Example sentences of "to increase [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It should be noted that although the total population over 65 is not expected to increase for the remainder of the twentieth century , this is due to a projected fall in the numbers aged 60/65–74 ( by 5 per cent between 1981 and 1991 ) combined with a rise in the numbers at older ages . |
| 2 | Because of the slow diffusion rates into and through the stratosphere , even if all emissions of CFCs into the atmosphere ceased , stratospheric concentration of CFCs would continue to increase for several years . |
| 3 | It predicts that , despite tougher standards for new cars , the problem is likely to increase for some years to come , largely as a result of a lack of any controls over the emissions of vehicles already on the road . |
| 4 | ‘ But because unemployment tends to increase for a while even after growth has resumed and because some taxes , particularly corporation tax , are collected a year in arrears , I expect borrowing next year to rise further . |
| 5 | A simulated conversion of N 2 O 5 to HNO 3 on background aerosols , however , shows column nitric acid to increase between days 55 and 75 in autumn by about 3.0x10 15 molecule cm -2 ( ref. 9 ) . |
| 6 | If Third World consumption levels were equal to those of the industrialized world , manufacturing would have to increase between five and ten times . |
| 7 | The statement is truer of lines than individual stations since average journey lengths are much longer , and continued to increase during the eighties . |
| 8 | Currently the domestic sector is nearly 60% supplied by natural gas and this is likely to increase during the remainder of the century as it becomes more widely available . |
| 9 | The centre has received around 45 enquiries a day , six days a week since it opened , and the numbers are expected to increase during the summer . |
| 10 | Indeed , their aversion to being in a small cage appears to increase during the initial three months of caging , so they certainly do not adapt quickly to these restrictions . |
| 11 | Both CD4 and CD8 cytotoxic T lymphocytes have , perhaps unexpectedly , been shown specifically to increase during a series of six immunizations of previously HIV-infected subjects . |
| 12 | I realized that I had made a mistake : the no boundary condition implied that disorder would in fact continue to increase during the contraction . |
| 13 | Total government indebtedness was expected to increase during the year from 97.5 per cent of GDP to 100.5 per cent . |
| 14 | The syn-PLA2 and cat-PLA2 values of patients with the necrotising form of acute pancreatitis had a slight tendency to increase during the first six days whereas the values in patients with oedematous acute pancreatitis decreased . |
| 15 | The purpose of this is to increase through rewards and punishments the number of times the child chooses to perform acceptable behaviour and not to perform unacceptable behaviour . |
| 16 | In spite of such cuts total social security spending continued to increase as a proportion of GDP — by an average of 5 per cent in real terms — in OECD states between 1975 and 1985 . |
| 17 | If true , we might expect male peeking rates to increase as the number of females in the flock increase . |
| 18 | The other channel will draw on TV programmes transmitted around the world and will be financed entirely from licence fees , which will have to increase as a result . |
| 19 | Although I have described two applications of lasers in nuclear physics there are many others , and the number continues to increase as laser technology advances . |
| 20 | Eye-witnesses observed the Cherokee descend on final approach to a height of thirty feet before the engine power was heard to increase as a go-around was initiated . |
| 21 | The proportion of any additional income that is saved ( the marginal propensity to save ) will tend to vary according to the tastes and preferences of the individual , and one might expect the proportion that is saved to increase as income increases . |
| 22 | Furthermore , the real difficulty is not only that costs seem to be higher in areas of sparse population , but they are also likely to increase as depopulation occurs . |
| 23 | Therefore , if volatility rises as delivery approaches , margins are also required to increase as delivery approaches . |
| 24 | Women who go into spontaneous labour before their estimated date of delivery are fortunate as the risks to both mother and baby have been shown to increase as ‘ term progresses . ’ |
| 25 | Military involvement is likely to increase as legitimacy decreases . |
| 26 | The reason for the fall in later years is that costs tend to increase as the product ages — apart from production costs there may be increased costs in selling against more up-to-date competition and sales tend to decrease . |
| 27 | The reason for the fall in later years is that costs tend to increase as the product ages — apart from production costs there may be increased costs in selling against more up-to-date competition — ; and sales tend to decrease . |
| 28 | The pace of logging in the Indonesian archipelago is set to increase as a result of the lifting of a ban on the export of raw logs . |
| 29 | Based on a survey of 250 companies , the report says that " over two thirds of companies expect operating costs to increase as a result of addressing environmental issues " and notes that " there is considerable uncertainty about the commercial benefits of responding to many environmental concerns " . |
| 30 | The NRA believes that the small numbers of migratory fish which have returned to the Tees in recent years will continue to increase as pollution levels fall . |