Example sentences of "[art] [adj] increase in [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They also indicate that in coeliac disease the major increase in the numbers of mucosal lymphocytes is the result of infiltration by lymphocytes not expressing γ-interferon . |
| 2 | The rise of the international business schools over the last decades and the substantial increase in the numbers of Third World students in the universities and technical institutes of the First World have provided an ever-increasing pool of potential local employees for the TNCs , and recruitment is brisk . |
| 3 | They are larger and more diffuse than subgovernments and owe their development to a variety of factors : the rapid growth of federal spending , the growth in private and semi-private organizations which are used to administer many federally funded policies , the growth in ‘ public interest ’ organizations and the great increase in the ranks of professional administrators in all fields , for example planning , health , welfare , education and housing . |
| 4 | The legacy of Britain 's largest ever baby boom , dating from the early years of this century , manifested itself in the growth of the numbers of people of pensionable age in the 1960s and 1970s and the dramatic increase in the numbers of the very elderly in the 1980s . |
| 5 | In spite of the inexorable increase in the powers of the modern state , the judiciary had remained subservient : as executive-minded as the executive . |
| 6 | The Scottish experience shows the enormous increase in the amounts owed by clients over the three years of the study . |
| 7 | Because of the projected increase in the numbers aged 85 and over , ti has been estimated that by 2000 , it will cost the NHS an additional £400 million a year , and more in later years ( Britain in 2010 , The PSI Report , 1991 ) . |
| 8 | If more adequate services are to be made available for the expected increase in the numbers needing them , those of working age will have to pay more in central or local taxes . |
| 9 | An important side-effect of both these objectives has been the significant increase in the numbers caught in the dependency culture of means-tested assistance . |
| 10 | Moreover , workers aged between 18 and 24 in 1975 — 7 were more than twice as likely as older workers to experience unemployment , and this ratio has been maintained despite the massive increase in the numbers of unemployed during the following decade . |
| 11 | For instance , the ‘ coming of age ’ of a baby boom can be expected to lead to higher levels of migration towards the ‘ bright city lights ’ , while the subsequent increase in the numbers of young couples is likely to lead to greater demand for family-size housing and suburban residential locations . |
| 12 | Constipation develops gradually in some children as a result of a progressive decrease in the frequency of bowel movements and a progressive increase in the difficulties in passing an excessively firm stool . |
| 13 | A marked increase in the numbers of nobles had taken place since the early twelfth century . |
| 14 | Labour commences with a marked increase in the contractions of uteral muscle which have been a feature throughout pregnancy . |
| 15 | The controversy over the levels of remuneration for legal aid work , added to the magnitude of the task of creating a new Legal Aid Board and transferring the administration of the Law Society , caused a noticeable increase in the burdens on the Lord Chancellor 's Department . |
| 16 | However , this change has been brought about almost entirely by the increase in the long-term unemployed rather than an increase in the living standards of older people in the lowest income groups ; it is not the result of a vast increase in the incomes of older people . |
| 17 | A major local issue , such as a redevelopment plan , or a sudden increase in the rates , as occurred in many areas in the mid-1970s , can cause the formation of a purely local party that enjoys some success at the polls ( Grant 19771 . |
| 18 | A comparison between the 1972 and 1983 studies shows a large increase in the numbers from all social classes gaining O-level qualifications . |
| 19 | A large increase in the numbers of blue whales has been recorded off the California coast . |
| 20 | In recent years , there has been a rapid increase in the expenditures by district councils in helping firms to create local employment . |
| 21 | Although there has been a slight fall in the numbers of people in local authority care in the past 10 years , there has been a remarkable increase in the numbers of people cared for in what is described as the private sector — in the homes run as nursing or residential care homes . |
| 22 | I am particularly pleased to report a major increase in the numbers of NVQs certificated by the Board . |
| 23 | The fighting in Bosnia-Herzegovina , coupled with the forced expulsions of one ethnic group by another ( in particular of Moslems by Serb forces ) — a practice widely referred to as " ethnic cleansing " , precipitated a major increase in the numbers of people fleeing their homes in June and July . |
| 24 | They reasoned , correctly , that a substantial increase in the revolutions per minute of the engine would increase the power to weight ratio and permit a whole range of new developments . |
| 25 | To avoid both this and the possibility of being forced into national level negotiation with Wilson , the Federation Council at a meeting held on 29 November 1912 , resolved " that the state of the shipping trade warrants a substantial increase in the wages of seamen all round the coast from January 1st. next , and that meetings of the district committees to give effect to this resolution be held forthwith " . |
| 26 | He won a substantial increase in the arts settlement for 1991/92 , giving the Arts Council a 11% rise and the national museums and galleries a 8.5% rise . |
| 27 | He shared the Ashby Committee 's appreciation of voluntaryism in adult education and did not wish to encourage a substantial increase in the numbers of full-time staff . |
| 28 | The administrative time and cost involved in such an exercise will surely lead to a substantial increase in the numbers of practitioners using computerised versions of the return form . |
| 29 | During the 1980s , there has been a slight increase in the percentages of young people over 16 staying on at school , as Figure 11.2 shows ( see also Chapter 5 , Figure 5.19 and Chapter 12 , Figure 12.5 ) . |
| 30 | In a wide-ranging television interview on Nov. 9 President François Mitterrand proposed a number of changes to the Constitution , including a reduction in the president 's term from seven " at least " to six years , a reduction of presidential powers and a corresponding increase in the powers of the Prime Minister and the National Assembly , a strengthening of the independence of the judiciary ( including ending ministerial immunity from prosecution in ordinary courts ) , and greater scope for the use of referendums . |