Example sentences of "increased in [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quite small paranota could also control the attitude of falling insects and might subsequently have increased in size through an additional selective process to improve the angle at which a gliding flight occurred ( Hinton , 1963 ; Flower , 1964 ) . |
| 2 | This rectory , dating back to 1740 gradually increased in size over the years as large families were accommodated . |
| 3 | Taking over as skipper from the Army 's Lt Col Frank Esson is the yacht 's navigator , the Navy 's Lt Commander , soon to be Commander , Colin Watkins , and the crew is being increased in size from 15 to 16 . |
| 4 | The Supreme Court had been increased in size from five to nine judges by President Carlos Saúl Menem in April , and there were accusations that it was biased in favour of the government . |
| 5 | For the 1991/92 financial year ( July-June ) the budget was increased to SFr46,000,000 ; the secretariat had increased in size from 80 to 130 officials over two years . |
| 6 | The electorate increased in size from a little under 500,000 to 813,000 electors . |
| 7 | This essentially materialist approach to the mind allowed Chambers to claim that , as the brain increased in size in the course of evolution , so had intelligence expanded towards the human level . |
| 8 | The overall European Unix software market increased in size by 25% in 1991 over the previous year , according to the report , whilst the Unix hardware market was pegged at 15% . |
| 9 | The overall European Unix software market increased in size by 25% in 1991 over the previous year , according to the report , while the Unix hardware market was pegged at 15% . |
| 10 | A government appeal in July to the Supreme Court , increased in size by presidential decree in April 1990 , allowed the privatization of the state airline Aeorolíneas Argentinas to proceed , although by March 1991 the sale was on the verge of collapse [ see pp. 37529 ; 37608 ; 37773 ; 38096 ] . |
| 11 | In compiling the full fixtures for the season , programme planners had to take into account a first division increased in size by two to 16 , plus this autumn 's tour by New Zealand . |
| 12 | In compiling the full fixtures for the season , programme planners had to take into account a first division increased in size by two to 16 , plus this autumn 's tour by New Zealand . |
| 13 | But real wages steadily increased in spite of recession and high unemployment . |
| 14 | Employee trusts have increased in popularity over the past decade or so as a method of providing incentives for employees . |
| 15 | Although endothelial replication is increased in response to hypertension or hyperlipidaemia ( Florentin et al , 1969 ; Schwartz et al , 1980 ) , this does not necessarily imply that the arterial intima is denuded of endothelium . |
| 16 | CL100 mRNA levels are also increased in response to heat shock . |
| 17 | The towage capacity of the Authority fleet was greatly increased in July with the arrival of the tug ‘ Oxcar ’ . |
| 18 | The aims of this were to find out if the prevalence of bowel symptoms is indeed increased in women after hysterectomy and those treated by cholecystectomy , using a random sample of the population and prospectively recorded data as well as questionnaire responses . |
| 19 | As the task of sentencing has increased in complexity in recent years the role of this report has become steadily more important . |
| 20 | Diplomatic activity increased in February among the various parties involved in efforts to end the 11-year civil war in Cambodia . |
| 21 | Troops were moving through the village heading in the direction of the attack area and the artillery fire had increased in support of the attack , the usual odd shell or two dropping short causing casualties among the troops moving along the road . |
| 22 | This year 's rate was increased in December from 1.81p to 1.86p . |
| 23 | The motion had been proposed by President Lech Walesa , whose conflict with the minority Olszewski government , formed in December 1991 [ see pp. 38685-86 ] , had increased in intensity over the areas of defence and national security [ see pp. 38880-81 ; 38921-22 ] and over an attempted last-minute government amendment to the Russian-Polish treaty [ see p. 38922 ] . |
| 24 | Still shaken , Woodfull picked up his bat again , but the roars of the crowd increased in intensity during the first ball of the next over when the offside field was suddenly changed to a legside field . |
| 25 | For Crohn 's disease , which has increased in frequency during the past 20–30 years , an additional three classes were defined for dead subjects based on their age and year of death ( table II ) . |
| 26 | We found that the serum concentrations of both pepsinogens were increased in persons without symptoms but with active H pylori infection compared with those without H pylori . |
| 27 | Anti-US sentiment increased in Jordan during early February as news emerged of the deaths of at least eight Jordanian truck drivers killed in Iraq during air attacks on the Baghdad-Ruweishid highway . |
| 28 | Housing may also be an important component as its relative cost increased in Britain from 1955 to 1975 . |
| 29 | Their emoluments were increased in accordance with their rank and dignity , but their offices were of course sinecures : the execution of Crown policy had long passed into the hands of the Surveyors-General of Woods and Forests . |
| 30 | While it is true that the standard expected of particular directors may be increased in accordance with their individual attributes , it is clear that there is also an objective base-line standard , though admittedly a low one . |