Example sentences of "have be a increase " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the last few years there has been an increase in swinging and ground looping accidents and these must be analysed to see if there are new lessons to be learned . |
| 2 | One end result has been an increase in the extent to which gays and lesbians have been subjected to physical violence , including murder and mutilation . |
| 3 | One of the most interesting developments in dry gardening in recent years has been an increase in the use of gravel . |
| 4 | This intensification of the sheep enterprise has enabled farmers to increase the acreage released in several ways and on average the percentage increase on the farms adopting the new methods has been an increase of 23% cereals , 21% sheep and 14% cattle . |
| 5 | Dietary changes also reveal improvements in food consumption patterns , since there has been an increase in the consumption of oils , chicken meat , eggs and milk , which in the past have been beyond the reach of many of the poor . |
| 6 | To cope with the gradual discharge of mentally handicapped people from hospitals , there has been an increase in the numbers of places available in residential homes . |
| 7 | Over the last few years there has been an increase throughout the UK in cases of bacterial meningitis , though it is still relatively rare . |
| 8 | Recently there has been an increase in the use of mobile fried-fish vans which cause odours in many places , and these are not easily controlled . |
| 9 | Whilst researchers will only be able to specify the ways in which large-scale social and economic restructuring has led to particular types of local political practice through empirical study , we can claim that there has been an increase in local political activity , in contrast to the relatively homogeneous picture presented in the 1950s and early '60s . |
| 10 | However , allied to the improvement in companies ' financial position has been an increase in large companies ' liquidity ratios , to their highest level since the end of 1987 ( though this may have been partly at the cost of the liquidity of smaller companies , because of trade credit effect ) . |
| 11 | But more disturbing that either of these has been an increase in the rate of inflation which has affected all countries and which continues to remain high in many . |
| 12 | Furthermore , it has been argued that , during the Conservative terms of office , there has been an increase in the number of those living in poverty . |
| 13 | Research which has suggested that there has been an increase in voluntary early retirement has been based on the responses of financially secure early retirees ( see , for example , Heidbreder 1972 ; McGoldrick and Cooper 1980 ) . |
| 14 | There has been an increase in life expectancy , with the result that not only are there more elderly people , but there is also a greater likelihood that children will have left home long before the parents ' death . |
| 15 | Thus a focus on the emotional dimensions of relationships — whether on feelings of affection or feelings of duty — tends to suggest that if there has been any discernible change in a single direction over time , it has been an increase rather than a decrease in the significance of the feelings which people have for their relatives . |
| 16 | There has been an increase in the number of rape trials , and hence , even if a constant proportion were reported , an increase in the absolute number of such cases being reported in the press . |
| 17 | Against this background of significant changes in household formation patterns it is hardly surprising that there has been an increase in the proportion and number of older people living alone ( Figure 2.9 ) . |
| 18 | The tenure data for the rings shows that here there has been an increase in owner-occupation at the expense of ‘ other tenures ’ which in these former coal field areas included colliery housing . |
| 19 | At the other end of the age range , there has been an increase in the proportion of the population over 65 . |
| 20 | Throughout the post-war period , there has been an increase in the numbers dependent on means-tested national assistance , or , as it was called from 1966 , supplementary benefit . |
| 21 | For many farm workers the major problem introduced by mechanization has been an increase in the loneliness of the job . |
| 22 | It seems clear that , despite the Conservative government 's emphasis on decentralization and accountability as objectives of abolition in London , the net result has been an increase in centralization and a reduction of both financial and democratic accountability . |
| 23 | Again from Criminal Statistics ( 1988 ) we see that there has been an increase in the number of offences cleared up by the police , between 1979 and 1988 of 27.3 per cent ( from 980,700 to 1,248,900 ) . |
| 24 | One effect of the serious level of unemployment among school leavers has been an increase in demand for GCE courses in colleges , by as much as 20 per cent in some colleges , and also for college components of YOP programmes . |
| 25 | As table 12.1 shows , there has been an increase in party unity in the last ten years in the house , but not in Senate . |
| 26 | there has been an increase in water metering . |
| 27 | Whilst casualties to passengers and pedestrians show little long-term movement , there has been an increase in the number of car driver casualties . |
| 28 | There has been an increase in the dependency ratio because of several factors . |
| 29 | There has been an increase in suitable candidates , with women becoming more highly qualified through educational opportunities — businesses realise they can not afford to cut themselves off from 50 per cent of the market eg IBM , Unilever . |
| 30 | There has been an increase in prostitution because of the recession . ’ |