Example sentences of "a large increase " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only opportunity for a large increase in revenue was thought to lie in the Gatwick Express non-stop service introduced in May , featuring air-conditioned stock on the half-hour journey from Victoria to Gatwick every fifteen minutes ( and powered on a push-pull basis by Class 73 electro-diesels ) . |
| 2 | However , the book remains popular with a large increase in sales fron commercial outlets being recorded . |
| 3 | However , there are doubts about the Treasury 's willingness to fund a large increase in Ministry of Agriculture spending . |
| 4 | The Conservatives ' worst performances , in contrast , came where they had a majority on the council and there had been a large increase in bills . |
| 5 | Cook ( 1983 ) traces the impact of the decision to sell grain to the Soviet Union and the government 's renewed intention to use food as a political weapon , upon the expansion of 27 million acres of arable land and a large increase in the annual rate of soil loss . |
| 6 | This represents a large increase in productivity compared with pre-1970 levels but it has been achieved at great cost in terms of environmental degradation and human health . |
| 7 | The numbers recorded each year have shown a large increase , from an average of about nine to 12 per year between 1947 and 1967 to one of about 45 per year between 1968 and 1976 . |
| 8 | This is probably the largest wintering flock on the English south coast , and comparisons with des Forges and Harber 's account of this bird suggest a large increase in winter numbers . |
| 9 | However when the horse is working , the muscle cells are contracting and there is a large increase in heat production within them . |
| 10 | Towards the close of his directorship , a Royal Commission inquired into the national coal reserves and , learning that large parts of the coalfields in northern Britain remained to be surveyed , recommended a large increase in staff . |
| 11 | The authors suggest that the social consequences of environmental lead may be serious , with a large increase in the proportion of children requiring educational assistance . |
| 12 | There was a large increase in the total number of criminal charges in the early twentieth century , but , most of these offences were minor regulatory infractions , such as traffic and safety violations . |
| 13 | During the years 1918 — 21 , a period of severe food shortages , there was a large increase in cattle theft . |
| 14 | Psion Plc has made a strong recovery for the year to December 31 due to a large increase in both international sales and sales of its Series 3 range of handheld computers to the retail sector . |
| 15 | Addition of recombinant FGF-4 protein to the limb cultures results in a large increase in proximo-distal ( P-D ) length of the -AER limb as compared to the contralateral +AER limb ( Fig. 1c , d ) , or to limbs cultured without FGF-4 ( Fig. 1 a , b ) . |
| 16 | The third , and final , stage in the development of the muscle 's receptive field is a large increase in gluR density at the NMJ sites ( Fig. 2 ) . |
| 17 | Each Neighbourhood Office was allocated a half-time under-fives worker post , despite a large increase in workload . |
| 18 | On the one hand they could indicate a large increase in the level of rape . |
| 19 | This was steady , if less marked in the early years of Japanese rule , but in the 1920s a large increase in the number of publication permits issued by the authorities occurred . |
| 20 | By ill fortune the period of upheaval coincided with a large increase in the volume of work of the higher criminal courts , resulting in problems of delay that still are not eradicated . |
| 21 | First , there has been a large increase in owner-occupation so that about three-quarters of farmland is now farmed by its owners ( see figure 7.4 ) . |
| 22 | A comparison between the 1972 and 1983 studies shows a large increase in the numbers from all social classes gaining O-level qualifications . |
| 23 | After 1760 , mass produced English wares were in use , with a large increase in plates , cups , saucers and chamber pots . |
| 24 | Due to the diversity of structures being accommodated a large increase in data is to be expected . |
| 25 | If a large increase could not be paid for by the National Coal Board then the government should meet it . |
| 26 | In this case , the supply of arbitrage services is a step function , with a large increase in arbitrage supply occurring when the mispricing is just large enough to cover the transactions costs of a new group of arbitrageurs . |
| 27 | ( 3 ) Falls in skin po 2 and Sao 2 with or without bradycardia , preceded by the sudden onset and continued presence ( for 40–80 seconds ) of a large increase in amplitude and irregularity of the breathing movement signal . |
| 28 | Adding salbutamol caused a large increase in FEV 1 after placebo ( 0.69 l ) with progressively smaller changes after increasing doses of salmeterol ( 0.19 l after salmeterol 200 µg ) . |
| 29 | Salbutamol caused a large increase in FEV 1 after placebo and progressively smaller increases after salmeterol 50 , 100 , and 200 µg ( table I , figure ) . |
| 30 | Cancer incidence did not rise in the clinic after a large increase in prescriptions for atenolol after 1976 . |