Example sentences of "[vb infin] by [adv] [num] [unc] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might be helpful to know that it is planned that low flying by jets will decline by about 30 per cent . |
| 2 | If everyone had one of these , the crime rate would drop by about fifty per cent . ’ |
| 3 | Bach ( 1978 , 1979 ) studied data on weather and corn yield in the United States Corn Belt states from 1901 to 1972 and estimated that corn production in those states would change by about 11 per cent for every 1 °C change in average maximum temperature over the growing season , and by about 15 per cent for each 10 per cent change in precipitation . |
| 4 | During 1991-95 , he said , aid to the region would increase by about 80 per cent compared with the previous five-year period . |
| 5 | THE GOVERNMENT 'S involvement in undermining attempts to freeze carbon dioxide emissions by the year 2000 ( Guardian , November 8 ) should perhaps be viewed together with the Department of Transport 's recently announced road-building programme , and projections that UK road traffic will increase by about 43 per cent over the next 20-30 years . |
| 6 | I am pleased that through the good settlement that I was able to give to the Arts Council of Great Britain for the year ahead and , through it , the Welsh Arts Council , the Welsh National Opera 's overall income from the two arts councils will rise by about 7 per cent . |
| 7 | The peak JAA activities for the CAA are 1990–93 , when SRG 's costs will rise by about two per cent as a result of JAA work . |
| 8 | Savings rates will rise by about 0.75 per cent . |
| 9 | According to the Soviet news agency Tass , prices of dairy products would rise by about 25 per cent and bread by as much as 100 per cent . |