Example sentences of "[vb past] been increased [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had been increased to six a year ; five for the Apprentices , conducted by the Demonstrator and one , the General Herborising , for Members only . |
| 2 | Since then the personnel of the army had been increased to 100,000 and there was a marked deficiency in major items of equipment . |
| 3 | Although regular army numbers had been increased from 10,500 to 11,000 in November [ see p. 38588 ] , these 500 additional troops had in fact returned to England before Christmas ; the Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Brooke conceded on Jan. 9 that " you might take the view with hindsight that a different decision could have been taken " . |
| 4 | These steps failed , however , to increase confidence , and on Sept. 13 it was announced that the central rate for the lira within the framework of the ERM had been reduced by 3.5 per cent and that those for the currencies of the other participants had been increased by 3.5 per cent , representing an effective 7 per cent devaluation of the lira . |
| 5 | The 1922 election was an important one since the number of wards had been increased by four to sixteen ( Table 2.3 ) . |
| 6 | He said morale at the inspectorate was improving , salaries had been increased by 30 per cent , and a recruitment drive was succeeding . |
| 7 | Light-scattering measurements showed that the concentration of the micelles had been increased by 60 per cent . |