Example sentences of "to increase [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cambridgeshire is planning substantially to increase spending on education , but has chosen , for some reason best known to itself , to make more money available by imposing sharp reductions in its secondary school budgets . |
| 2 | erm I think that the amount is justified , erm I do n't think it would be justified to increase spending on twinning by any large amount . |
| 3 | Japan also agreed to intensify the enforcement of its existing anti-monopoly legislation , to introduce tax reforms aimed at encouraging property development , and to increase spending on housing and public works , in an effort to increase Japanese domestic demand . |
| 4 | With the end of the annual budget subsidy from South Africa and the need to increase spending on infrastructure — the Ministry of Transport , Works and Communications received the highest allocation — there was a deficit of R210,000,000 . |
| 5 | That suggests that a credit crunch is taking place , especially since banks are still under orders from the central bank not to increase lending to property companies beyond the overall rate of loan growth , which has itself been restricted since October . |