Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] [adv prt] from [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Brasserie , which they had hoped would equal L'Auberge 's trade , has only averaged 60 covers per day , and L'Auberge itself has fallen off from 90 in 1984 to 75 in 1985 . |
| 2 | It has come down from 52 per cent . |
| 3 | May I remind him that inflation has come down from 10.9 to 3.7 per cent. , that interest rates have been cut by 4.5 percentage points and that we have the lowest level of inflation for 25 years — below that of west Germany . |
| 4 | The King graciously stood godfather ; the baby of course was named George and was given a silver bowl inscribed ‘ The gift of His Majesty King George to his godson , George Lamb , Anno Dom 1725 ’ A story has grown up from this — for years I thought it was true — that Henry James saw this bowl — it had become by legend , golden — and the sight was the seed that led to his novel , The Golden Bowl . |
| 5 | Tory group leader Coun John Hale said : ‘ It all stems back to the early days when people were encouraged not to pay and the momentum has built up from this . ’ |
| 6 | Data on dependants is available for supplementary benefit , and , as noted above , the number has shot up from 4.4 million to 8.2 million . |
| 7 | Most are in primary schools where the average class size has shot up from 26.1 to 28.8 in two years . |
| 8 | What will the Germans think when they arrive in Glasgow with players still fresh from a ten-week break in the Bundesliga and a legislative system which means that if any of their players has called off from this game they must not play for their club sides next weekend ? ’ |
| 9 | A YOUNG soccer star has battled back from serious injury to the brink of major success . |
| 10 | Now 22 , Debbie 's guitar collection has progressed on from that all-important first guitar . |
| 11 | The Northern League of Signor Umberto Bossi , which wants a separate state for the rich north in a federal Italy , has gone up from two seats to 82 . |
| 12 | The result has been the Cashline availability has gone up from 92 per cent to 97 per cent in the last eighteen months . ’ |
| 13 | At the Civic Theatre , despite a lower number of performances last year , attendance has gone up from 112,000 to 113,000 . |
| 14 | Has the additional cost has gone up from six thousand to eight thousand more , or is it still six thousand ? |
| 15 | Sure enough , due to prospects this year of a vintage declaration and an estimated shortfall of supply over demand ( although the latest estimated harvest figure has gone up from 250 to 274 million bottles ) , the price per kilo of grapes was fixed at 26.77 French francs , a 13.78 per cent increase over last year . |
| 16 | Police figures show that the detection rate for crime in Airdrie has gone up from 30 to 70 per cent since the cameras were installed . |
| 17 | The survival rate has gone up from 20 per cent in 1960 to 80 per cent now . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , does the Minister agree that the number of defence jobs in the north-west has gone down from 23,000 in 1985-86 to only 12,000 in 1989-90 , a cut of almost 50 per cent . |
| 19 | And super model 's pay has gone down from ten thousand pounds to er five hundred pounds a day . |
| 20 | Dorahy has taken over from fellow Aussie John Monie , the most successful coach in the club 's history . |
| 21 | She has switched off from any responsibility for her own life . |
| 22 | Alcohol has edged down from 80 to 78 per mille , but leisure services have risen from 32 per mille to 62 , entirely as a result of the inclusion for the first time of foreign holidays , which are now deemed to account for 30 per mille ( 3 per cent ) of the cost of living . |
| 23 | erm I have to say that people are just as interested in having a proper explanation brought out and one that 's brought out from independent questioning of Thames 's explanations . |
| 24 | And erm , so of course , she 's , you know , not been well for a couple of weeks and she 's gone down from nine four , to seven stone . |
| 25 | Wendy 's gone down from twelve and a half stone to about eight |