Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] an increase " in BNC.
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| 1 | The colon weight/body weight ratio was calculated as an increase in this ratio has been shown to be an accurate marker of colonic inflammation . |
| 2 | Other member countries had pressed for an increase to help cover the cost of integrating east German agriculture into the common agricultural policy ( CAP ) . |
| 3 | Where the cost of finance under a facility is determined by reference to a base rate ( such as LIBOR ) a change in the base rate should not be regarded as an increase in the level of finance costs for this purpose . |
| 4 | Thermal expansion of a liquid without change of phase can then be regarded as an increase in free volume . |
| 5 | Low-level ozone , produced by the reaction of sunlight on nitrogen oxide ( Nox ) emissions from vehicle exhausts , was blamed for an increase in breathing problems and allergic , hayfever-type reactions . |
| 6 | Southern England , the Netherlands and the northern coasts of Germany and France are all now rated as high-risk areas by insurance companies , with global warming blamed for an increase in the frequency and severity of storms . |
| 7 | There do not appear to have been any empirical studies which have looked for an increase in the amount of information reflected in share prices as a result of the commencement of trading in index futures ( except in so far as volatility reflects information ; see Chapter 13 ) . |
| 8 | We know that the Labour party is committed to an increase in child benefit and pensions , covered by its eight new or increased taxes , a point that has featured in the debate . |
| 9 | The substitution of a term of detention under section 53(2) would have amounted to an increase in the sentence , which is permissible only on a reference by the Attorney General under Criminal Justice Act 1988 , s.36 . |
| 10 | The first half of the eighteenth century had seen an increase in trade , which was paralleled by an increase in the population . |
| 11 | The level of general interest rates is clearly beyond the control of intermediaries , but commissions can be trimmed and , as noted , yields at issue can be varied by an increase in the risk taken by underwriters . |
| 12 | SCOTTISH cereal farmers should be prepared for an increase in their growing costs , particularly for chemicals and to a lesser extent for fertilisers , as a result of successive devaluations of sterling since the United Kingdom 's departure from the exchange rate mechanism . |
| 13 | Not every reflux event detected by a fall in pH was seen as an increase in counts as a result of reflux of food , and vice versa . |
| 14 | Not every reflux event detected , however , by a fall in pH to less than 4 was seen as an increase in counts because of reflux of food , and vice versa . |
| 15 | Altogether the timing and pattern of this increase suggests that it is connected with an increase , shift or change in habits of a continental population , rather than the British . |
| 16 | The latter might well have suffered from an increase in continentality of climate following regression , but it has not unreasonably been assumed by most palaeontologists that a planktonic group such as the globigerinid foraminifera should have been indifferent to what was happening to epicontinental seas . |
| 17 | The improvement may well be largely related to an increase in volume leading to an increase in blood volume in the lungs — an effect shown by transthoracic impedance techniques . |
| 18 | This is probably related to an increase in the exposure of the colonic epithelial cells to short chain fatty acids ( SCFA ) , which in addition to being a possible energy source for the cells , may also promote cellular proliferation . |
| 19 | If the food-supply is curtailed by an increase in population , then the population is automatically reduced by that very lack of food . |
| 20 | This trend may be accelerated by an increase in telecommuting ( working from home via a telecommunications link ) . |
| 21 | Another source , and consequence , of the economic chaos was inflation : like all the belligerents in the war , a part of the Russian expenditure upon arms and munitions had been met by an increase in the note issue of the central bank or treasury . |
| 22 | The rise in student numbers in polytechnics has not been matched by an increase in teaching staff . |
| 23 | However , the growth has not been matched by an increase in lessees ' sophistication . |
| 24 | Although there is a marked decrease with age in the percentage rating their health as good this is not matched by an increase in the percentage classed as poor . |
| 25 | The decrease in the percentage classed as good is matched by an increase in the percentage defined as fairly good . |
| 26 | All this is happening against a background of spending cuts imposed by local authorities upon their colleges so that the growth in demand has not been matched by an increase of the capacity of the further education system in Wales to meet this demand . |
| 27 | The Bank would have more assets , matched by an increase in ‘ bankers ' deposits ’ . |
| 28 | But even if that were the case — and the experience of the past 12 years , with an increase in police strength being matched by an increase in reported crime , casts some doubt on it — the authorities could not afford to apply it because of their limited resources . |
| 29 | The possibility that the generalist advice worker would become less valued through an increase in specialists has not been borne out in practice . |
| 30 | Chairman Graeme Dutton Forshaw said properties leased from Allied Breweries at the beginning of the year helped towards an increase in turnover and volume of about 14pc but he warned : ‘ Underlying trading conditions remain difficult and encouraging trends noted in earlier months look unlikely to be repeated in the rest of the year . ’ |