Example sentences of "increased by [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The theatrical bustle of the place is increased by armies of beautiful women in green silk sarongs and young men dressed like dashing versions of clog dancers . |
| 2 | Organisers are seeking a Royal patron for the event and have formed a charity to raise £100,000 , which they hope will be increased by grants from the Sports Council and private business . |
| 3 | Total pancreatic DNA content per 100 g body weight increased by 34% at two weeks ( p<0.05 ) and by 82% at three weeks ( p<0.05 ) , while RNA content increased by 60% and 178% ( p<0.001 ) and protein content by 20% and 57% ( p<0.05 ) . |
| 4 | In this regard , it is intriguing that pigmentation of melanocytes from p/p mice , and also from human patients with type II oculocutaneous albinism ( OCA ) , is greatly increased by incubation in excess exogenous tyrosine . |
| 5 | The size of the police establishment has increased by 15% since 1978–79 . |
| 6 | According to marketing division of the Land company in Moscow , sales of 80286-based AT-alikes increased by 15% during November : a company representative says rapid price rises caused by inflation put the more expensive models out of the reach of most customers . |
| 7 | Income for the year increased by £1,411,384 to a total of £3,622,386 . |
| 8 | Revenues from services were £22.6m , a rise of £1.3m on the previous year , while the sale of consumable supplies increased by £900,000 to £6.8m . |
| 9 | It is good to report that branch membership has increased by 46% over the last four years . |
| 10 | Wise Speke 's performance showed that although stockbroking commissions had increased by £400,000 in the period it had only managed to break even . |
| 11 | Store Cattle : Medium weight ( 300399kg ) Simmental cross store steer prices fell by 1.5p to 111.1p per kg lw during the week ended 24 october while Charolais cross store steer prices rose slightly by 0.4p to 115.9p per kg lw Hereford cross store steer prices increased by 2.4p to 111.1p per kg lw . |
| 12 | We can look on stressed syllables as occurring against a ‘ background ’ of these weak syllables , so that their prominence is increased by contrast with these background qualities . |
| 13 | An extra £310 million would be allocated in 1991 and £1,250 million over three years to extend the existing system of transitional relief to those whose bills had increased by £100 per year or more ( £150 previously ) , benefiting a further 4,000,000 people in addition to the 7,500,000 already covered ; and adjustments were made to help those faced with charges for second homes or for joint business/residential premises and those in areas being phased out of the " safety net " arrangements applying in 25 local authorities . |
| 14 | Strength , resistance to strain and resistance to damage-in-use were increased by factors of 10 and more . |
| 15 | However , it can also be easily increased by division in autumn . |
| 16 | The results show that , unlike most other areas in Britain , the number of ponds in Central Region has actually increased by 85% over the last century . |
| 17 | The minimum wage , for instance , increased by 50% in 1989–92 , thus raising the cost of doing business in Thailand . |
| 18 | If mtDNA per nuclear genome was increased by 50% in the mutant strain , the concentration of these transcripts should have increased by 50% as well . |
| 19 | An example of subjective probability is as follows : the Production Manager of a fast-growing microcomputer manufacturer , whose production has increased by 50% in the past year , without additional capital investment , now estimates the probability of repeating that 50% growth rate as .4 , given no change in investment levels . |
| 20 | In spite of the fact that trade increased by 50% in the three months following the ‘ big bang ’ the rise in costs associated with both increased labour and capital costs caused reductions in rates of return on capital for many firms . |
| 21 | Though we maintain a relatively small profession in the UK , our numbers have increased by 28% over the last five years and the number of actuarial students is up by 45% . |
| 22 | One of the explanations for this unexpected result is that the colon specific antigens detected by ELISA and those detected by this ADCC assay may be different , and those detected by ADCC might be increased by treatment with IFN-γ . |
| 23 | Attachment of HT-29 cells to type IV collagen was increased by treatment with DMJ . |
| 24 | It has been shown previously that the mobility of ATF1 on SDS gels is increased by treatment with phosphatase ( 29 , 30 ) . |
| 25 | LANGBAURGH Labour MP Ashok Kumar has criticised the scandal of long-term unemployment on Teesside and revealed shock figures which show that unemployment in Langbaurgh has increased by 13pc over the past year . |
| 26 | By 1914 the number of Chinese boarding houses was reckoned over the previous few years to have increased by stages from 13 to 300 to 400 . |
| 27 | For example , one practice had its relation to the authority average increased by 30% for cost and decreased by 10% for items ( fig 3 ) . |
| 28 | The total number of people aged 65 and over in institutions increased by 30% between the two censuses , but because of population growth this represents an increase in proportion of only 0.5% , from 4.2% to 4.7% . |
| 29 | Guidance premia are payable ( as in the UK ) for agreed development plans and are increased by 30% in the LFA providing the beneficiary has more than 0.5 livestock units per forage hectare ( there is no such enhancement in the UK ) . |
| 30 | Stomatal resistance increased by 30% in the 5min after mechanical wounding of the cotyledon , and by 80% in the 10min after a heat stimulus to leaf 1 . |