Example sentences of "increase [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | An examination of Figure 4.4 shows that it is expected that UK car production will increase in the next ten years ( largely as a result of Japanese investment ) and that consequently the share of car imports in the British market will decline , as will the motor industry trade deficit . |
2 | Under an agreement signed in Havana on April 17 , 1990 , it was announced that the volume of Cuban-Soviet trade would increase in the next year by 8.7 per cent compared with 1989 , and would be worth up to 9,200 million roubles ( US$15,160 million ) . |
3 | This investment will increase over the next two years though , Potter said , to maintain growth and ensure that the company remains competitive . |
4 | Mr. Simon Hughes As the Minister 's first answer made it clear that a price differential has been a major cause of the substantial increase in sales of unleaded petrol , and as the Secretary of State is on record as saying that the market has a role to play in cutting the use of petrol across the market in the United Kingdom , by what figures does the Department currently estimate that petrol prices will increase over the next few years ? |
5 | The production of energy from coal , nuclear fuels and solar and geothermal sources on the other hand should steadily increase over the next 30 years or so ( see table 5.19 ) . |
6 | The study concluded that there has been no reported increase in any radiation-related illnesses , such as leukaemia , birth defects or thyroid cancer , in the villages surrounding the reactor , although it suggested that incidence of thyroid cancer might increase over the next five to ten years . |