Example sentences of "[verb] the increase in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last 20 years have witnessed the increase in procedural rights for licence holders or applicants , but the disbursement of such benefits is still subject to irrational distinctions . |
| 2 | The city of Lothern grew from a small fishing village to a great city to accommodate the increase in trade from the colonies and other realms . |
| 3 | The government claims that economic growth is outstripping the increase in pollution . |
| 4 | Not surprisingly , given the increase in unemployment and the various crises in nationalized industries , public spending had increased between 1979 and 1983 . |
| 5 | The brief given to Fisher was not simply to prepare the way for a measure of egalitarian reform , but to introduce some order into the whole area of adolescent education which , given the increase in juvenile delinquency , and mounting industrial unrest , was felt to be a social issue of some significance . |
| 6 | follow Lewis and Mo ( 1986 ) in arguing that the discrepancy may be due to a greater rise in the serious burglaries which involve insurance claims , and hence are more likely to be reported , especially given the increase in the number of personal telephones and the higher levels of home ownership . |
| 7 | As we shall see later , this may happen anyway , but , in so far as the financial analysis is meant to estimate the increase in value of the corporation to the shareholder , the system surely should do its best to meet that objective and to narrow the scope for obfuscating the effect upon shareholder wealth . |
| 8 | However , the tobacco industry mounted a protest against this move and succeeded in bringing the increase in taxation down to only 100% . |
| 9 | In Britain as a whole the number of domestic electricity consumers rose from 9.7 millions on nationalisation to 14.3 millions ten years later , reflecting the increase in the number of households as well as a sharp reduction in the proportion without electricity . |
| 10 | As we saw earlier , trends in elite recruitment show no sign of reflecting the increase in qualified candidates from outside the ancient universities and public schools . |
| 11 | You mean the increase in prices . |
| 12 | But such a mechanism would not explain the increase in nuclear calcium that occurs following activation of lymphocytes or sea urchin eggs . |
| 13 | In this case , the increased money supply has reduced the interest rate which , in turn , has caused a rise in investment spending ; it is this rise in investment which causes the increase in the level of income . |
| 14 | Those promised the increases in child benefit and pensions showed little sign of being grateful for our concern . |
| 15 | When announcing the increase in such benefits for 1981 , it disclosed its intention to increase invalidity benefit by 5 per cent less than the rise in prices . |
| 16 | He also praised his staff for their dedication in the face of continuing terrorist disruption and described the increase in cross-border traffic as ‘ particularly gratifying ’ . |
| 17 | Rightly , because there was no easy link to be made and only a few years previously the best criminologists were explaining the increase in crime as an inevitable consequence of prosperity . |
| 18 | Durham County Council say the increase in traffic would be minimal . |
| 19 | say the increase in gas-fired power stations means traditional coal ones are becoming surplus to requirements . |
| 20 | What contribution has the increase in self-employment made ? |
| 21 | Editor , — Gary J Macfarlane and colleagues report the increase in the incidence of and mortality from oral carcinoma in Scotland . |
| 22 | Treatments with superoxide dismutase and catalase inhibited the increases in gastric mucosal erosions and lipid peroxides in the gastric mucosa , and the reduction of serum α-tocopherol . |
| 23 | Thus , in this example , the credit multiplier ( the figure any increase in cash deposits has to be multiplied by to obtain the increase in total deposits ) is ten . |
| 24 | If the Earth 's surface area has increased significantly , sea-floor spreading could occur without associated plate subduction , the rate of crustal formation at mid-oceanic ridges matching the increase in surface area . |
| 25 | To pool the increase in salary from 1 April 1991 and distribute the money equally among all union members . |
| 26 | To help fund the increases in social spending , representing 38.2 per cent of the total budget , value added tax would be raised and would be introduced for the first time on all foodstuffs . |
| 27 | Such inhibitors also prevent the increase in calmodulin within the nucleus of liver cells following hepatectomy . |
| 28 | ‘ Cold-weather payments will also be adjusted to reflect the increase in fuel costs . ’ |
| 29 | Cold weather payments will also be adjusted to reflect the increase in fuel costs . ’ |
| 30 | Eurotunnel should produce traffic and revenue forecasts based on the assumption that its fares will have to rise above those of the competition to reflect the increases in its own costs and in the cost of the rail link to London . |