Example sentences of "[noun sg] rose in " in BNC.
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| 1 | His heart rose in his breast , not with hope or dread , only with awareness and acceptance . |
| 2 | Average personal income rose in real terms by as much as 5 per cent per annum in the early 1960s , and continued to grow by an average of more than 1 per cent per year in the 1970s , resuming a level of 2–3 per cent per year in 1983–88 . |
| 3 | The monumental Portland Building rose in the early 1950s and teaching and residential accommodation space grew rapidly in the 1960s and 70s to keep pace with the growing demand for university places . |
| 4 | Felicity flung herself down on the sacrificial stone , opening wide her legs , arching her back , so that her pudendum rose in the air like some nocturnal flower . |
| 5 | As the sea level rose in Post-glacial times two conflicting physical processes took place : a tendency for the sea to invade the area and to leave behind extensive deposits of marine silt and a tendency for a large-scale development of peat in the districts furthest away from the sea . |
| 6 | During the recent years after the war the university rose in national importance and always had a close connection with the bishop . |
| 7 | Disgust rose in Theda as she made her way along the gallery . |
| 8 | The price of tin rose in April 1989 to its highest level since its collapse in 1985 [ see p. 33955 ] reaching 28.67 Malaysian ringgits per kilogramme ( US$10,444 per tonne ) — only 48 Malaysian cents away from the " floor price " sought by the International Tin Council at the time of its insolvency [ see pp. 34518-20 ; 37669 ] . |
| 9 | Although the figure rose in the latter half of the year as the Gulf crisis drove up oil prices , the growing recession in November and a fall in the volume of oil imports saw the deficit fall to $9,700 million , and to $6,300 million in December . |
| 10 | A whimper rose in her throat and hovered on her lips , and then she heard the man 's voice , filtering through the layers of sleep . |
| 11 | The wind rose in a rending sigh , filling the night with sound , and slowly sank again to quietness . |
| 12 | But now you are to leave his land peaceably — ‘ A murmur rose in a crescendo and drowned him out . |
| 13 | From 23 May , when the first brick smashed through a lorry windscreen , to the final cataclysmic encounter almost four weeks later on 18 June , the violence rose in a series of tidal waves . |
| 14 | Random plasma glucose rose in 13 of 77 ( 17% ) patients receiving fluticasone propionate , and in 23 of 81 ( 28% ) of those receiving prednisolone . |
| 15 | Crime rose in line with the golden curve of affluence . |
| 16 | Her neck rose in a long , rounded column to a face which , though not classically beautiful — the nose was too tilted , the mouth too wide — was heart-stopping in its freshness , its air of innocence combined with its look of deep , untapped feminine knowledge . |
| 17 | Tension rose in East Beirut following the Death River killings , and there were skirmishes between Aounist and LF forces . |
| 18 | Tension rose in the republic when a dozen people were injured in a bomb attack on a Croatian cultural centre at Odzak on Feb.24 . |
| 19 | She welcomed the deep thrust of his possession , matching her rhythm to his , sobs gasping from her arched throat as the spiralling coil of tension rose in them . |
| 20 | Warlow pointed out , quite correctly , that this is not the sort of inversion we should be looking at : if the Earth flipped over in this way the Sun would still rise in the east , whereas there are legends that , before the ( undescribed ) catastrophe , the Sun rose in the west , and that it is only since that catastrophe that the Sun has risen in the east . |
| 21 | Pity rose in her , " What 's the matter ? " |
| 22 | Pity rose in her . |
| 23 | Delight rose in her , for surely these were Tree Spirits . |
| 24 | An elderly lady rose in the front and demanded to know what we were going to do about North Sea Gas since she was quite sure that this was a dangerously explosive substance . |
| 25 | With the loop-in system , the circuit cable runs direct to each ceiling rose in turn , and each light switch is wired directly to its rose . |
| 26 | The circuit cable of a loop-in system runs to each ceiling rose in turn , and each light switch is wired directly to its rose . |
| 27 | One dark brow rose in sardonic enquiry . |
| 28 | His brow rose in insolent query . |
| 29 | Her brow rose in a finely sculpted arch . |
| 30 | Jenna 's voice rose , her blue eyes wide and angry , and one dark brow rose in surprise as he watched her . |