Example sentences of "[noun prp] have [vb pp] by " in BNC.
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| 31 | Details of a report by the Wiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche ( WIIW — the Vienna Institute for International Comparative Economics ) , published in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung of April 19 , 1990 , showed that industrial production in member states of COMECON had risen by only 1.2 per cent in 1989 — the lowest ever recorded . |
| 32 | Ibn Fayoud had stopped by a Jaguar XJS . |
| 33 | Looking past Adam , she saw Fand had stopped by another set of steps winding up into the rock . |
| 34 | He went on to say : ‘ Student numbers in Scotland have increased by a remarkable 25 per cent since 1983 to nearly 110,000 and we fully expect by the end of the century that more than 40 per cent of young Scots will enter higher education . |
| 35 | The figures show that manufacturing jobs in Scotland have declined by 257,000 since 1979 ( 42 per cent ) and by 28,000 , or 7 per cent , since last year . |
| 36 | Sea temperatures off the Thai coastal resort of Phuket have increased by 2C above normal since December 1990 . |
| 37 | Not content with breaking down barriers between medical professionals and patients , Professor Fletcher has shown by example that it is possible to conduct a lengthy and demanding career while living with insulin-dependent diabetes for over fifty years . |
| 38 | According to the buyers ' guide produced by estate agents Savills , who specialise in such properties , the price of prime properties in Yorkshire has risen by more than 130 per cent over the last three years . |
| 39 | The CSU has responded by trying to become a broad church that appeals to devout pensioners , Munich punks and aerospace engineers . |
| 40 | So it is no wonder that the CEGB has responded by publishing an unprecedentedly large volume of material in support of its case for building a PWR at Sizewell . |
| 41 | Central Office had great difficulty finding seats for the candidates of the National Democratic Party ( NDP ) , as the BWL had become by 1918 , and it took some time even to find a place for Victor Fisher himself before he was finally installed for Stourbridge . |
| 42 | The 72-hole tussle ended square at two games each but the countback , including a recount , concluded that XEU had won by one hole . |
| 43 | Mr Matthews said that UK food and drink exports to Canada had risen by 15 per cent since 1989 while those to the US had seen an 11 per cent lift . |
| 44 | You could see she thought Fred had cheated by mentioning his dead wife : any minute now if she did n't watch her step he might drag in his dead daughter too . |
| 45 | Schorne had died by February 1315 . |
| 46 | He said that article 9 was an illustration of the right that the House of Commons had won by 1688 to exclusive cognisance of its own proceedings . |
| 47 | LIVING standards of Mr and Mrs Average have fallen by one per cent since 1990 , according to official figures . |
| 48 | The numbers playing in Ulster has increased by an estimated 40 per cent in the last decade or so . |
| 49 | Mrs Bryce has lived by herself since her husband Robert died 17 years ago . |
| 50 | What Chris Bonington has achieved in terms of single-minded organisation and drive , or what Reinhold Messner has demonstrated by his speed and panache , have been matched by Doug Scott 's determination always to try for something different and never to be satisfied by the more obvious and easier routes to success . |
| 51 | What might Jesus have meant by the Parable of the Sower when he first told it ? |
| 52 | US officials said that imports from China had increased by 42 per cent in the first six months while US exports to China had risen by only 18.4 per cent , and the US trade deficit with China was expected to rise to US$15 billion . |
| 53 | US officials said that imports from China had increased by 42 per cent in the first six months while US exports to China had risen by only 18.4 per cent , and the US trade deficit with China was expected to rise to US$15 billion . |
| 54 | It was a place that Jed had found by chance during his first few weeks in Adam 's Creek . |
| 55 | Jesus had lived by the spirit of God . |
| 56 | Now Ronni understood what Agnese had meant by her remarks about Guido 's special feelings for Silvia and her fear that Silvia would break his heart . |
| 57 | In the past 50 years , relative sea levels in Venice have increased by 23cm , largely because of sub-surface layer compaction and sinking as a result of groundwater pumping . |
| 58 | Swan numbers in the UK have increased by 25 per cent in the five years since anglers stopped using lead weights , according to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds . |
| 59 | Okay if I could say good evening and welcome to the theatre this evening the reason the meeting has been convened this evening quite clearly is part of the process and art structure for Harlow having undertaken by the Council , the Playhouse is keen as it says quite clearly on the leaflet is to get the publics view on how best to plan this programme and it 's , and facilities for the future . |
| 60 | To date , Dunrossness has received by far the largest proportion of the immigration of young professionals associated with various oil-rig servicing industries , based at Shetland 's major airport . |