Example sentences of "[adv] grew by " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Social Democrats who have ruled the Land for many years , although in opposition in Bonn , emerged strengthened by the CDU 's defeat , although their own share of the vote only grew by 0.4 per cent to reach 42.9 per cent . |
| 2 | Earth not only grew by aggregation from a cloud of particles , but by collisions with other cosmic matter . |
| 3 | Effectively the police budget only grew by 5.4 in 1991-92 over the previous year , in the face of inflation and pay awards running at 9.5 . ’ |
| 4 | But , despite the slump , profits in the six months to September still grew by a theoretical 5% to £10.26m ( true comparisons are impossible post-float ) . |
| 5 | Even so , contract caterers are now providing nearly 55 per cent of meals served in business and industry , a 11 per cent increase over the previous year and the overall number of outlets operated by contractors also grew by one per cent . |
| 6 | According to official figures on economic performance published on Jan. 4 , 1990 , the economy overall grew by 6 per cent in 1989 compared with 1988 , agricultural production rose by 9 per cent and industrial production rose by 5.6 per cent ; income per head " rose perceptibly " . |
| 7 | It actually grew by 1.5% . |
| 8 | Outside agriculture the number of self-employed actually grew by 1 million , while falling substantially as a proportion of total employment . |