Example sentences of "[vb base] go [adv prt] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Leeds Permanent and Abbey National want to go up by 1.25 points or more . |
| 2 | Is the Prime Minister aware that since 1979 the crime figures in England and Wales have gone up by 102 per cent. , that in the north of England they have gone up by 123 per cent . |
| 3 | But nonetheless , I think we as county councillors can be proud of the fact that we have set a spending target for committees , we are prepared to allow the officers to manage their departments inside the targets that have been set , and that does mean that they have to look at er , what they 're spending and create priorities , and and I as a councillor am not in the least bit impressed by arguments that paper clips have increased by five and a half percent this year , and that felt l er pe felt line erm , pens have gone up by seventeen and a half percent , I think that 's largely irrelevant consideration , we 're not in the business of projecting budget , we 're in the business of providing money to deliver high quality services to the people of Wiltshire . |
| 4 | Loans to small farmers have been increased 25 times over ; research and investment has gone into new seeds and fertilizers specially designed for the needs ( and the purses ) of the small farmer ; and maize prices have gone up by 129 per cent so as to provide an incentive . |
| 5 | Is the Prime Minister aware that since 1979 the crime figures in England and Wales have gone up by 102 per cent. , that in the north of England they have gone up by 123 per cent . |
| 6 | and that in the Northumbria police force area — my area — robberies have gone up by 240 per cent . |
| 7 | COCAINE seizures by Customs have gone up by 50 per cent this year , Home Office minister Mr David Mellor told the Commons yesterday during a debate on the misuse of drugs . |
| 8 | As far as the agro-chemical industry is concerned , Mr Botham added : ‘ For us costs have gone up by 15-18 per cent and that in turn means that farmers will be paying 8-12 per cent more — and that 's way above the rate of inflation . ’ |
| 9 | The thing has gone on in a different way from previous years , and the outcome , as you 've observed , although the Liberal Democrats initially proposed spending at capping , they have gone down by half a million pounds . |
| 10 | Deaths amongst babies and very young children have gone down by 40 per cent . |