Example sentences of "had be a [adj] increase " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had been a perceived increase in youthful crime in the early 1930s that seemed to correspond to an increase in youth unemployment — and again we can reflect on the familiarity of both the problem and the complaint . |
| 2 | If the increase in child benefit had been a real increase , there might have been some logic in that . |
| 3 | The organization reported that there had been a worldwide increase of nearly 17,000 AIDS cases in April , bringing the total to 254,078 . |
| 4 | The Conservatives ' worst performances , in contrast , came where they had a majority on the council and there had been a large increase in bills . |
| 5 | However , the successful operation of the snake was hindered by the adverse circumstances of the time : exchange rates were no longer pegged against the dollar ; there had been a massive increase in oil price which resulted in larger payments imbalances and severe exchange rate pressures ; domestic rates of inflation were showing a tendency to diverge markedly ; and the world economy was moving into recession . |
| 6 | Their most obvious effect had been a massive increase in speculation as more capitalists tried to make money by wheeling and dealing rather than by productive investment : hence the huge foreign exchange dealings and the booms in share prices , gold , land , real estate and commodities . |
| 7 | Intelligence suggested that personnel had recently returned and there had been a significant increase in the number of aircraft seen and in the locations at which they had been sighted . |
| 8 | There had been a steady increase in the ethnic heterogeneity of most union republics between the wars ; since then , and particularly since the 1960s , the trend had been in the opposite direction . |
| 9 | Very significantly , in comparing his study with another carried out 19 years before , Gorer found there had been a marked increase in this expressed appreciation of the sexual factor in marriage — even more marked in women than in men . |
| 10 | Meanwhile , it was reported on April 11 that the World Health Organization ( WHO ) had launched an appeal for US$4,100,000 to finance a three-month emergency health plan amidst reports that there had been a marked increase in cases of lung and chest diseases resulting from oil fire pollution [ p. 38119 ] . |
| 11 | She had been hoping for a ‘ jobs Budget ’ to fulfil a great need in East Anglia where there had been a big increase in unemployment . |
| 12 | Pham told delegates that there had been a rapid increase in export turnover during the first half of 1990 , but that the production of export goods was threatened by the major socio-economic changes in Eastern Europe , which had forced some countries to cancel contracts , and that " the dilatory payment and overdue debts to the export goods manufacturers fail to encourage the production of export goods " . |
| 13 | In recent years there had been a considerable increase in the revenue derived from tourism . |
| 14 | By the late eighteenth century there had been a remarkable increase in the average height of British cattle . |
| 15 | There had been an enormous increase in the accuracy and destructiveness of all munitions , owing to the introduction of information technologies . |