Example sentences of "[vb infin] by [adv] [num] [unc] [unc] " in BNC.
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1 | Moreover , he says that the present level of interest rates may mean that instead of prices stagnating next year they could fall by around 10 per cent . |
2 | Given IMF projections that the world economy will grow by nearly 3 per cent in 1993 , lower interest rates , and the potential for a GATT talks deal , the bulletin believes Scottish exports should experience a surge this year . |
3 | In the Third World it will decline by almost 50 per cent by the year 2000 . |
4 | As a result of the tax , prices for heating buildings will increase by around 3 per cent for electricity-based systems , by 4 per cent for natural gas and 8 per cent for heating oil . |
5 | , US steam coal prices may rise by nearly 25 per cent from the mid-1990s as a result of the US Clean Air Act of 1990 . |
6 | As a result , they say the health service must quickly adjust to big shifts in demand among specialities : while general surgery patients will rise by just 4 per cent between 1986-95 , those in geriatric medicine will increase by 35 per cent , and those in urology by 42 per cent . |
7 | The devaluation of the inti for the month of October was restricted to 6 per cent overall ; exporters were to receive 10 per cent of the value of their exports in foreign currency and 45 per cent in freely redeemable US dollar certificates , while the remaining 45 per cent would be paid in intis at the single exchange market rate ; import restrictions were eased ; to protect the silver sector against the continuing slump in prices since 1989 on the world market , the Central Reserve Bank was to buy silver at 5 per cent over the current market price ; fuel prices would rise by only 5 per cent in October , and public utility rates by less than the percentage rise in salaries , which themselves would be increased in accordance with inflation . |