Example sentences of "of [noun pl] has [verb] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cases are taking 16 months or more , with a backlog of 60,000 , and this must be rectified , especially as , we have been told , the number of applications has increased by 10 times in four years — from 5,000 in 1988 to 50,000 this year . |
| 2 | The number of entrants has dropped by 27% compared to 1991 and the judges were hopeful that the new application form — combined with SORP 2 — was not the cause . |
| 3 | The annual report of the Forestry Commission — the state forestry body — notes that planting of broadleaved varieties of trees has increased by 10 times over the last decade . |
| 4 | Similarly , the number of spills has fallen by [ 20% ] and the impact of our operations in sensitive areas is being reduced by the application of technology . |
| 5 | This shows that the number of farms has fallen by 14% ; the number in the smaller size bracket generally ( under 30 hectares ) has fallen and the number in the larger size brackets risen . |
| 6 | The document , which was leaked to The Ecologist magazine , also states that the proportion of failures has multiplied by two and a half times over the last 10 years . |
| 7 | Within that static total , wine has accounted for an increasing share of total alcohol consumption and the amount of alcohol consumed in the form of spirits has fallen by 30% . |
| 8 | 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 ) . |