Example sentences of "[verb] risen [prep] [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gloucestershire has risen to top of the national list for thefts from cars … and ninth above London , Thames Valley and Merseyside for total car crime . |
| 2 | Revenues per employee has risen above $300,000 for the first time . |
| 3 | The latest figures show that the number of cases of serious backpain reported has risen by 40% over the past 5 years . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Liverpool was a relative late-comer to the great docks of Britain , having risen to prominence in the eighteenth century through the cotton trade , importing raw cotton and ( like Bristol [ q.v. ] ) having a lively traffic in slaves , as well as exporting cotton goods . |
| 6 | First , because there are still far more betrayed women than men around : the percentage of wives playing away may have risen from 26% in the 50s to around 40% now , but a conservative estimate suggests that 60% of husbands have cheated at least once — and one US survey puts the figure as high as 82% . |
| 7 | The current warm-weather soundtrack of choice for discerning numbskulls is Ugly Kid Joe , a quartet of stoned surfers who 've risen to power on the Young Dumb Fun ticket in a way that critically-defied combos like The Ramones never managed . |
| 8 | A People 's Daily editorial of Jan. 16 , 1990 , entitled Leadership must be in the hands of loyal Marxists , called for the dismissal of party leaders " who do not have a firm political stand or staunch political qualities " , while Qiao Shi ( a member of the politburo standing committee who had risen to prominence in the immediate aftermath of the Tiananmen massacre — see p. 36721 ) called for " particular efforts " to be made in strengthening party centralism and unity , and urged increased supervision over the implementation of central committee decisions at all levels . |
| 9 | This had risen to 63% of the sample at the age of one year . |
| 10 | From AD 235 to 285 the Empire was ruled by a succession of men , mostly of undistinguished provincial background , who had risen to power through the control of armies . |
| 11 | However , when the successful contenders were revealed in July 1989 the figure had risen to £600m as a result of inflation and more stringent safety requirements . |
| 12 | Eurotunnel , the Anglo-French consortium that will operate the twin-rail tunnel when it is scheduled to enter service in June 1993 , shocked the City by announcing that costs had risen by £2.2bn from an original estimate of £4.8bn , with the 50-kilometre tunnel still only one-quarter built . |
| 13 | That summer , in Berkeley , the Barb 's staff had risen in revolt against the founder/ proprietor Max Scherr . |
| 14 | However , billings have risen to £1.06m. for the year ended 30 June 1987 , reflecting a dramatic recovery . |
| 15 | But the big spend as the group sorts out its core operations has already meant an increase in borrowing which have risen to £21m at the end of September compared with £160m the year before . |
| 16 | Arrests have risen by 41pc since the introduction of Metro Police . |
| 17 | ‘ Put simply , Derek , ’ Trevor replied , ‘ the production costs of marioc have risen in excess of the price the Martians can afford . |