Example sentences of "to increase [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I have described two applications of lasers in nuclear physics there are many others , and the number continues to increase as laser technology advances . |
| 2 | Furthermore , the real difficulty is not only that costs seem to be higher in areas of sparse population , but they are also likely to increase as depopulation occurs . |
| 3 | The proportion of any additional income that is saved ( the marginal propensity to save ) will tend to vary according to the tastes and preferences of the individual , and one might expect the proportion that is saved to increase as income increases . |
| 4 | The NRA believes that the small numbers of migratory fish which have returned to the Tees in recent years will continue to increase as pollution levels fall . |
| 5 | Military involvement is likely to increase as legitimacy decreases . |
| 6 | Therefore , if volatility rises as delivery approaches , margins are also required to increase as delivery approaches . |
| 7 | Erm , as I 've said before , I have reservations about whether a much increased figure about above the County Council 's er proposal could be accommodated within Ryedale District Council , and I if the figure above that is proposed I would suggest that the extra is accommodated within the new settlement , which I presume the ar argue answer you would have expected from Ryedale , erm Barton Willmore 's figure is based on an assumption that they believe that within Ryedale there is a capacity to increase past building rates , I would refute that , erm the building rates in Southern Ryedale I would suggest were abnormally high , because of the development of Clifton Moor airfield , the North Western part of the Southern Ryedale district , sorry South Western part . |
| 8 | Antarctic zooplankton is characterized by an almost complete absence of larvae of benthic animals , and surface layers are rich in individuals but poor in species ; numbers of species tend to increase with depth ( Knox , 1970 ) . |
| 9 | The temperature seems to increase with depth , reaching about 1000 K at about 300 km and about 2000 K at about 1000 km . |
| 10 | As with most occupational groups males were dominant , although the degree of domination tended to increase with skill level and with the incidence of unskilled labour ( Table 1.5 ) . |
| 11 | In pintails only the central tail feathers are elongated , so that although lift again fails to increase with length , tail area and thus drag rise only slowly . |
| 12 | Several of them — constipation , confusion , urinary incontinence and difficulty seeing and hearing — have been shown elsewhere to increase with age ( Cartwright , 1990a ) . |
| 13 | The narrowing of the arteries which can lead to angina and heart attacks tends to increase with age . |
| 14 | The importance attached to family relationships tends to increase with age . |
| 15 | If senescence is primarily due to late-acting deleterious mutations , then ( other things being equal ) one would expect the additive genetic variance for survival and fertility to increase with age . |
| 16 | Data from South Wales indicate that feelings of loneliness do seem to increase with age and are more common among women as compared with men . |
| 17 | However , it is clear that chronic health problems appear to increase with age . |
| 18 | This is because the prevalence of dementia seems to increase with age ( see below ) . |
| 19 | Although the precise rates vary , there is a clear trend for dementia prevalence to increase with age ( see Figure 5.2 ) . |
| 20 | Affective conditions such as depression do not seem to increase with age . |
| 21 | There is a clear trend for the number of older people reporting a home visit to increase with age from 18 per cent of those aged 65 — 69 to 62 per cent of those aged 85 + ( Figure 7.11 ) . |
| 22 | H pylori infection and seropositivity have been shown to increase with age , although the immunological responses , in general , may be reduced in the elderly . |
| 23 | Degree performance in arts and social sciences appears to increase with age , peaks in the 26–30 age group , and subsequently declines . |
| 24 | Because he wants the entropy to increase with time , the obvious conclusion would be that the wrong definition of entropy has been chosen and that it should be changed , but he decides instead to change the law of time evolution . |
| 25 | Thus disorder will tend to increase with time if the system obeys an initial condition of high order . |
| 26 | In this context , it may be relevant that the degree of baryon catastrophe seems to increase with metallicity ( indicating that cooling may be an important factor ) . |
| 27 | However , given that people 's personal valuation of environmental qualities ( such as the open countryside ) has tended to increase in proportion to the degree to which they are degraded through development , it is reasonable to assume that what may appear to be a net benefit to the present generation in a trade-off between the environment and a proposed development , is quite likely to be considered a net loss in retrospect by a future generation for whom the natural environment has become a more precious commodity . |
| 28 | However , given that people 's personal valuation of environmental qualities ( such as the open countryside ) has tended to increase in proportion to the degree to which they are degraded through development , it is reasonable to assume that what may appear to be a net benefit to the present generation in a trade-off between the environment and a proposed development , is quite likely to be considered a net loss in retrospect by a future generation for whom the natural environment has become a more precious commodity . |
| 29 | ‘ When we had ascended a little more than half-way , I was much afraid we should have been doomed to return , on account of the masses of rock , over which we had to climb , beginning to increase in size ; we knew , however , that a descent would have been attended with infinite danger , and being urged on partly by eagerness in our pursuit , but more from a desire to be at the top , we determined to brave every difficulty . |
| 30 | Although there is a general trend for the private offices of many political heads of state to increase in size and influence , the British Prime Minister still appears to be less well endowed with this type of political support than leaders of most other states . |