Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] to increased [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rural-urban migrants were able to take advantage of the former , often sending financial assistance back to their relatives in the countryside and so contributing to increased income levels there . |
| 2 | Compassion could only lead to increased confusion , for it would be wasted on her . |
| 3 | Baker was told that human rights were an internal matter ; Yang Shangkun , warning that pressure on this issue would only lead to increased tension , suggested " seeking common ground while reserving differences " to improve relations . |
| 4 | In the UK , emissions of man-made hydrocarbons or VOCs ( volatile organic compounds ) increased 12 per cent in the ten years to 1985 , largely owing to increased road traffic . |
| 5 | The Act made provision for such an office , which has now been established and has already contributed to increased efficiency in the division . |
| 6 | Due to the greater bombardment on the slope AB more sand grains will be ejected from this area : these will tend to land again at a distance of one characteristic grain path downwind and thus lead to increased accumulation in that area . |
| 7 | Although the existence of common solutions to distinct branches does not affect the validity of the B & B procedure , it could conceivably lead to increased computation time . |
| 8 | The production of conifer litter , which is base-poor , also contributes to increased acidity . |
| 9 | electrofusion techniques and AUTOMATIC butt fusion machines , has also led to increased output . |
| 10 | It is therefore in the interests of bureaucrats to go for increased staffing levels as a means of constructing such coalitions , and the implications of this clearly point to increased waste and inefficiency , since , having bid for a maximum budget , within that budget , instead of adopting the most efficient form of production and delivery of services , ‘ bureaucrats ’ can be expected to choose the most labour-intensive . |
| 11 | In the past advice and training had often led to increased production . |
| 12 | Order is maintained through ‘ social expenses ’ policy ; accumulation is fostered directly by ‘ social investment ’ expenditures to reduce production costs ; and social cohesion is boosted by ‘ social consumption ’ spending , which boosts workers ' living standards ( and hence only indirectly contributes to increased profitability ) . |
| 13 | This would consequently lead to increased motility because parasympathetic activity would be unopposed by diminished sympathetic activity . |
| 14 | This could again lead to increased production of the ‘ cancer-causing ’ protein , transforming the cell into a cancer cell . |
| 15 | Characteristics that were significantly related to increased mortality included diastolic blood pressure less than 60 mm Hg ( p=0.01 ) , haematocrit of less than 35% ( p=0.0001 ) , and a body-mass index of less than 22 kg/m ( p=0.001 ) . |
| 16 | Although the players may not welcome the switch it should prove an attractive proposition for spectators and one which will almost certainly lead to increased television coverage for the women 's game . |
| 17 | Release of these peptides by bile salts would thus tend to slow transit and increase absorptive mucosal surface area and would therefore lead to increased bile salt absorption in the terminal ileum . |