Example sentences of "could increase [art] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally it was suggested that if her father continued to be unkind or unpleasant , the only way she could increase the level of care she provided would be to move away from her family and live with him . |
| 2 | This is an expensive option and could increase the cost of water tenfold for city users . |
| 3 | The UK continued to oppose the complete abolition of border controls after 1992 , on the grounds ( i ) that it would facilitate the free movement of terrorists , drug dealers and illegal immigrants ; ( ii ) that it could increase the spread of rabies and other diseases spread by animals ; and ( iii ) that the UK 's geographical characteristic as an island represented a valid natural boundary . |
| 4 | Work undertaken in 1955 showed that potentized arsenic could increase the excretion of arsenic by arsenic-poisoned guinea-pigs . |
| 5 | It was the discovery by Dr Alice Stewart , for example , that the radiation from hospital X-rays given to pregnant women could increase the risk of leukaemia in their babies which contributed to severe limits being placed on their usage . |
| 6 | The OFT found no evidence that Bupa has abused its buying power up to now , but felt that allowing the takeover could increase the risk of abuse . |
| 7 | There is also the possibility that gene transfer could increase the efficiency of nitrogen fixation in symbiotic bacteria and promote fixation under nitrogen-rich soil atmosphere conditions . |
| 8 | Just a short while ago she had thought that nothing could increase the feeling of dread that Andrew had left behind him in the drawing-room . |