Example sentences of "[noun] has increased the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Technological change in agriculture has increased the importance of obtaining the loyalty of the farm worker rather than relying upon a disciplined and authoritarian regime . |
| 2 | The company is no longer going to run freight trains in Western Scotland because British Rail has increased the transport rates by 50 to 80 per cent to cover fixed costs from an ever decreasing user base . |
| 3 | In the Gezira region of the Sudan , for example , growing more sorghum and groundnuts has increased the cotton pest , the Heliothis boll worm . |
| 4 | The falling size of the UK workforce and the growing pace of technological change has increased the importance of training for many businesses . |
| 5 | Moscow has increased the number of countries with which it has commercial dealings from four in 1960 to over twenty by the end of the 1970s , but the volume of trade has not exceeded $30 million with more than eight ( Argentina , Brazil , Uruguay , Peru , Bolivia , Mexico , Colombia and Nicaragua ) and it is only with Argentina , Brazil and Nicaragua that it has risen above the $100 million level . |
| 6 | In the days when most computer systems demanded their own room , ‘ casual ’ theft was n't a problem , but the incredible shrinking PC has increased the likelihood of equipment going missing . |
| 7 | The expansion of towns and cities has increased the demand for development land for housing , industry , retailing and other activities . |
| 8 | Sixty-six courses have been held so far and the university has increased the number of students compared with previous years . |
| 9 | These have grown as the department has increased the money available and introduced more support schemes . |
| 10 | The actual price increase per pack could be as much as 70 cents because an extra goods and service tax of 6 cents will be added and the tobacco industry has increased the price per pack by 14 cents . |
| 11 | William Hill has increased the value of its Sports Book of the Year award from £3,500 to £5,000 . |
| 12 | Shiseido has increased the proportion of the moisturising ingredient hyaluronic acid in the Matte Red Lipstick to give a velvety texture , and the three-sided Black Variations Shadow Liner is as soft as charcoal so that it can be blended all over the eyelid or gently smudged as a liner . |
| 13 | And just as the growing dependence of European art music on written scores in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries led to a differential development of certain elements of musical language , so the replacement of popular song scores by recordings has increased the importance of performance , and with it different elements . |
| 14 | As predicted , Toyota has increased the price of the Lexus LS400 by £3000 for 1993 . |
| 15 | During the twentieth century more houses became tied with the decline of the landlord — tenant system in farming and its replacement by owner-occupation , and since the Second World War the chronic shortage of housing in rural areas has increased the importance of tied cottages still further . |
| 16 | The first , which can conveniently be called the traditional theory , is known as the ‘ price pressure hypothesis ’ , and holds that rights issues will cause a temporary depression in the price as the issue has increased the supply of shares . |
| 17 | The final point is that internationally increasing wealth has increased the demand for animal produce . |
| 18 | In other words , mechanization has increased the variety of skills that must be mastered — it has reduced rather than increased the division of labour ( see chapter 2 , section 2.4 on contrasting patterns in other industries ) . |
| 19 | Mechanization has increased the autonomy of the agricultural worker and has rendered close supervision difficult , if not impossible . |
| 20 | Radiological investigation of suspected individuals has increased the number of smugglers apprehended , but some still evade detection . |
| 21 | ( c ) The establishment of Departmental Select Committees has increased the flow of independent information to M.P.s and increased specialist knowledge amongst back-benchers enabling them to scrutinise legislation more effectively . |
| 22 | Gresham Telecomputing has increased the scope of its Dataserve range of ICL communications products with the addition of client versions of the product for VME , VMS and Unix-based systems , with a Windows version following later in the year . |
| 23 | Rapid inflation has increased the cost of planting further detracting from the willingness of farmers to contemplate introducing a long term investment like forestry , on any significant scale . |
| 24 | His return and the improved fitness of defender Kevin Ball has increased the pressure on places for the club 's remaining five games . |
| 25 | Over the operational period the Teacher Placement Service has increased the levels of activity from an estimated 1,900 teachers into industry in 1989 to in excess of 20,000 in the first two years . |
| 26 | Sediment from the tailings has increased the area of the river delta from 65 to 900 hectares . |
| 27 | Mankind has increased the acidity of rain through activities like burning fuel , which gives off oxides of carbon , sulphur and nitrogen , the most damaging being sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide . |
| 28 | The granting of the loan has increased the customer 's spending power — money has been created in the banking system and economy . |
| 29 | The jump in the value of the franc against sterling since last September has increased the value of stake by almost 20 per cent , but the terms of the original merger give its main French partner CGIP which also has 25.3 per cent of Carnaud-Metalbox , the right of first refusal . |
| 30 | Responding to criticism from environmentalists , the government has increased the Inspectorate 's staff and budget , and given it the status of an independent agency . |