Example sentences of "to increase [prep] time " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Thus disorder will tend to increase with time if the system obeys an initial condition of high order .
3 Box ( 1987 ) argues that crimes committed by corporations , businesses and professions are likely to increase in times of economic recession although he admits that the evidence is less strong than for ‘ conventional ’ crimes ( see Chapter Four ) .
4 Although the value of the market index will tend to increase over time , this will not cause the size and variance of this measure to rise .
5 On the assumption that nothing happens to change the relative attractiveness of different methods of borrowing , then we would expect the stock of bills to increase over time .
6 And because the basis tends to zero as the delivery date of the futures contract approaches , it also requires the futures price to increase over time .
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