Example sentences of "be [vb pp] by [adv prt] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Owing to national budgetry complications arising from Czechoslovakia 's split into two nations on 1 January , 1993 , this long awaited tax law could be delayed by up to six months . |
| 2 | Excise and import duties can be varied by up to 10% , and VAT by up to 25% ( i.e. between 13.13% and 21.87% for a 17.5% rate of VAT ) . |
| 3 | PETROL prices are set to be slashed by up to 14p a gallon , bringing some unleaded fuel back below the £2 a gallon mark . |
| 4 | They could be slashed by up to one hundred pounds a year if you introduce some simple energy-saving measures . |
| 5 | The congress , which will be attended by up to 2,000 delegates , is intended to re-make the Party in a ‘ European ’ image , as Party spokesman Jan Bisztyga has said . |
| 6 | The centre will look after internationalisation of Sun software for the European market and will be staffed by up to 100 employees over time . |
| 7 | The centre will look after internationalisation of software for the European market , though not manufacturing , and will be staffed by up to 100 employees over time . |
| 8 | The American property titles do not detract from the game which can be played by up to fifteen players at the same time . |
| 9 | The American property titles do not detract from the game which can be played by up to fifteen players at the same time . |
| 10 | The American property titles do not detract from the game which can be played by up to fifteen players at the same time . |
| 11 | According to James Burnhill and Sons of Cleckheaton , the firm selling the unit , piglet losses with the new system can be reduced by up to 94 per cent . |
| 12 | The macrocells can be driven by up to 20 product terms in synchronous mode , 18 in asynchronous with both types of design integrated within the same device . |
| 13 | Prices of basic foods such as rice and beans , and also the price of petrol , were to be increased by up to 400 per cent . |
| 14 | In the latter area , incremental rises in efficiency , e.g. through the use of new catalysts or energy-saving measures , have enabled the output of some C&P plants to be increased by up to 50 per cent for a relatively small capital investment . |
| 15 | The BBC Providing Our Services : Staff could be cut by up to 10,000 by 1996 through contracting out services and introducing the new internal market system called Producer Choice — under which producers choose between using individual BBC departments or buying in services from outside . |
| 16 | While Greenock 's 2,200 strong workforce is due to be cut by up to 150 in the current year this will be achieved by voluntary redundancy . |
| 17 | Residential and industrial premises can be extended by up to ten per cent ( in volume terms ) , provided in the latter case that it does not materially affect the external appearance of the premises . |
| 18 | Santa Cruz says that run as-is on the Pentium , applications performance will be improved by up to 54% . |
| 19 | SCO says that run as-is on the Pentium , applications performance will be improved by up to 54% . |
| 20 | The dissociation reaction from natural DNAs can be described by up to three exponential terms with half-lives ranging between 10-1000 seconds [ 1,12-14 ] . |