Example sentences of "[vb base] a [adj] increase " in BNC.
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| 1 | Current figures for the top 100 suggest a six-fold increase in the inclusion of the balance sheet and a 10-fold increase in the inclusion of a cash flow/funds statement . |
| 2 | Without doubt these changes reflect changes in observer activity , but the figures suggest a genuine increase in numbers is also involved . |
| 3 | Both estimates suggest a significant increase in the numbers of elderly with chronic health problems in the early decades of next century . |
| 4 | This is probably the largest wintering flock on the English south coast , and comparisons with des Forges and Harber 's account of this bird suggest a large increase in winter numbers . |
| 5 | The wingers provide a sudden increase in width to encourage early planing , good jumping , and tight or long turns . |
| 6 | All boys when about 12 undergo a great increase festival , the Sari , their second ‘ lessons in wizardry ’ , which gives them the internal clothing of the hunter and fisherman . |
| 7 | Over the next twelve months we expect a further increase in those needing our Home Care service to enable them to live and die at home . |
| 8 | In the first month of its operation it received 280 inquiries ; but commenting on this figure , a spokesman said : ‘ We expect a dramatic increase in inquiries once head teachers come back from holiday and examine the information we have sent them ’ . |
| 9 | Estate agents also report a sharp increase in their business in the past couple of months . |
| 10 | Amplitude histograms ( b ) taken from epochs before ( dashed line ; 200 trials ) and after ( solid line ; 700 trials ) the tetanus show a small increase in peak separation , but a major change in the relative heights of the peaks , with right-hand peaks relatively higher after the tetanus . |
| 11 | Student registrations on the course by mode show a small increase in both sandwich and part-time modes which , interestingly , has been matched by a corresponding decrease in such registrations elsewhere in the Polytechnic so that institutional figures are roughly stable over the period from 1982–87 . |
| 12 | The records of the Marine Society , a charity which prepared poor London boys for a career at sea , show a slight increase in stature up to about 1790 , a decline until about 1800 then a sharp increase up to 1830 , correlated with London labourers ' wages . |
| 13 | Thanks entirely to your efforts the statistics show a slight increase in the number of classes and participation , despite a drop in the number of active teachers — 1989 presents a further challenge — so — if anyone would like to help to explore new possibilities — Business classes , Women 's groups , Leisure Centres , Work with Children , Health Farms etc. please contact the NDO . |
| 14 | Moreover , these levels show a substantial increase in expenditure over time : in 1900 the percentage of GNP spent by the government was 15.0 in Britain and 6.9 in the United States . |
| 15 | If the situation is as the hon. Member for Denton and Reddish ( Mr. Bennett ) describes it , why has the number of applicants to advanced education increased and why does the number of admissions to universities and polytechnics show a substantial increase ? |
| 16 | When these figures show a substantial increase , it is usually assumed that crime , in particular violent crime , has risen dramatically , but , particularly in recent years , other factors have influenced those statistics . |
| 17 | The numbers returned in the student forecasts show a substantial increase , particularly in the latter part of the planning period , but much will depend on decisions still to be taken by the HEFCE on what constitutes an ‘ accredited ’ course . |
| 18 | These findings show a threefold increase in acid secretion in H pylori positive healthy volunteers that is explained by H pylori induced hypergastrinaemia and a sixfold increase in acid secretion in the duodenal ulcer patients that is explained by the combination of H pylori induced hypergastrinaemia and an exaggerated acid response to stimulation by gastrin . |
| 19 | Trade figures , despite the fact that they show a sustained increase in the volume of exports , tell a particularly sad story of relative decline for a once dominant trading nation . |
| 20 | The most up-to-date figures that we have on these matters show a continuing increase in capital provision , but I recognise that there has been some indication of a downturn in the most recent , as yet uncompleted , year . |
| 21 | Both Table 7 and Table 8 show a significant increase in number of words recognised as the level of processing increases . |
| 22 | The 1990 figures , provided more recently by the Ministry of Justice , show a dramatic increase to 447 death sentences , mostly for murder under aggravating circumstances . |
| 23 | These figures , as might have been expected , show a dramatic increase in the use of mail order . |
| 24 | Although the figures show a dramatic increase , is not my right hon. and learned Friend being characteristically modest ? |
| 25 | The figures show a dramatic increase in treatment interval from four weeks before treatment to 20 weeks after , the treatment interval for C2 tumours being longer than that for C3 ( p<0.01 ) . |
| 26 | May I say that I wholeheartedly support a big increase in the tax on petrol ( even though I 'm a motorist myself ) . |
| 27 | If , in a given species , animals at a particular stage of their lives habitually live with relatives , then selection will favour altruistic acts that cause a net increase in the number of the relevant genes , whether or not an animal can recognize its own relatives . |
| 28 | Physical and mental stress between the ages of 2 and 3 years cause a significant increase in persistence of bedwetting after the age of 4 years ( Stein and Susser 1967 ) . |
| 29 | These data show an age-related increase in the reported prevalence of only some of these symptoms . |
| 30 | New figures show an overall increase of twenty five per cent in all car crime in that one area . |