Example sentences of "[noun] have [verb] by a third " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spending on new roads has increased by a third since 1979 , and is planned to double again ; Okehampton bypass built through Dartmoor National Park ; 110 SSSIs are threatened with road schemes . |
| 2 | In the Czechoslovakian town of Bratislava , cancers have risen by a third , heart complaints by 40 per cent , infant mortality by two-thirds and miscarriages by half since 1970 , thanks to deadly air pollutants from nearby industries . |
| 3 | On figures that are probably far too kind , real GNP was a staggering 8% lower in the first three months of this year than in the same period last year ; investment is dropping fast ; foreign trade has shrunk by a third . |
| 4 | Add the cream , bring to the boil ( without letting it boil over ) and cook for 5–10 minutes or until the cream has reduced by a third . |
| 5 | Labour MP Terry Lewis , who sponsored the Bill , says it 's been successful in New South Wales , Australia , where alcohol related accidents have dropped by a third . |
| 6 | A survey in 1992 showed that chough numbers had increased by a third since the previous survey 10 years earlier ; 1,247 pairs were counted , compared with 950 pairs in 1982 . |
| 7 | Tourism authorities responded quickly to reports of the attack by issuing assurances that policing of Dublin streets had increased significantly during the past year and that crime against tourists had dropped by a third . |
| 8 | In 1985 their consumption was roughly the same as in 1973 , even though real GNP had increased by a third . |