Example sentences of "prices have [verb] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | And with glass volumes down , prices have tumbled by 20pc in the three main markets Britain , Germany and America . |
| 2 | Since its post-crash peak a month ago , share prices have fallen by 8.5 per cent . |
| 3 | Prices have fallen by up to 40 per cent since their peak in 1988/89 and interest rates are down from 15 to just over nine per cent . |
| 4 | On average , real commodity prices have fallen by 28 per cent between 1980 and 1986 , according to UNCTAD data . |
| 5 | Electricity prices have fallen by some 2 per cent . |
| 6 | In the last three years , for example , property prices have risen by 68.5 per cent , while the FT All Share Index has risen by only 52.1 per cent . |
| 7 | The low-income groups and pensioners spend a higher proportion of their money on food and fuel , whose prices have risen by more than other items , and so the inflation index for these groups has risen faster than inflation for the average person . |
| 8 | In the past year , prices have risen by three times the rate of inflation , says National Utility Services , which advises industry on costs . |
| 9 | If their own price rises by 10 per cent and they know that on average other prices have risen by 5 per cent then they will increase their output . |
| 10 | Notice that money national income has increased by 100 per cent during the period , but prices have risen by 20 per cent from the base year figure of 100 in 1983 to 120 in 1988 , and population has risen by 33⅓ per cent from 3,000 to 4,000 inhabitants . |
| 11 | It means prices have surged by an average of more than 30p a gallon since the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait . |