Example sentences of "by 60 [no cls] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Muscle relaxation by cells was reduced by 200 nM oxyhaemoglobin and 10 µ M methylene blue but was increased by 60 n/ml superoxide dismutase . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The 50 per cent discount that it offers shareholders on its ferry crossings boosted the number of shareholders by 60 per cent to 160,000 between 1981 and 1984 . |
| 4 | Plans to build a series of nuclear pressurised water reactors halted , although Sizewell B will still be completed ; funding on promoting energy efficiency has been halved ; insulation programmes cut by 60 per cent ; 100 times more spent on research into nuclear power than on renewable energy . |
| 5 | Staying out of the sun between 11am and 3pm can reduce exposure by 60 per cent . |
| 6 | The Department of Energy sprang a surprise in the autumn of 1989 when the paper it produced for the ‘ responses ’ group of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change suggested that , with more efficient use of energy , Britain could cut its consumption ( and hence carbon dioxide ) by 60 per cent by 2005 or 2020 . |
| 7 | Primitive Methodists made the greatest strides of all : the number of their ministers without any college training fell by 60 per cent while the number with , rose by 59 per cent . |
| 8 | The Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change has constantly warned governments that the business of reducing carbon dioxide emissions ( by 60 per cent over the next two or three decades ) can not be put off any longer . |
| 9 | The Nikkei index has fallen by 60 per cent from its peak , and is now testing the 17,000 level . |
| 10 | Light-scattering measurements showed that the concentration of the micelles had been increased by 60 per cent . |
| 11 | Unlike the US agencies and the EC , the DHSS/DoE Joint Committee on Medical Aspects of Water Quality proposed in 1984 that it would be acceptable to relax the EC standard by 60 per cent , from 50 to 80 mg/litre . |
| 12 | According to the DoE , since 1979 government advice to cereal farmers has reduced autumn applications of nitrate by 60 per cent . |
| 13 | We have supported this by increasing the public funding of the arts , by 60 per cent in real terms since 1979 , and introducing new incentives to personal giving . |
| 14 | Spending on health has increased by 60 per cent in real terms since 1979 . |
| 15 | It is reckoned to be capable of cutting the death rate from fractures in older women by 60 per cent and may also protect against heart disease and rheumatoid arthritis . |
| 16 | Australian mining companies have been pressing hard for the upgrade for the past 18 months but , ironically , demand for Landsat data in the last few months has dropped by 60 per cent . |
| 17 | In 1991 it assumed responsibility for its own catering , with total revenue increasing by 60 per cent partly as a result . |
| 18 | Street activities have increased by 60 per cent in Moabit and there is evidence elsewhere too of cafés , shops and restaurants spilling out into the street . |
| 19 | Yesterday the Banking Ombudsman revealed that the number of complaints he received last year jumped by 60 per cent . |
| 20 | BANKS have been reeling this week with the news that customer complaints to the industry 's Ombudsman have risen by 60 per cent . |
| 21 | During 1902–12 expenditure increased by 60 per cent . |
| 22 | Its uneven surface attracts food debris the way a deep pile carpet collects dust — but research shows that thorough cleansing can reduce mouth odour by 60 per cent . |
| 23 | Between 1831 and 1841 Glasgow 's population increased by 37 per cent , Manchester and Salford by 47 per cent from 1821 to 1831 , West Bromwich 's by 60 per cent , and Bradford by 78 per cent . |
| 24 | However , in case of foreign participation in excess of 20 per cent of the equity or 5 million forints the assessment is reduced by 20 per cent , but if more than half of the income is derived from manufacturing goods or carrying on the business of a hotel , and the stock capital exceeds 25 million forints and the foreign participation exceeds 30 per cent , then during the first five years the tax is reduced by 60 per cent and thereafter by 40 per cent . |
| 25 | Up by 60 per cent since 1979 . |
| 26 | It has been estimated that up to one-third of hill land could grow timber and the aim is to increase the forestry acreage by 60 per cent by the end of the century . |
| 27 | For secondary education , similar variations were found , with the highest spending authority surpassing the expenditure of the lowest by 60 per cent . |
| 28 | If the donor dies more than seven years after the gift , there 's no duty at all payable If he dies in the seventh year the whole duty is reduced by 60 per cent , if in the sixth by 30 per cent , and in the fifth 15 per cent . ’ |
| 29 | This assertion was grounded on results of several studies , including one based upon the 25 WFS countries mentioned above and which reported that if all mothers had seven or more years of schooling , other things being equal ( that is , all mothers ' offspring would have the same conditions concerning survival as those observed for the educated mothers ' newborn babies ) , infant mortality would fall by 41 per cent and death rates of children aged 1–4 by 60 per cent ( Trussell and Pebley , 1984 , p.21 ) . |
| 30 | THE number of bankruptcies in the first half of the year soared by 60 per cent , while company failures rose by just over 8 per cent . |