Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the increase in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does the extension in claimable hours alone account for the increase in the number of night visits ? |
| 2 | Could this increase in liver protein synthesis , however , account for the increase in whole body protein synthesis that Powell-Tuck et al reported in their series of patients ? |
| 3 | When our locals assessed success story , the Nissan Plant , sells less cars , it 's an economic threat and could become an economic disaster , when the plant sells more cars , it adds to the increase in number of cars on the roads which represents a pollution threat and contributes to a pollution disaster , let alone traffic problems of course . |
| 4 | Participants may swim faster or indeed may sink , much depends on the willingness and abilities of firms to adjust to the increase in competition . |
| 5 | These two sources of evidence suggest that the discharge of long stay patients from the declining mental hospitals is not the main factor contributing to the increase in the numbers of mentally ill people living on the streets . |
| 6 | The Scheme has been successful in contributing to the increase in the proportion of suspects who receive legal advice at the police station , although that proportion is still relatively low . |
| 7 | For instance , they would like HMI to comment on the increase in class sizes in primary education , the scandal that one in four of our children are now taught in classes of 30 and over , and the fact that 10,000 of our children in primary education are taught in classes of 40 and more . |
| 8 | This decrease in the CO2 yield corresponds to the increase in hydrocarbon yield ( the total cumulative yield : is the same for both coals ) and since chemical analyses of the Palaeozoic and Tertiary coals at the same maturity were very similar , it can be inferred that there are internal differences in the chemical structures of the two coal types . |
| 9 | Ray Cecil praises the integrity of a member , looks at the increase in latent defects insurance , and sets the record straight on four-year funding |
| 10 | In the period following the Great Fire of London in 1666 several companies were floated , but the real expansion came with the increase in urbanisation of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries . |
| 11 | If a method can be devised of enabling employees to acquire and sell shares in an unquoted company , and benefit from the increase in value of those shares over the employee 's period of ownership , then it is perceived that employees will wish to participate in the share capital and growth of their employing company and will be motivated to work to increase the value of the business . |
| 12 | Success will be measured according to the increase in sales of British meat throughout the Booker butchery outlets and results will be published in 1992 . |
| 13 | My hon. Friend did not refer to the increase in the number of in-patients treated in the district during the last 10 years . |
| 14 | Mr justifies abandoning the approach in and on the basis that the decision was arrived at in a different housing market , when it was reasonable to conclude that the plaintiff 's loss of interest on the capital employed would be exceeded by the increase in the value of the property . |
| 15 | This is also reflected in the increase in vacant industrial and commercial floorspace , and business failures . ’ |
| 16 | It should be noted that owing to the increase in size and complexity of modern business , the development of computer systems and the requirement that an auditor should review transactions over a period to report on the profit and loss account , the modern practice of auditing has moved away from a detailed checking of a mass of individual items towards a review of the systems in operation . |
| 17 | This is in agreement with the previous findings that the increase in the alcohol consumption in Finland has been particularly attributed to the increase in the number of heavy drinkers , and that the heavy drinkers are the group that may be more vulnerable to pancreatitis . |
| 18 | As with most of the other journals surveyed , NEJM had a general increase in authorship number as shown by the increase in mode from 5 to 6 ( 20% ) and in median from 5 to 7 ( 40% ) between 1985 and 1990 ( table ) . |
| 19 | The new competitiveness of British industry has been sharply shown by the increase in our share of world trade for two years running , halting and reversing decades of decline . |
| 20 | Of course ministers , like everyone else , were helped by the increase in the purchasing power of the pound from 20s. in the pound in 1873 to 23s. |
| 21 | This aspect has developed with the increase in the availability of software . |
| 22 | Changing times means changing ways , as control systems are introduced to cope with the increase in size . |
| 23 | In other words , although the act of donating blood would increase the chances of the donor dying , this increase was small compared with the increase in the recipient 's chances of surviving . |
| 24 | Also , the severity of the disease did not correlate with the increase in the immunoreactive pan-PLA2 in serum , whereas the increase in the catalytic activity of PLA2 effectively separated the severe necrotising forms from the mild oedematous forms of acute pancreatitis . |
| 25 | Geothermal energy is based on the increase in underground temperature which is , on average , 1 degree centigrade per 30 metres of depth but in certain areas faults at plate boundaries allow higher temperatures at shallower depths . |
| 26 | In addition , it was decided to hold a debate on decrees passed by Yeltsin since the coup [ see p. 38371 ] , with deputies objecting to the increase in his executive powers . |
| 27 | Commenting on the increase in UK base rates to 15 per cent last month , he added : ‘ What sort of expression of sovereignty is it to have to race after the Bundesbank within minutes of its unilaterally deciding to put up interest rates ? |
| 28 | Although the numbers of such changes associated with moves are not large , and they can not account for more than a very small part of the differential in unemployment rates between the two groups , the sale of a large proportion of public housing to sitting tenants who are more likely to be employed than the general local authority sector population will have contributed to the increase in the unemployment rate differential referred to earlier . |
| 29 | The importance of catering to the tastes of more affluent middle-aged people is underpinned by the increase in their numbers and high spending power . |
| 30 | Thus any adverse price movement in the stock market or the gilts market will be partly or wholly ( depending on the degree of insurance purchased ) offset by the increase in the value of the put options . |