Example sentences of "see a [adj] increase [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 As a practising canine behaviourist , I have seen a steady increase in behaviour problems relating to these two factors : geriatric anxiety and problems with the second dog .
2 The past ten years have seen a considerable increase in laboratory facilities .
3 Recent years have seen a dramatic increase in research and publications on post-war British history .
4 1992 saw a major increase in software expertise to enhance our computing capabilities and hasten the arrival of our new field software in 1993 .
5 just as the reduced level of import controls during the post Second World War period saw a substantial increase in world trade , so the increasingly liberal attitude to capital controls during the 1980s has seen a marked increase in cross-border investment — both to establish new factories and to engage in takeovers of existing firms .
6 The days that followed this discovery saw a steady increase in activity , with the town of St Pierre now being showered with light falls of ash and subjected to unpleasant wafts of sulphurous fumes .
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