cent in 27 years . |
| 10 | The LCC area had declined in population by 0.2 per cent overall , but within that Lewisham had increased by 26 per cent and Wandsworth by 34 per cent ; the population of Middlesex was up by 42 per cent in ten years , Essex and Surrey both by 30 per cent , while the population of Ireland had fallen by another 2 per cent . |
| 11 | Looking past Adam , she saw Fand had stopped by another set of steps winding up into the rock . |
| 12 | The figures show that manufacturing jobs in Scotland have declined by 257,000 since 1979 ( 42 per cent ) and by 28,000 , or 7 per cent , since last year . |
| 13 | Central Office had great difficulty finding seats for the candidates of the National Democratic Party ( NDP ) , as the BWL had become by 1918 , and it took some time even to find a place for Victor Fisher himself before he was finally installed for Stourbridge . |
| 14 | The 72-hole tussle ended square at two games each but the countback , including a recount , concluded that XEU had won by one hole . |
| 15 | Mr Matthews said that UK food and drink exports to Canada had risen by 15 per cent since 1989 while those to the US had seen an 11 per cent lift . |
| 16 | He said that article 9 was an illustration of the right that the House of Commons had won by 1688 to exclusive cognisance of its own proceedings . |
| 17 | LIVING standards of Mr and Mrs Average have fallen by one per cent since 1990 , according to official figures . |
| 18 | US officials said that imports from China had increased by 42 per cent in the first six months while US exports to China had risen by only 18.4 per cent , and the US trade deficit with China was expected to rise to US$15 billion . |
| 19 | Swan numbers in the UK have increased by 25 per cent in the five years since anglers stopped using lead weights , according to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds . |
| 20 | The LCC area had declined in population by 0.2 per cent overall , but within that Lewisham had increased by 26 per cent and Wandsworth by 34 per cent ; the population of Middlesex was up by 42 per cent in ten years , Essex and Surrey both by 30 per cent , while the population of Ireland had fallen by another 2 per cent . |
| 21 | For the first time , he was beginning to sell records in the United States , but the relationship between DeFries and Bowie had disintegrated by this time . ’ |
| 22 | On average workers ' pay in Belorussia had dropped by 1922 to 73.5 per cent of the 1913 level , but in 1923 it was to rise to 112.5 per cent . |
| 23 | DEMAND for water in Britain has increased by two thirds in the last 30 years . |
| 24 | SMOKING among 16–19 year olds in Britain has dropped by some 15 per cent over the past decade , according to a new survey of the habits of young people carried out by the Cancer Research Campaign . |
| 25 | Investment in green and ethical investment funds across Europe has increased by 500 per cent over the last five years , according to a survey by the Merlin Environmental Research Unit . |
| 26 | The ozone layer over Europe has decreased by 8 per cent in the last ten years , twice the rate scientists had expected , according to a study by the Department of the Environment . |
| 27 | The population of Great Britain had grown by 1801 to 10.5 million , compared with 7.4 million in 1750 . |
| 28 | By allowing the Church to intercede , Zacco had ended by pleasing almost everybody . |
| 29 | Exports to Eastern Europe had increased by 67 per cent to US$81,500,000 , while imports from the region had increased by 95.8 per cent to US$112,600,000 . |
| 30 | Sales in Britain have fallen by half since 1989 ; America , Converse 's main market , has been hard going too . |