Example sentences of "[vb -s] risen [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Confidence has risen since Christmas as prices dropped to more realistic levels . |
| 2 | The provision of statutory services to the elderly has risen since 1948 , but not sufficiently to keep pace with the increasing number of dependants and the decreasing pool of informal carers ( even now only 11 per cent of people aged 85 and over receive meals-on-wheels , 37 per cent a home help ; OPCS , 1985 ) . |
| 3 | As we noted in Fig. 15.2 and Table 15.2 , the ratio has risen since then under the influence of recessionary conditions . |
| 4 | Between 1970 and 1974 the tax ratio fell from 37.5% to 33.75% but has risen since then . |
| 5 | Our level of ambition has risen with the success of ‘ Thumping Good Read ’ , and we want this campaign to be trendsetting and generate the kind of sales that would prompt publishers to alter their practices . ’ |
| 6 | It is said on the river that a Thames barge , once she has risen with the tide , never sinks completely . |
| 7 | Their potential importance has risen with the emphasis that the 1990 NHS Act has given to consumer-responsiveness . |
| 8 | The one and a half million pounds damages has risen with interest and costs to two million pounds . |
| 9 | Until the numbers of deaths each month has risen to equal or exceed the number of new diagnoses , the numbers needing care will continue to rise fast , even if the number of new cases reported in official figures is relatively constant or falling . |
| 10 | Evert was supposed to struggle against the hard-hitting Jana Novotna , who has risen to 12th in the world rankings . |
| 11 | But the broadcasts have confused voters — the number of don't-knows has risen to almost half — and produced complex movements in the far-from-reliable opinion polls , where four candidates are now closely bunched in second position behind a fast-flagging leader . |
| 12 | Since then , company-car taxation scales have increased tenfold , but despite the supposed deterrent effect of this the number of people affected has risen to about 2m . |
| 13 | They complain that the state 's domination of the economy has been suffocating : public investment has risen to 8.5% of GDP compared with private investment of 6.5% . |
| 14 | Income has risen to about £400,000 , but profit has slipped from a peak of almost £60,000 in the mid-1980s to a modest £34,391 in the 1990–91 financial year , on about £350,000 of tenant 's capital deployed . |
| 15 | ‘ On average , the mpg has risen to 55 . |
| 16 | The number of former council tenants who have bought their homes has risen to 1.4 million . |
| 17 | Today it has risen to over 40 per cent in Britain , Scandinavia , and North America , and 30 per cent in France , in contrast to less than 7 per cent in China and Japan . |
| 18 | The second measure is to beef up its own enforcement staff ; the number of people working for Abrahams has risen to 30 this year , more than twice as many as he started with . |
| 19 | In 1980 , under 10 per cent of drinks bought were in plastic bottles , while in 1987 this figure has risen to nearly 40 per cent . |
| 20 | Since the reclassification in the échelle des crus this village has risen to 100% , giving it full grand cru status . |
| 21 | Since 1985 the échelle de cru of this village has risen to 100% . |
| 22 | After a few minutes , use a slotted spoon to remove the beige scum that has risen to the surface . |
| 23 | Anyway , there was promotion in it : when we next come across him , less than a year later , he has risen to the giddy heights of master , taking over from William Cox . |
| 24 | The maximum fine in a Magistrates ' Court for breaches of ss 2 to 6 of the Act and of other sections relating to breaches of improvement notices , and prohibition notices or court remedy orders , has risen to £20,000 and all other breaches of the Act or subordinate Regulations and other relevant legislation now incur a maximum fine of £5,000 ( previously £2,000 ) . |
| 25 | The equity proportion of financing has risen to 43% for deals below £10m in the last 18 months and to over 40% for deals above £10m . |
| 26 | At the same time unemployment has risen to new levels for the post-war years and continues to remain high . |
| 27 | The number of plastic trays stolen from outside shops has risen to two million a year as thieves find more uses for them — dog and cat baskets , shelving , car boot sales and plant holders . |
| 28 | Not to be outdone , the British film industry has risen to this momentous occasion , too . |
| 29 | Agricultural pesticides had a devastating effect on numbers during the 50s and early 60s but since certain chemicals have been banned the figure has risen to around 1,050 pairs . |
| 30 | The Kuwaiti Ministry of Public Works says the cost of completing the telecommunications tower in Kuwait City has risen to $175m from $110m : the increase is due mainly to damage done by the Iraqis during their occupation of the country , as well as changes in the project 's specifications and a rise in the cost of raw materials and labour . |