Example sentences of "[adv] a [adj] increase " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although there are few data to support the effectiveness of bicarbonate , there are laboratory and clinical data indicating potentially harmful consequences of administration , especially a paradoxical increase in intracellular acidosis due to diffusion of carbon dioxide across cell membranes . |
| 2 | No canal crossing the constantly changing contours of the English Midlands ever had enough water , so a significant increase in traffic would only be possible if existing supplies were conserved and more supplies developed . |
| 3 | The second factor that argues against the theory that only a low increase in inflation will result from devaluation is the attitude of the workforce , where wages account for 60% of unit costs . |
| 4 | It also had a cheap supply of raw materials from the slave-based American colonies and required only a radical increase in output for cotton to oust wool from its dominant role in clothing production . |
| 5 | That was matched by a similarly dramatic increase in public perceptions that the party debate had now focused on defence , but by only a small increase in the public 's own concern about the issue . |
| 6 | Using equations ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) with n=3 showed that P increased from about 0.2 to 0.4 ( d ) , whereas there was only a small increase in v 1 ( e ) . |
| 7 | In the event , the actual redistribution of 1918 came as something of a disappointment , for although there was redistribution within Ireland , the overall number of Irish seats remained the same , and there was only a small increase in the number of English seats . |
| 8 | Yet there was only a small increase in taxation . |
| 9 | Our results suggest that at most , current use of the pill is associated with only a small increase in risk of clinical gall bladder disease , which disappears after stopping the pill . |
| 10 | LAGAN Valley Hospital can nearly double its workload with only a slight increase in costs , a public meeting has heard . |
| 11 | LAGAN Valley Hospital can nearly double its workload with only a slight increase in costs , a public meeting was told today . |
| 12 | His evidence for fusion neutrons consisted of what to the eye looked to be only a moderate increase of neutrons in a small range of energy , though admittedly in the right region to be from fusion . |
| 13 | Only a marked increase in erosion rates , coupled with evidence of changes in agricultural practice and/or extent of agriculture , might in these cases provide sufficient evidence of accelerated erosion . |
| 14 | Will my hon. Friend emphasise that Labour 's only policy on air pollution is to abolish nuclear power and replace it with coal-fired power — the net consequence of which could be only a massive increase in global warming ? |
| 15 | The attractiveness of this model is that it requires only a modest increase of temperature of around 100°C at the base of the lithosphere . |
| 16 | The October 1992 rise is a surprise following only a modest increase in August and a 4% fall in September . |
| 17 | However , it would appear that serum triglyceride levels are significantly increased by thiazide diuretics in normolipaemic Type 2 diabetics , whereas in those formerly hyperlipidaemic there is only a minor increase ( Gill et al , 1984 ; Pacy et al , 1984 a ) . |
| 18 | The amplitude histograms ( b ) show that the peak separation increased by less than 10% , indicating only a minor increase in quantal size . |
| 19 | Using equations ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) with n=3 indicates that P ( d ) was initially low ( 0.2 ) and roughly doubles , whereas v 1 shows only a minor increase ( e ) . f-j , E.p.s.p. showing predominantly an increase in quantal size . |
| 20 | Prior to 1945 a winter vagrant only , thus a considerable increase has occurred recently . |
| 21 | The higher proportion of older primiparous women in 1989 does not fully explain the rise in the rate of non-elective caesarean sections since there was still a significant increase when they were excluded ( 77/1438 ( 5% ) in 1984 v 102/1416 ( 7% ) in 1989 , p<0.05 ) . |
| 22 | Notice that it reflects less a dramatic change in the number of mergers and more a spectacular increase in the size of companies involved . |
| 23 | There was also a healthy increase in margins at Bunzl 's biggest business — distributing disposable paper and plastic products — aided by its departure from paper trading , which also accounted for much of last year 's drop in sales . |
| 24 | There was also a major increase in the number of small households , as a result of the growth of the elderly population , the rise in the divorce rate and the financial advantages of ‘ double-income , no-kids ’ life styles — a trend to which the building industry was relatively quick to respond in the absence of more lucrative opportunities and as part of subsidized inner city renewal projects ( Champion , 1987b ) . |
| 25 | It could also be because there was also a noticeable increase in the incidence of liver cirrhosis discharges during this period and the most liver cirrhosis cases are also caused by alcohol abuse in Finland . |
| 26 | There is also a large increase in the financing programmes of nationalised industries . |
| 27 | Between the First World War and the later 1920s , there was also a fourfold increase in breaking-in offences in the outer Home Counties — which almost certainly resulted from the greater mobility afforded to house-breakers by the advent of the motor car . |
| 28 | There was also a marked increase in the number of letter enquiries concerning maps , with a rise from 747 in 1989–90 to 830 . |
| 29 | There was also a marked increase during the 1980s in the number of long-term unemployed . |
| 30 | Similarly when synthesis of LTB 4 was stimulated by calcium ionophore there was also a significant increase in LTB 4 concentrations found in NSAID users ( 1.5 ( 0.3–2.6 ) pg/mg ( n= 60 ) ) compared with non-users ( 0 ( 0–0.1 ) pg/mg ( n=14 ) ( p<0.01 ) . |