Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [vb past] by [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the absence of the protein product encoded by this transcript , it is not yet possible to predict which start signal is most favoured . |
| 2 | Trees consume carbon dioxide emitted by coal-fired power stations and other sources . |
| 3 | Car production fell by 8 p.c. , reflecting sluggish demand , but still topped 2m vehicles of which three out of five were Peugeot . |
| 4 | The Pearl Investor Confidence Index rose by 1.2 p.c. last month — its largest rise since August last year — to stand at its highest level since December . |
| 5 | When he got a passport of his own , if they still had the sort Jarvis had by that time , he was going to write ‘ lion tattoo on back ’ under ‘ distinguishing marks ’ . |
| 6 | The world has another Sparc cloner : Santa Clara , California-based Silla Corporation started by ex-TriGem groupie Michael Pak . |
| 7 | Amazed , she looked around and saw the valley surrounding her , its garnet shadows scarfed by nacreous mist , but it was definitely lighter now . |
| 8 | And in Paris , where there were fewer hotel room additions before the Gulf War , occupancy rates fell by 1.4 percentage points to 74.8% in 1990 but roomrates advanced by 9.1% in local currency . |
| 9 | Five-star property occupancy rates fell by 4.2 percentage points to 70.4% in 1990 . |
| 10 | Berlin room rates soared by 26% in 1990 and occupancy rates jumped by 9.5 percentage points over the previous year to 80.95% . |
| 11 | A brown paper parcel arrived by special delivery . |
| 12 | At a meeting of EC Environment Ministers in Brussels on March 18 , 1991 , it was agreed to set tougher emission levels for carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides emitted by heavy diesel lorries and buses . |
| 13 | Shipments of cars to Middle East markets rose by 60 p.c. when compared with the Gulf war-affected levels of a year ago . |
| 14 | A special problem is presented by former country houses engulfed by urban sprawl . |
| 15 | The highest land is only 2 metres above sea level and even this would be exposed to storm surges if mean sea level rose by 1 metre . |
| 16 | David Goldman , chairman , said the group 's United Kingdom software sales rose by 16 p.c. despite difficult market conditions and that Sage continues to trade ahead of internal targets , with profits in the first half 62 p.c. up on the corresponding period . |
| 17 | Quaint nursery rhymes defiled by crashing noise nightmares ? |
| 18 | A 5 p.c. reduction in gross margins on lower-margin desk-top computer products and the weakness in the market were blamed for last year 's downturn but ICL says its share of the British computer market rose by one point to 19 p.c . |
| 19 | For Blue Circle , cement volumes tumbled by 17 p.c. in Britain last year , and yet group profits fell by ‘ only ’ 36 p.c. and it could maintain its dividends without too much strain . |
| 20 | While consumer-loan interest rates fell by six percentage points in the decade , those on bank-affiliated credit-card balances stood pat at almost 20% . |
| 21 | From June 1988 until February 1989 interest rates rose by 3.75 percentage points , but a quarter of this cost was borne not by the borrower but by the Exchequer . |