Example sentences of "[n mass] [prep] [num] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After shrinking during the 1980s , the economy grew by 10% in 1991 and by more than 7% last year . |
| 2 | • Sales of Scotch Whisky in the UK have been depressed — falling by almost 6% during 1992 and by 30% since 1979 . |
| 3 | Spurred on by the collapse of home demand , UK companies increased exports by 5% in 1991 and by a further 3% in the first half of last year . |
| 4 | The Manila composite index rose by 77% in 1991 and by 9% in 1992 . |
| 5 | Compare these potential losses with the fall due to the recession , estimated by the Henley Centre for Forecasting at 9% in 1990 and a further 6% in 1991 but for the national press at 11% in 1990 and a further 12% in 1991 ( Media Week 8.7.91 — and the recession will be coming to an end by the time any tobacco advertising ban is introduced . |
| 6 | Unix boxes have sold well with DRS 6000 sales up 74% and DRS 3000 up 59% in 1992 and with new business successes in areas like Egypt and Australia . |
| 7 | The BUF was contained by an unofficial publicity boycott in the media after 1934 and by the surveillance of the Security Service . |
| 8 | The result was Storm , run by a staff of 18 and with 130 girls and 90 men on its books . |
| 9 | He started the Haslam engineering works with a staff of twenty and by 1871 he was able to repay the loan from his uncle and later dissolve the partnership with his father , leaving himself in sole charge . |
| 10 | Could you be more easily shocked by media in 1990 than in 1945 ? |
| 11 | The government 's decision to impose VAT at 8pc in 1994 and at the standard rate of 17pc 12 months later could reverse a trend which has seen customer disconnections fall by 70 pc in the past 12 months and Manweb said only six customers were disconnected for non payment in the past six months . |
| 12 | But Manweb warned that the imposition of VAT , at 8pc in 1994 and at the standard rate of 17.4pc 12 months later , could lead to more disconnections . |
| 13 | But Manweb warned that the imposition of VAT , at 8pc in 1994 and at the standard rate of 17.4pc 12 months later , could lead to more disconnections . |
| 14 | Old records show a quake in Calcutta killed around 300,000 people in 1737 and in 1976 the Tangshan earthquake in China wiped out 242,000 . |
| 15 | Although people cut down fats and sugar in the 1980s following official advice , there were more fat and very fat people in 1987 than in 1980 , Dr David Buss told nutritionists and doctors at a Royal College of Physicians conference in London . |
| 16 | His statement referred to the 1956 decision on withdrawal , noting that membership " was in conflict with the wishes of the people in 1956 and during the last elections , and we think the whole agreement is unnecessary " ; the matter was then referred to the relevant parliamentary committees . |
| 17 | For instance , the number of working-age people ( 16-pensionable age ) grew by 1.2 million between 1971 and 1981 and by a further 1.3 million in the seven years up to 1988 , while the age groups spanning the period of most intense new household formation ( 15–44 years old ) contained 3.6 million more people in 1988 than at the beginning of the 1970s . |
| 18 | Within the alcoholic drinks category , real excise duty revenue raised from Scotch Whisky has fallen by 44% since 1979 and by 26% for other spirits . |
| 19 | The aim of this project is to remedy this situation by conducting a survey of a representative sample of approximately 2,000 people aged 18 and over living in private households in Great Britain . |
| 20 | Youth Enterprise Scheme helps young people aged 25 and under who wish to start up a business or who have been in business and now wish to expand . |
| 21 | In 1980 the GHS asked people aged 65 and over detailed questions on their level of disability , the nature and extent of help provided by informal carers , and their receipt of statutory services . |
| 22 | The percentage of people aged 65 and over living alone has increased from 10 per cent in 1945 to 36 per cent in 1985 , while the percentage of those living with others has decreased from 60 per cent to 20 per cent over the same period . |
| 23 | Increases in consumption of all energy sources but oil over the next fifteen years should reduce Spanish oil dependence to some 52% by 1990 and to 41% by the year 2000 . |
| 24 | The Department of Employment promptly found its budget cut by £120m in 1990–91 and by £230m in 1991–92 , with the most drastic reductions falling on the programme for training unemployed adults . |
| 25 | He graduated MD , CM in 1887 and after further wanderings in the USA and the West Indies returned to Australia . |
| 26 | He was elected FRS in 1934 and in 1937 he was appointed professor of chemistry at University College London . |
| 27 | Latest estimates are that sea levels could rise by about 20 cm by 2030 and by 65 cm by the end of the 21st century . |
| 28 | It rose from £106,250 in 1988 to £582,210 in 1989 and to £702,208 in 1990 . |
| 29 | On April 21st the commission agreed on a proposal that would limit imports of six types of Czech and Slovak steel to the 1991 level plus 35% in 1993 , to plus 45% in 1994 and plus 60% in 1995 . |