Example sentences of "has risen [prep] [n mass] " in BNC.

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1 THERE is growing concern that the bill for refurbishing Newry Town Hall has risen to £850,000 .
2 In contrast , investment income has risen to 6pc from 3.5pc , and social-security benefits have risen to 13pc from 8pc .
3 If the value of existing units has risen to 75p for example , new subscribers will ‘ buy ’ newly created units at 75p and the number they purchase will be equal to the amount they wish to invest divided by 75p .
4 The survey conducted by the Health Promotion Research Trust also found : the proportion of men and women classified as overweight or obese has risen to 53pc and 57pc proportionately .
5 Since the reclassification in the échelle des crus this village has risen to 100% , giving it full grand cru status .
6 Since 1985 the échelle de cru of this village has risen to 100% .
7 The equity proportion of financing has risen to 43% for deals below £10m in the last 18 months and to over 40% for deals above £10m .
8 The maximum fine in a Magistrates ' Court for breaches of ss 2 to 6 of the Act and of other sections relating to breaches of improvement notices , and prohibition notices or court remedy orders , has risen to £20,000 and all other breaches of the Act or subordinate Regulations and other relevant legislation now incur a maximum fine of £5,000 ( previously £2,000 ) .
9 The Kuwaiti Ministry of Public Works says the cost of completing the telecommunications tower in Kuwait City has risen to $175m from $110m : the increase is due mainly to damage done by the Iraqis during their occupation of the country , as well as changes in the project 's specifications and a rise in the cost of raw materials and labour .
10 Revenues per employee has risen above $300,000 for the first time .
11 Thus the diocesan schools debt has risen by £1,627,000 .
12 The price has risen by 119p since Caradon announced a possible bid on 31 August .
13 The cost of the tunnel has risen by £2.2bn to £7bn — forcing Eurotunnel to return to its bankers for fresh loans .
14 Despite much talk of cutting back the state , the central government 's annual output of new rules and changes to the old ones has risen by 8% since 1985 .
15 Since the start of 1991 , however , the Stockholm market has risen by 16% , outstripping London , Tokyo and New York .
16 ‘ In the same period that crime has risen by 150pc , the number of police in Darlington has risen by only 3.3pc , ’ said Mr Milburn .
17 The latest figures show that the number of cases of serious backpain reported has risen by 40% over the past 5 years .
18 The real duty-paid price of beer has risen by 60% since 1979 , while the real duty-paid price of spirits has fallen by 10% ( Figure 2.3 ) .
19 Yet on Wall Street shares are up by 7pc , Japanese shares have gone up 19pc and in Europe the share index has risen by 9pc .
20 Police Expenditure on the police has risen by 55% since 1978–1979 Insufficient effort , though , has been devoted to making sure policemen are on the beat .
21 The pound has risen by 7% against the D-mark in the past two months , to DM2.50 , reflecting the diverging fortunes of the German and British economies .
22 In contrast , the real value of excise duties has risen by 7% for beers and by 17% for wines ( Figure 4.2 ) .
23 ‘ They want to cover up falling union membership and the fact that under the last Labour Government investment rose by just 13pc whereas under the Conservatives it has risen by 55pc in real terms .
24 The proportion of all adults living alone has risen from 9% in 1973 to 13% in 1988 ( General Household Survey 1988 ) .
25 The level at which tax becomes payable has risen from £25,000 to £110,000 and the rates have been changed from an amount varying between 10 per cent and 75 per cent , to a single rate of 40 per cent .
26 In total our fruit consumption has risen from 61lb to 69lb per person .
27 The school funding debt has risen from £269,000 in 1989 to £1,896,000 this year .
28 Several concessions have also been made in relation to capital gains tax : the amount of gain allowed tax free has risen from £1,000 a year to £5,000 a year and this allowance now applies to all gains , not just small gains as was formerly the case .
29 The revenue lost through exempting the sale of an individual 's home from capital gains has risen from £1.5 billion to £2.6 billion since 1979 .
30 As a result of falling CD yields the price has risen from £102 406.41 to £102 901.66 .
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