Example sentences of "increase [prep] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | The estimated four million people over 75 are expected to increase by more than 40 per cent by 2030 . |
| 2 | I have also been able to make significant extra resources available to safeguard the environment , on which expenditure is planned to increase by more than 27 per cent . |
| 3 | It increases from more than one in every 2,000 births where the mother is aged 20 years or less to one in 60 where the mother is over 45 years old . |
| 4 | The pilot 's left hand should be on the airbrake lever during any climb in cloud , ready to pull and open the airbrakes if the speed increases by more than 15 knots or so above normal . |
| 5 | The largest chunk of the increase over SSA is spent on funding school meals in Derbyshire because the price has not been increased for more than 10 years . |
| 6 | The 39-year-old Scot 's worries increased after more alarming defensive lapses led to Saturday 's defeat . |
| 7 | At this time the annual kill per US boat was less than 200 , but by 1986 , 94 per cent of all US sets were being ‘ made on dolphins ' ’ and the kill figure had increased to more than 600 . |
| 8 | These authors also reported that when bowel frequency increased to more than five evacuations in 24 hours , irrespective of the patient 's age , the incidence of faecal soiling increased from 20% to 48% . |
| 9 | Phasic contractions in the lower oesophageal sphincter , were considered to be present when resting pressure slowly but transiently increased to more than 50% of its basal value . |
| 10 | Although Labour was defeated in the General Election of 1924 , the election which saw the publication of the ‘ Zinoviev Letter ’ with the allegation that it revealed the Communist intention to stir the masses of workers to revolution through using the Labour Party and the Anti-Soviet treaty , its vote increased by more than one million , or about 24 per cent , even though the number of Labour MPs was reduced from 191 to 151 . |
| 11 | The proportion of dependent children living in one parent families has increased by more than 50 per cent since the early 1970s . |
| 12 | Average milk yields nationally have increased by more than 1,000kg in the last 25 years as the result of a very high usage of artificial insemination and milk recording nationwide , and more recently an increasing interest in embryo transfer as well . |
| 13 | CHOSEN Heritage , the pre-planned funeral specialists , have commissioned a comprehensive survey of funeral prices , showing that last year the amount spent on funerals increased by more than twice the rate of inflation . |
| 14 | Despite fall in first quarter profits ( see page five ) , Advanced Micro Devices Inc says it is hopeful that it will have record earnings for the third consecutive year : sales of Flash memories increased by more than 50% over the December quarter , while unit shipments of Am386 microprocessors was another record . |
| 15 | As more oilfields were discovered , petroleum products increased by more than 16 times in the 1920s . |
| 16 | But arrests relating to football have failed to show a consistent decline and actually increased by more than twenty percent in the ninety one ninety two season . |
| 17 | Public provision for the research councils in support of the science budget has already increased by 23 per cent. , and will have increased by more than 25 per cent . |
| 18 | Why have Scottish hospital waiting lists increased by more than 4 per cent . |
| 19 | Does the right hon. Gentleman realise that since the beginning of the recession unemployment in Wales has increased by more than 38,000 , and that during that period he has brought forward not one new policy to help the economy ? |
| 20 | Will the Chancellor comment on the recently published ’ Social Trends ’ , which shows that the income of the richest one fifth increased by more than 50 per cent . |
| 21 | Does he agree that , at the same time , manufacturing exports increased by more than two thirds ? |
| 22 | Over the past 12 years , the take-home pay of a married man with two children has increased by more than 30 per cent . |
| 23 | I have had to try to explain a rather sophisticated argument : last year their pensions were increased by more than 10 per cent. , when the increase in the cost of living was lower . |
| 24 | said that they would want the basic rate increased by more than 2p , 40 per cent . |
| 25 | The Prime Minister 's own majority in his constituency increased by more than 12,000 , and all the outgoing government ministers were returned to power except the Minister of Defence , Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen , and the Minister of Science , Technology and Environment , Datuk Amar Stephen Yong . |
| 26 | My name is and , er it appears to me , sir that you like to make life difficult for the managers to negotiate wage settlements with the employees of the company I note that your salary has increased by more than fifty percent in one year . |
| 27 | Net margin increased by more than 50 cents a barrel |
| 28 | Against an overall county population increase of 22 per cent between 1672 and 1744 , the western mining parishes of Gwinear , Illogan , Gwennap , Camborne and Kenwyn and Kea all increased by more than 70 per cent ; the last named by 400 per cent , although the county as a whole was still losing part of its natural increase to out-migration . |
| 29 | The pig herd increased by more than three per cent to 509,000 and the poultry flock rose eight per cent to just under 15 million . |
| 30 | To compile the report the NAO looked at 120 road construction contracts and found costs increased by more than 30pc in 28 of the schemes and by more than 50pc in five of them . |