Example sentences of "by [adv] [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trends in long absences across the grades , however , were reduced by only 5% for men and 15% for women . |
| 2 | ( In fact , the Durable Household Goods Index rose by only 5% in 1980 compared with a 15% rise in the Retail Price Index . ) |
| 3 | The broad measure , M3 , grew by only 1% in the 12 months to December , and actually fell for the last three months of 1990 . |
| 4 | Asia Equity , a securities firm , expects earnings to increase by only 1% in 1993 , though it is looking for 16% growth in 1994 after the lights come back on . |
| 5 | From the beginning to the end of the 1980s , take-home pay rose by 41.4% for those on 1½ times the national average , by 37% for those on the national average and by only 32% for those on half the average . |
| 6 | In the survey , one of the two higher forms of participation was recorded by only 20% of those surveyed . |
| 7 | The monthly contribution of this department ( £5,000 ) , subject to a special machine being introduced into the department at a hire cost of £4,000 per year , would fall by only 20% of its current level as a result of the reduction in the labour force . |
| 8 | Assume , for the moment , no increase in the relative price of medical care : the ratio of public spending ( excluding debt-interest payments ) to GDP will rise by only 8% in Britain , from 33% to 36% . |
| 9 | House prices will rise by only 2% over the rest of the year , thanks to rising unemployment and the large number of house repossessions , said UBS Phillips & Drew , a firm of stockbrokers . |
| 10 | Phenylketonuria was the disease that was most commonly identified correctly , but still by only 45% of the sample . |
| 11 | Their prices rose by just 30% between 1975 and 1983 , suggesting that despite their historical importance , their work was being eclipsed by the Impressionists and the School of Paris . |
| 12 | Worldwide , factoring volumes increased by just 9% to $260bn in 1991 according to Factors Chain International , a network of companies in 34 countries . |
| 13 | The two vehicles were separated by just 13ft of rope tied diagonally between them . |
| 14 | If , on the other hand , the Nikkei index were to fall by just 20% from its mid-February level , it would leave a total of $114 billion-worth out of the money . |
| 15 | In South America , for instance , 47% of the land is owned by just 2% of the population . |
| 16 | Churchill 's personal popularity had been vouched for invariably by above 75% of the respondents , and the government , though poorly regarded during the setbacks to British arms in 1942 , after the battle of El Alamein was never below 70% . |
| 17 | In 1981 , sterling declined by approximately 11% over a period of nine months , thus enabling inflationary pressure to be effectively contained by releasing it slowly . |
| 18 | It also shows that their assets had increased by approximately 20bn over the previous year and that this expansion was typical of their success in the 1980s . |
| 19 | In its latest salvo over equal access to each other 's markets , AT&T Co is telling the US regulatory authorities that the accounting rates — the amount the originator pays the co-respondent for landing a call — between the UK and the US could be cut by 60% : according to the Financial Times , AT&T says British Telecommunications Plc has refused to agree a cut , British Telecom says nonsense , we are still considering it and we will let them know next month ; transatlantic accounting rates have fallen by near 50% over the past two years . |
| 20 | Cars to arrive by 12.30pm. £4 per car , no booking needed . |
| 21 | In the wake of the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro , a damning report from English Nature shows that ancient woodlands have declined by nearly 50% in the past 50 years — that is faster than the felling of the rainforests in Brazil . |
| 22 | He claimed funding at the Durham TEC would be cut by nearly £1m to £15.1m from April 1 a fall of 7.3 per cent . |
| 23 | However , in 1972 there were 279 000 jobs , whereas in 1984 this had fallen by nearly 10% to 253 000 . |
| 24 | But the fact remains that for the last 13 years we have been governed by a party rejected by nearly 60pc of voters . |
| 25 | Figures to be officially released this week reveal that long-term unemployment has rocketed by nearly 25pc in the North over the last year . |
| 26 | A £15m scheme to upgrade the A1 between Bramham and Wetherby has been extended by nearly 1km at a cost of £1m to allow traffic to move freely by widening more of the southbound carriageway to Spen Common Lane . |
| 27 | Sales up 47% to £75.8m generated interim profits of £6.9m , with the number of homes sold increasing by nearly 40% to 468 . |
| 28 | French coal production is likely to fall by nearly 40% by 1990 and to halve by the year 2000 . |
| 29 | The company says that renewed customer and supplier confidence , aggressive asset management , reduction of debt by nearly $800m to $2.5 billion and increased software and services revenues all played a part in the reversal of fortunes . |
| 30 | In Oxford , David Cordery , manager of Blackwells in Broad Street , said that sales were up by nearly 7% on December last year . |