Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] [art] increase in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Building societies face the threat of a further slowdown in their mortgage sales as pressure intensifies for an increase in base rates , and therefore mortgage rates . |
| 2 | When our locals assessed success story , the Nissan Plant , sells less cars , it 's an economic threat and could become an economic disaster , when the plant sells more cars , it adds to the increase in number of cars on the roads which represents a pollution threat and contributes to a pollution disaster , let alone traffic problems of course . |
| 3 | This decrease in the CO2 yield corresponds to the increase in hydrocarbon yield ( the total cumulative yield : is the same for both coals ) and since chemical analyses of the Palaeozoic and Tertiary coals at the same maturity were very similar , it can be inferred that there are internal differences in the chemical structures of the two coal types . |
| 4 | On the other hand , a tax that exempts all or part of Β ( e.g. , because it consists of capital gains ) leads to an increase in inequality . |
| 5 | In the former , a rise in money supply leads to a fall in interest rates , which in turn leads to an increase in consumption and investment . |
| 6 | In general , an increase in eurobond yields decreases eurobond issuance , while a steepening of the yield curve leads to an increase in issuance , as does a decline in the dollar/Swiss franc bond differential in the case of US dollar bonds . |
| 7 | In the aggregate , however , the community can not reduce its bond holdings and the attempt to do so only drives down bond prices and , therefore , leads to an increase in interest rates . |
| 8 | This leads to an increase in ammonia and nitrite levels for a short time ; but this can be reduced by using two smaller-than-normal filters and washing them ( in water change tank water ) at alternative two weekly intervals maintaining one at full capacity at all times . |
| 9 | There are , for example , calls for an increase in farm protection for one crop , and for proposed restrictions on the volumes of subsidised farm exports to be forgotten . |
| 10 | The high level of the hormone progesterone during pregnancy accounts for the increase in breast size . |
| 11 | The late Mesozoic radiation of predatory crabs , neogastropods and teleosts correlates with an increase in resistance to destruction of the shells of their molluscan prey ( Vermeij , 1977 ; Ward , 1981 ) . |
| 12 | The advice to grow in faith , hope and love refers to an increase in quality , not quantity . |
| 13 | ‘ Gearing ’ refers to the increase in bills caused by authorities raising spending above their Standard Spending Assessments ( SSAs ) . |
| 14 | However , what is of interest is that the other two comparative static propositions of the theory are confirmed by the subjects ' behaviour : output rises with an increase in σ and falls with an increase in k . |
| 15 | Intuitively , what is happening here is that the force which argues for an increase in output ( fall in prices ) from the double marginalization position in monopoly is being outweighed by a force which argues for a decrease in output ( increase in price ) from the duopoly position . |