Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [art] [num ord] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , they boasted proudly that retail electricity prices had risen more slowly than the retail price index in general : although their own tariffs had risen faster , average consumption had gone up and the extra kWh had been sold at the lower incremental charges of two-part or block tariffs , thus bringing the average domestic price in their first ten years down by a fifth in real terms . |
| 2 | Firstly , the proportion of teachers who , having successfully completed the first year , stay on into the second in order to obtain the Certificate in Education ( FE ) is proving to be extremely high : for example , of the 1,128 candidates for the first year courses being offered in 1979–80 , no fewer than 1,024 moved into their second year in 1980–1 . |
| 3 | With prices down by up to a third in some areas , there are many bargains around for the discerning buyer whether you fancy a converted barn or like the challenge of renovating . |
| 4 | There are steeply progressive income taxes ( up by a third in 1990-91 ) , as well as property taxes that blatantly bleed companies to subsidise home-owners . |
| 5 | If we take a 10-year view , we see that manufacturing investment is up by a third in comparison with a similar part of the same cycle . |
| 6 | Indeed , neither team was to prove a serious contender for the title with Jay Sigel , who played in the singles match against Jim Milligan , going the furthest — being knocked out at the 19th in the quarter-finals . |