Example sentences of "have [been] the [adj] increase " in BNC.
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| 1 | One positive feature of this transfer of world liquidity to the oil exporting countries has been the corresponding increase in demand for the world 's products by these countries . |
| 2 | Perhaps their most important contribution for Sussex birds in recent years has been the vast increase in the provision of food at bird-tables and feeding stations . |
| 3 | One of the most significant recent developments in the criminal justice system in England and Wales has been the vast increase in the proportion of defendants legally advised and represented in the courts . |
| 4 | A major change in the 1980s has been the huge increase in both the choice of lenders and the range of products . |
| 5 | A notable feature of this policy has been the rapid increase in the number of industrial and agricultural banks and finance corporations during the past two decades . |
| 6 | One of the major features of the growth of our education system over the last thirty-five years has been the enormous increase in provision of higher education . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ Most significant has been the continuing increase in the number of long-term unemployed and the slump in business optimism . |