Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [art] increase in " in BNC.
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| 1 | In October parliament approved a revision of the 1990 budget , allowing for an increase in income from $252,000,000 to $285,000,000 and in expenditure from $300,000,000 to $347,000,000 . |
| 2 | The colon weight/body weight ratio was calculated as an increase in this ratio has been shown to be an accurate marker of colonic inflammation . |
| 3 | The idea was to plan for an increase in Berlin 's population to 1.5 million . |
| 4 | Does the extension in claimable hours alone account for the increase in the number of night visits ? |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | Building societies face the threat of a further slowdown in their mortgage sales as pressure intensifies for an increase in base rates , and therefore mortgage rates . |
| 7 | Where the cost of finance under a facility is determined by reference to a base rate ( such as LIBOR ) a change in the base rate should not be regarded as an increase in the level of finance costs for this purpose . |
| 8 | Thermal expansion of a liquid without change of phase can then be regarded as an increase in free volume . |
| 9 | On May 6 the Commission presented a 1993 draft budget which provided for an increase in the full " appropriations " budget from ECU66,600 million in 1992 to ECU67,300 million . |
| 10 | Try mixing a gallon of fresh seawater , and test for an increase in nitrates . |
| 11 | Low-level ozone , produced by the reaction of sunlight on nitrogen oxide ( Nox ) emissions from vehicle exhausts , was blamed for an increase in breathing problems and allergic , hayfever-type reactions . |
| 12 | Southern England , the Netherlands and the northern coasts of Germany and France are all now rated as high-risk areas by insurance companies , with global warming blamed for an increase in the frequency and severity of storms . |
| 13 | Libya was also reported to be pressing for an increase in its quota . |
| 14 | There do not appear to have been any empirical studies which have looked for an increase in the amount of information reflected in share prices as a result of the commencement of trading in index futures ( except in so far as volatility reflects information ; see Chapter 13 ) . |
| 15 | Chinese hamster lung fibroblasts transfected with M1 muscarinic receptors responded to carbachol with an increase in inositol phosphate release and fos and myc induction , but there was no DNA synthesis . |
| 16 | These ranged from an increase in severance compensation to almost £20,000 , an offer of secondment to industry on full salary , an opportunity for a search across the university for posts at senior lecturer level , and an offer of meeting the full cost of training for an alternative career . |
| 17 | They should be well placed to benefit from an increase in the number of direct point-to-point flights . |
| 18 | We know that the Labour party is committed to an increase in child benefit and pensions , covered by its eight new or increased taxes , a point that has featured in the debate . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Participants may swim faster or indeed may sink , much depends on the willingness and abilities of firms to adjust to the increase in competition . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The substitution of a term of detention under section 53(2) would have amounted to an increase in the sentence , which is permissible only on a reference by the Attorney General under Criminal Justice Act 1988 , s.36 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 |
| 27 | The first half of the eighteenth century had seen an increase in trade , which was paralleled by an increase in the population . |
| 28 | The level of general interest rates is clearly beyond the control of intermediaries , but commissions can be trimmed and , as noted , yields at issue can be varied by an increase in the risk taken by underwriters . |
| 29 | We give here the main reasons for doubting the validity of Urquhart 's population dose estimates , and for rejecting the conclusions of the accompanying contribution ‘ Looking for an increase in deaths from cancer ’ ( pB74 ) . |
| 30 | Cancer incidence : We consider the contribution ‘ Looking for an increase in deaths from cancer ’ to be extremely poor . |