Example sentences of "had [verb] by a [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But 1961 social class II fertility was almost as high as that of class III , while that of IV and V — semi-skilled and unskilled workers — had fallen by a tenth or more . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | In 1985 their consumption was roughly the same as in 1973 , even though real GNP had increased by a third . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | With the wars of this century , it had shrunk by a third . |