Example sentences of "fall by [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To take one example , if Britain stopped burning fossil fuels altogether , the world 's output of carbon dioxide — some 6 billion tonnes a year — would fall by only 160m tonnes . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The rate of disconnections fell by nearly 50% , and should continue to fall over the next six months . |
| 4 | Trace Computers Plc blames the fall in turnover for the six months to November 30 ( figures , see page five ) , on a planned reduction in the scale of its computer supplies business , where turnover fell by nearly £1m ; the company managed to shave £122,000 from its administrative and operating costs ; the original businesses of insurance broking systems , property management systems and bespoke software development have continued to prosper , the company says , and the Proteus distribution systems business , consolidated on its return to profits last year ; Trace Financial also made a small profit and there was interest in the BlueChip stockbroking product ; the group is still investing about £2m a year in research and development — with some contribution from its customers ; the Pink networking technology company had a disappointing half year , turning in a small loss after having made a profit last year . |
| 5 | Gold and cash reserves fell by around £2 billion as a result of the sterling crisis . |
| 6 | Whereas urban SO&sub2 ; concentrations fell fivefold from 1968 to 1988 , rural concentrations fell by only half . |
| 7 | The aggregate of outstanding balances fluctuated quite violently , falling sharply especially in 1947 , but for 1945–51 as a whole it fell by only £70 million . |
| 8 | When they could not get gold for their dollars after 1971 ( the US gold stock fell by only $2½ billion over the whole period ) , they only acquired these dollars because they were prepared to sell their own currencies in order to prevent them rising further . |
| 9 | Production fell by almost 30% , to 145,000 tonnes of machinery — a classic Soviet way of measuring output . |
| 10 | • Sales of Scotch Whisky in the UK have been depressed — falling by almost 6% during 1992 and by 30% since 1979 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | New lending to the developing world had fallen by nearly $8,800 million to $86,900 million , while capital repayments were $70,300 million , giving an inflow of new loans of $16,600 million , the lowest of the decade and an amount greatly exceeded by the burden of interest payments . |
| 13 | They said : ‘ In our health authority region the number of people waiting over two years for hospital treatment has fallen by nearly 69pc since last March . |
| 14 | Employment in the American defence industry has fallen by nearly 1m people ( or 14% ) since 1987 . |
| 15 | However , in 1972 there were 279 000 jobs , whereas in 1984 this had fallen by nearly 10% to 253 000 . |
| 16 | The data for 1991 show that car ownership in Lothian is now 40% greater than 1981–85 average whereas accident casualties have fallen by around 8% . |
| 17 | With house prices likely to have fallen by around 5% in 1992 , a further decline in prices of 2%-3% this year would be sufficient for this traditional trough to be reached . |
| 18 | Since 1979 , public sector investment has fallen by around 4bn . |
| 19 | French coal production is likely to fall by nearly 40% by 1990 and to halve by the year 2000 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Oil demand is likely to fall by around 12% to some 64 million tonnes per year , largely due to continued reduction in the use of oil for heat and steam raising . |