Example sentences of "has increased [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 As the task of sentencing has increased in complexity in recent years the role of this report has become steadily more important .
2 The esprit de corps of these forces has increased in proportion to their professionalism and the degree to which this professionalism is recognised by their Soviet patrons .
3 For Crohn 's disease , which has increased in frequency during the past 20–30 years , an additional three classes were defined for dead subjects based on their age and year of death ( table II ) .
4 As the organization has expanded , the demand for manpower related information has increased in terms of volume , range and depth .
5 We now stock upwards of 300 titles , admittedly mostly between September and December , but they can generate very significant sales at a crucial time of year — and none of us can afford to ignore a product range that has increased in sales by some 300% in the last three years .
6 Although industrialization has tended to eliminate traditional crafts , the non-agricultural element of the rural economy has increased in importance since at least the nineteenth century .
7 This aspect is something that has increased in importance with the rise of inflation because there are very few cases where the deceased would not have been earning more by the date of trial than he was earning at the date of his death .
8 An example of subjective probability is as follows : the Production Manager of a fast-growing microcomputer manufacturer , whose production has increased by 50% in the past year , without additional capital investment , now estimates the probability of repeating that 50% growth rate as .4 , given no change in investment levels .
9 The size of the police establishment has increased by 15% since 1978–79 .
10 LANGBAURGH Labour MP Ashok Kumar has criticised the scandal of long-term unemployment on Teesside and revealed shock figures which show that unemployment in Langbaurgh has increased by 13pc over the past year .
11 It is good to report that branch membership has increased by 46% over the last four years .
12 In the first , sometimes called a correlative approach , one can inject a radioactive precursor of protein or RNA synthesis into an animal , train it on a task , and ask if the amount of radioactivity in the protein or RNA has increased by comparison with that in appropriate control , ‘ non-learning ’ animals .
13 Spending on social security has increased by 41% over and above inflation — to well over £1 billion per week .
14 In Darlington , where the Neighbourhood Watch scheme is supposed to be the biggest catch all since the trawl net was invented and where you can get into terrible trouble for suggesting there might be holes in the net the number of burglaries from houses has increased by 25pc in a year .
15 The total demand for water has increased by 70% over the last 30 years .
16 As can be seen from the table below , the area of Champagne under vine which is in production has increased by 40% since 1970 .
17 According to Verdict , a retail-industry analyst , the gross margin on fresh foods has increased from 21% in 1986 to 28% in 1990 .
18 ( This too is demonstrated by the statistics , for as RICS entrants have declined from 41.2% in 1981 to 26.5% in 1984 , so the graduate intake has increased from 6% to 13.8% over the same period . )
19 Dividend per share has increased from 3.0p in 1980 to 15.8p in 1989 — a compound growth rate of 20% per annum .
20 The value of the project has increased from £3m to £8m .
21 Gas demand has increased from 12% to 16% of total energy consumed over the same period but the major energy source remains coal at nearly 60% of demand in 1983 .
22 The proportion of births jointly registered by both parents has increased from 46% in 1971 to 71% in 1989 .
23 But intake of other green vegetables has increased from 0.19oz to 0.50oz per week .
24 The real net income of a married couple on average male earnings with two children has increased from £194 in 1978-79 to £262 in 1991-92 — a rise of 35 per cent .
25 Profit per employee has increased from £5,800 in 1989–90 to £11,800 in 1992–93 .
26 For example , the number of female non-family households has increased from 7% to 16% of the total number of households between 1950 and 1984 ; and the prevalence of disorder is 27% for this group , compared with an average of 23.4% .
  Next page