Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] to increase " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Duke said that there were two possible courses — to increase the endowment and/or to increase the annual subscription . |
| 2 | The horse has to succeed most of the time to retain its self-esteem and to increase it . |
| 3 | Although increased cellular proliferation does not necessarily relate to carcinogenesis , some researchers have suggested the use of increased cellular proliferation as a marker of cancer risk in man and since some dietary fibres have been shown to increase colonic cellular proliferation and to increase tumour yield in nimal models of colon cancer the effect of fermentable fibre on cellular proliferation may be a cause of concern . |
| 4 | On 24 February 1986 , LAG issued a booklet , Lignite on the Loughshore — the case for community survival , which they circulated among politicians , universities and the media to increase awareness of the issue and to increase pressure on the British Government to hold an inquiry on both the environmental and social impacts of the mining . |
| 5 | The economic package announced by Cavallo on Oct. 28 was designed to promote the export sector and to increase protection from im-ports . |
| 6 | The cybernetic approach is tailored to make sense of statements regarding body — mind interaction and to increase our understanding of both terms . |
| 7 | Fortunately , steps are being taken by the Indonesian wildlife department , assisted by the Worldwide Fund for Nature , to protect the remaining population and to increase it by artificial rearing . |
| 8 | In Miliutin 's words , " serfdom does not permit us either to reduce the term of service or to increase the number of unlimited leaves so as to diminish the present number of troops " . |
| 9 | Users can also group two low-speed lines as a single logical connection , so that the second line can be used for back-up or to increase overall packet throughout . |
| 10 | In Mozambique TRANSAID is also helping SCF and the Government to rebuild roads and bridges destroyed by civil conflict and to increase the capacity of water transport to handle relief and rehabilitation supplies . |
| 11 | The administration 's " empowerment " agenda was intended to help low-income families with home ownership , to encourage parental " choice " in education and to increase the " choice " of poor families in such areas as child care and child health insurance . |
| 12 | LAST YEAR the Conservatives were telling us how clever they were to have been able to cut taxation and to increase public spending at one and the same time . |
| 13 | Their effect would be not to stabilize output but to increase the fluctuations of output around its natural level — the precise opposite of what Keynesian policies aim to achieve . |
| 14 | When the Duke of Montrose arranged for his own appointment as bailie of the regality of Glasgow in the winter of 1714/15 , in order to prevent the office from being obtained by his rival the Duke of Argyll , the object was not to make money out of the profits of the court but to increase the duke 's influence in the city of Glasgow . |
| 15 | Even then , the Court had a discretion whether to increase the sentence or not . |
| 16 | However , as Alexander ( 1982a , p. 158 ) observes , ‘ The creation of this body was announced ’ in a way which ‘ suggested that the council was intended more to facilitate central control of the economy than to increase local government 's capacity to protect its position and to maximise its influence on the government and on individual departments ’ . |
| 17 | A Bill will be presented to create an offence of prison mutiny and to increase the maximum penalty for aiding prisoners to escape . |
| 18 | However , after the Cuban revolution Soviet analysts began to include Latin America in their discussions of the underdeveloped world , and a series of initiatives were taken by Moscow both to overcome its ignorance of the area and to increase its presence there . |
| 19 | Page sixteen structural maintenance of local roads erm I know that there is some possibility that er groups will propose an increase er a reduction in in that area and to increase the contribution from the management reserve fund . |
| 20 | A party congress in January 1991 was required to give final approval to the changes , designed to move the party towards social democracy and to increase its electoral support . |
| 21 | I read them to broaden my own theoretical thinking , which is important if I 'm to continue to develop as a manager and to increase my effectiveness . ’ |
| 22 | The whole thrust of the current strategy whether to increase the number of shareholders or to extend parental choice in education is to strengthen the position of the existing middle class and to bring the ‘ new' technological and service working class within the capitalist net . |
| 23 | To enable pupils to identify with situations , beliefs and experiences of people in the past and to increase their awareness of the influences which have shaped attitudes in the past . |
| 24 | It may not be possible to spend less on promotion and to increase the market share . |
| 25 | It is possible to programme additional consequences into your weight control regime to strengthen your motivation and to increase the probability that what you want to happen actually does take place . |
| 26 | All Public Services staff should be in accommodation within the Inverleith Row buildings , to improve inter-staff communication and to increase efficiency by sharing expensive equipment . |
| 27 | Yet the autonomous model also explains state growth , especially in military and welfare bureaucracies , as the autonomous outcome of state elites ' efforts to mould and win mass loyalty and to increase their international power . |
| 28 | But they think the chancellor will have no choice but to increase taxes in the longer term as the economic climate improves . |
| 29 | These precautions served only to strengthen the aggressive nature of the confrontation , to spread the cult and to increase feelings of loyalty amongst the supporters . |
| 30 | I assure him that the money spent on the health reforms will lead to greater efficiencies and savings — its purpose is to improve patient care and to increase the number of patients treated — and it is extra to the maintenance programme . |