Example sentences of "[was/were] raised [prep] [noun] [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Interest rates were raised in response to these problems ( refer to Chapter 12 ) — bank base rates were raised in steps from 7½ per cent in May 1988 to 15 per cent in October 1989 — and mortgage rates followed the interest rate trend . |
| 2 | Opinion : ‘ New nuclear stations were uneconomic when the discount rate was raised to 8% in 1988 … |
| 3 | An earnings means test was introduced for the old age pension , and the age of entitlement was raised in stages from 60 to 65 years . |
| 4 | The 35th Regiment of Foot was raised in Belfast in 1701 by the Earl of Donegal . |
| 5 | The 70th was raised in Surrey in 1756 and as a result it was the junior of the two regiments . |