Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun pl] have risen [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unit costs for maintained schools have risen in real terms throughout the 1980s — by 42% between 1979–80 and 1988–9 . |
| 2 | SALE room prices of impressionist paintings have risen by 974 per cent over the last ten years , modern paintings by 880 per cent and English furniture by 314 per cent , arts minister Mr Richard Luce told Mr Mark Fisher ( Lab . |
| 3 | The proportion of very fat women had risen from 8 per cent to 12 per cent , while the proportion of obese men had risen from 6 per cent to 8 per cent , said Dr Buss , head of nutrition at the Ministry of Agriculture Food and Fisheries . |
| 4 | Is my hon. Friend aware that directors of planning all over the country and hon. Members of all parties are concerned that the number of unauthorised developments has risen from 60,000 in 1988 to more than 90,000 in 1990 ? |
| 5 | In two weeks of December the number of male vagrants had risen to 371 , which included 252 ex-soldiers , and the master was of the opinion that the increase was due to the fact that many of the unemployed in London were returning to their own towns through the casual wards . |
| 6 | If the value of existing units has risen to 75p for example , new subscribers will ‘ buy ’ newly created units at 75p and the number they purchase will be equal to the amount they wish to invest divided by 75p . |
| 7 | These were the men and women who no doubt complained that in Nice the cost of unfurnished houses had risen between 1858 and 1876 from £64 to £100 per year , and that of women servants from £8–10 to a scandalous £24–30 a year . |
| 8 | In April 1990 the town had 28 empty offices but now the figure stands at 52 , while the number of vacant shops has risen from 20 to 46 , not including 68 shops under construction at the Cornmill centre . |
| 9 | By 1948 , in the same county , the proportion for secondary moderns had risen to three-quarters . |
| 10 | Since 1967 the number of women in public sector schemes had nearly doubled from I to 2 million , while the number of women in private schemes had risen from 1.3 to 1.4 million . |
| 11 | The numbers of mentally handicapped people in long-stay hospitals had risen to 50–60,000 by 1948 , when the National Health Service was founded . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | A Labour Party survey found that in the year up to August 1987 the price of a school meal in primary schools had risen at twice the rate of inflation , and this had resulted in a reduction in the number of children taking school meals . |
| 14 | Deaths from asthma in various regions have risen by 30-60 per cent over the last decade , and one in seven children have now been diagnosed as suffering from the condition . |
| 15 | For example , during the first half of this century , Saville ( 1957,7 ) noted that the percentage of the population in urban districts has risen from 72.0 per cent in 1891 to 80.7 per cent in 1951 and that : |
| 16 | The number of parents sending their children to private schools has risen for the eighth year running , despite a downturn in the economy and an upturn in school fees , the Independent Schools Information Service revealed . |