Example sentences of "have [verb] to a [adj] increase " in BNC.
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| 1 | So called hotting and joyriding around some of the Oxford Estates with stolen cars has contributed to a massive increase in carcrime . |
| 2 | However , Mr Kane is in no doubt about its value to the organisation : ‘ Working towards the award has led to a noticeable increase in staff motivation and morale . |
| 3 | The long-term trend towards greater equality of income and wealth has been reversed under the Conservative governments of 1979 onwards and it is argued that this ‘ strategy of inequality ’ ( Child Poverty Action Group ) , which is seen as a direct consequence of the drive towards popular capitalism , has led to a major increase in poverty in the UK and to the possible emergence of an underclass , who lack any stake in popular capitalism and who are caught in the dependency culture . |
| 4 | The rapidly rising number of girls receiving middle and higher education , coinciding with the growth of urban bureaucratic and commercial activities , has led to a corresponding increase in the number entering clerical and professional or semi-professional employment , generally prior to marriage and temporary or permanent withdrawal from the labour force . |
| 5 | For example , the huge increase in the number of motor vehicles has led to a massive increase in auto-crimes . |
| 6 | For many Japanese the rural areas are now more important for the welcome respite they offer to those seeking temporarily to escape the pressures of city life , for inevitably the mushrooming of industry and commerce has led to a massive increase in the rate of urbanization . |
| 7 | This relaxation of attitude has led to a significant increase in the annual amount paid out of the fund to the successful unassisted parties , but it still remains perilous to be sued by an assisted person . |
| 8 | The deregulation of the financial sector over recent years has led to a significant increase in bank lending to industry . |
| 9 | Televising the House has led to a dramatic increase in the portrayal of MPs at work in the House . |
| 10 | The figures , submitted to the Arab League in Cairo on Dec. 17 , were described as " realistic " by the United Nations Children 's Fund ( UNICEF ) which on Dec. 19 confirmed that the shortage of polio vaccines had contributed to a significant increase in reported cases of polio among young children . |
| 11 | This is revealed in the latest figures from Barclays Bank , which said that sterling 's 15 per cent devaluation and the 4 per cent fall in interest rates following the UK 's withdrawal from the exchange rate mechanism in September 1992 had led to a sharp increase in business confidence in manufacturing in the first quarter of 1993 . |
| 12 | The first part of our study , which was reported in the October 1992 issue of ACCOUNTANCY ( see p 13 ) , demonstrated that over this five year period the combined effects of mergers among the large audit firms and voluntary auditor switches among listed companies had led to a significant increase in seller concentration . |
| 13 | More recently the rapid increase in the wealth of the Japanese , their greater consumption of diamonds and the fact that they have never been so attached to gold as the peoples of the west have led to a sharp increase in their use of platinum for jewellery . |