Example sentences of "[noun] increased [adv] over [num] per " in BNC.
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| 1 | The firearms death rate among teenagers increased by over 40 per cent between 1984 and 1988 . |
| 2 | The numbers of new British cars fitted with catalytic converters increased by over 1,000 per cent in 1990 , accounting for 5.4 per cent of the two million cars sold last year , according to figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders . |
| 3 | One calculation , for example , showed that while the occupied population increased by 35 per cent between 1911 and 1966 , the real value ( at constant factor price ) of the national income increased by over 150 per cent ( Bacon et al. |
| 4 | After the previous year saw a fall in the number of cases involving disputes with members of the Investment Managers Regulatory Organisation handled by the Investment Ombudsman , the number increased by over 50 per cent in 1992/3 according to his annual report . |
| 5 | During the decade 1831–41 , the number of those living in industrial towns increased by over 40 per cent , and the population of England was , for the first time , dominantly urban . |
| 6 | On a geographical basis , merchandise trade within the West Pacific region increased by over 30 per cent in 1988 , that between North America and the West Pacific by over 20 per cent , that between Western Europe and the West Pacific and within North America each by about 15-16 per cent , transatlantic trade and trade within Western Europe each by about 14-15 per cent , and other trade flows by about 7 per cent . |
| 7 | The number of pure holiday visitors from the Republic increased by over 50 per cent . |