Example sentences of "increase or [vb base] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 As an alternative , fuller and more flexible manual exposure control is provided on some machines in the form of a thumbwheel or pair of ± toggle switches which enable you to control the amount of increase or decrease in the exposure and so obtain the best possible picture .
2 The carrying amount should be recalculated to take account of circumstances prevailing at each balance sheet date , and any change in the carrying amount should be accounted for as an increase or decrease in the finance cost for the period .
3 Any increase or decrease in the money stock is thus directly attributable to the activities of the central bank .
4 Some of these issues surfaced in the responses of academics to the question : Would you favour an increase or decrease in the proportion of students taking combined/joint degrees ?
5 The profit and loss account shows the increase or decrease in the money held over the year .
6 If an increase or decrease in the value of one variable is accompanied with an increase or decrease , respectively , in the other , the correlation is positive ( for instance , the later women marry the later they have their first child ) while , if the positive change in one variable is incidental to a negative change in another , the correlation is negative ( e.g. the later women marry , the lower their completed fertility ) .
7 The clinical interview provided information about the severity and diagnosis of disorders , but also enabled researchers to measure onset and course using a concept of change-points : a point in time when an increase or decrease in the number of symptoms led to a noticeable change in a woman 's psychiatric state .
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